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The art of living in Australia

1893

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Presented as published in 1893. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Rub the dripping into the flour, stir in the sugar, cream of tartar, and soda. Mix into a very hght dough with the milk, turn on to a floured board ; divide into two parts. Flatten these out into two cakes, divide each one into four pieces, brush over with milk. Put on to a floured tin and bake in a hot oven from fifteen to twenty- minutes. POTATO FRITTERS. Cold Potatoes . lEgg . . 2 oz. Sugar Nutmeg or Lemon Peel Hot Fat . ■\U. me — 5 Minutes. Total Co^t—\\d. Mash up the potatoes very smoothly, beat in the and a flavouring of nutmeg or grated lemon peel, up the egg and pour over the potatoes and mix paste ; form into small round cakes. Fry in very hot fat till brown ; pile high on a dish, sprinkle with sugar, and serve. One Qgg is sufficient for about 1 lb. potatoes. sugar. Beat into a APPLE FRITTERS. 3 Apples . Frying Batter Hot Fat . . 2d. . Id. 1 Sugar Lemon y Total Cost— If^. Time- -5 Minutes COOKERY RECIPES, ^v. 395 Peel and slice up the apples into rounds, take out the core with a small round cutter. Make frying batter by directions given elsewhere, and flavour with lemon juice. Dip in the pieces of apple, plunge into plenty of hot fat, and fry till a good colour. Drain on kitchen paper, pile high on a dish, and sprinkle well with sugar ; serve very hot. SWEET OMELET. ^ 2 Eggs 2d. ^ oz. Butter id. 1 teaspoonful Jam .... |rf. Sugar ^d. Total Cost— 3|d. Time— 5 Minutes. Put the yolks of the eggs into a basin and beat in half the sugar, put the whites on to a plate with a little sugar, and whip till stiff ; mix with the yolks. Put the butter into a small frying-pan, and when it is dissolved pour in the mixture ; leave over the fire for about three minutes. Then hold the pan in front of the fire for a minute or two to brown the top. Put the jam on to a hot plate, slip the omelet on the top ; serve at once. TAPIOCA MERINGUE. 1 pint Milk 2d. 1^ oz. Tapioca ^d. 1 oz. Sugar ^d. Whites of 2 Eggs . . . .Id. Flavouring ..... ^d. 1 oz. Eeef Suet ^d. Total Cost— 5d. Time— Two Hours. Wash the tapioca well in cold water, strain off the water, and put it into a pie dish. Chop the suet very finely and mix it in with the sugar ; flavour with grated lemon peel or nutmeg, pour over the milk and mix well, 896 THE ART OF LIVING IN AUSTRALIA. stand in a very cool oven for two hours. Whip the whites of the eggs to a very stiff froth, flavour the same as the pudding, spread these on top, sprinkle with sugar, and stand in the oven till set ; serve cold. This meringue is very much improved if a few macaroons are broken up and laid on the top before the eggs are put on, or if a spoon- ful of raspberry jam is spread over. HASTY PUDDINa. 1 pint Milk 2d. 1 oz. Butter Id. 3 oz. Flour 2 oz. Sugar Total Cost — id. Time — .5 Minutes. '\ld. Put the milk on the fire to boil, and when boiling stir in the flour quickly ; it should be rather lumpy. Pour it into a dish, melt the butter and sugar, and pour it in the middle of the pudding. A little flavouring of grated lemon peel may be put into the milk, or jam served with the pudding. aUICK PUDDING. Id. ■ 2d. Potato Fritters