This is my very first cookbook. Published and bought by me in 1984 during the book fair at my primary school.
Such classics include:
▪︎ Ants on a log
▪︎ Junket
▪︎ Sandwiches
▪︎ Egg flip
▪︎ Milky Milo
This was mine.
Highlights; peppermint creams, Spaghetti supper, and use of the word Elevenses.
Oooo. That’s so cute!
I basically learned by osmosis ie. cooking porridge and peeling potatoes for dinner as a kid and then occasionally taking over cooking duty as a teen. I don’t remember the recipe books from Home Ec. Perhaps they were photocopied handouts.
But I do remember one old vintage book that may have been “Australian Home Cookery”. It possibly once belonged to Granny.
It’s creative commons by now so have at it https://archive.org/details/AustralianHomeCookery/mode/2up
Edit: Some of the stuff in there is incredibly dated and sus, such as aspic. But the casseroles, desserts and sauces have some solid basics.
Oh an egg flip! Is that a milkshake with an egg thrown in? Mum used to make a think called an eggflip with milk, milo, a raw egg and sometimes a scoop of ice cream (or just ice). I thought the name was made up and it was just an excuse to get some eggy protein into me (I was a not a big eater)
It’s a real thing
oh yeah!!! Vanilla essence. Oh that takes me back 💖
…little worrying that they didn’t specify a pasteurized egg if you’re going to be eating it raw
From my understanding eggs in Australia are pretty safe to eat raw.
The first time I nailed ants on a log I was hooked on cooking
(I don’t know why it wasn’t working up top but here it is)
nutritious snacks for kids
picture of giant cake , lol
Hahaha. Yeah.