The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken

by Philip E. Muskett

* 1 Egg—1d. * * 1/2 gill Milk—1/2d. * * 1 teaspoonful Sugar * * 1 teaspoonful Jam * * 1 teaspoonful Flour—1d. * * Total Cost—21/2 d. * * Time—5 Minutes. * Beat the yolk and white of egg separately; beat the flour and milk together, and mix in the sugar and yolk of egg. Stir in the white, butter a saucer, put the jam at the bottom. Pour in the mixture, bake in the oven for five minutes, sprinkle with sugar, and serve.

OXFORDSHIRE PUDDING

* 1 pint Milk—2d. * * 1 1/2 oz. Rice—1/2d. * * 1 oz. Sugar * * Rind of Half a Lemon—1/2d. * * Total Cost—3d. * * Time—Two Hours. * Wash the rice well, strain off the water and put it into a pie-dish. Mix in the sugar and the rind of the lemon; pour over the milk, and let it sand for half an hour. Put it into a very slow oven, and bake till firm. This is a very delicious pudding if properly made; it should be firm, but not dry.

MILK BISCUITS

* 1/2 lb. Flour—1d. * * 1 gill Milk—1/2d. * * 1 oz. Butter * * 1/4 saltspoonful Salt—1d. * * Total Cost—21/2 d. * * Time—10 Minutes. * Rub the butter into the flour, sprinkle in the salt, and make into a dough with the milk; knead till smooth, roll out very thin. Cut into small rounds, prick well with a fork, put on to a floured tin and bake for about ten minutes. They should not get brown.

SODA CAKE

* 1 lb. Flour—2d. * * 1/2 lb. Currants—2d. * * 1/2 lb. Sugar—1d. * * 6 oz. Dripping * * 1 1/2 teaspoonsful Carbonate of Soda * * 1/2 pint Milk—2d. * * Total Cost—7d. * * Time—Two Hours. * Rub the dripping and the flour together; clean and stir in the currants and sugar. Stir in the soda and mix into a dough with the milk, beat for a few minutes. Pour into a tin which has been well rubbed with dripping, bake in a moderate oven for two hours.

DIGESTIVE BISCUITS

* 1/2 lb. Brown Meal * * 1/4 lb. Flour—1 1/2d. * * 1 1/2 gills Water * * 1 oz. Butter or Lard * * 1 oz. Sugar—1d. * * Total Cost—21/2 d. * * Time—5 Minutes. *

Mix the meal and flour together, rub in the butter or lard and the sugar; mix into a dry paste with water, knead till smooth. Roll out very thin, cut into rounds, and bake in rather a slow oven.