Recipe
Manx Rarebit 1956
Take three large potaotes peeled and grated, two rashers bacon cut up with scissors, three tomatoes, sliced (onions maybe used instead or as well) two beaten eggs, two tblsp oatmeal, 2oz fat, salt and pepper. Melt the fat and fry onion, bacon and potato quickly then add the tomato, oatmeal and salt and pepper then stir in the eggs. Brown under the grill. Read more......
Bachelor Girl Marmalade 1981
This does not take much time and you don't need a jelly pan! Take one large orange, one lemon and half a grapefruit. Grate skins, pulp, pips and put all into a baking bowl. Add one pint of water and allow to stand for 24 hours. Next day, boil with 2 lbs sugar until the marmalade sets, about 15 minutes usually, stirring all the time. Pour into small jars suitable for the table. Read more......
Crispy Onions 1981
Roll chopped onions in flour before putting into hot fat. They will be crispy and can be served with any dish. Read more......
No Bake Cake 1981
- 8 oz marshmallows
- 3 tbls orange juice
- 10 tbls evaporated milk
- 1 large packet digestive biscuits
- 12 oz sultanas
- 4 oz mixed peel
- 4 oz glaced cherries
- 4 oz walnuts
- ½ teas cinnamon
- ½ teas nutmeg
Pineapple Sweet 1907
Get a tin of pineapple chunks and heap them up like a pyramid in a dish. Then take the syrup and add sufficient gelatine dissolved to make a stiff jelly also add a few drops of cochineal to colour it. Put in a basin to cool and when set break up and arrange tastefully among the chunks. Just before sending to table pile whipped cream on top and strew a few hundreds and thousands over and serve. Read more......
Dandelion Beer 1907
Put 3 quarts of yellow dandelion petals in a tub with one gallon of water, previously boiled and left warm. Cover with a flannel and stir daily for three days. Strain and add 3 lb loaf sugar to liquid, the rind of two lemons and ½ oz ginger. Boil for 20 minutes, skim and strain into a tub, add the juice of the lemons and when tepid add a little yeast on a piece of toast. Next day put in a cask and in 6-8 weeks the beer is ready to bottle - F.W, Dundee. Read more......
Sausage Pie 1932
For this recipe you require 1lb sausages, ½ lb butter beans, ½ lb tomatoes, ¼ pint stock, salt and pepper. Put sausages in greased pie dish then cover with beans, season to taste. Add the sliced tomatoes and pour over the stock. Cover with rough puff pastry, and bake for one hour. Read more......
Hot Pot 1932
1lb sausages, ½lb haricot beans, ½lb onions, salt and pepper to taste. Soak the beans overnight and par-boil. Skin and cut the sausages into small pieces. Cover the bottom of a pie dish with ½ the beans, the sausages and onions and then the rest of the beans. Fill dish three-quarters full with water and bake for 1½ hours. Read more......
Macaroni Rarebit 1932
4oz macaroni, 4oz grated cheese, 1oz butter, little mustard, 2 or 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, salt and pepper to taste. Cook the macaroni and cut into small pieces, melt the butter add cheese and macaroni and heat slowly, beat up eggs with salt and pepper and pour over the macaroni mixture, stir until hot but do not boil. Serve with toast. Read more......
Fluffy Scones 1932
These are delightful and especially so if spread with honey. Take ½ lb flour, 1½ teaspoons sugar, 1 oz margarine, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar, ½ teaspoon baking soda, pinch of salt and a little sour buttercream. Mis together all the dry ingredients, rub in the margarine and add the milk to make a medium dough. Roll out on a floured board and cut into shape. Bake on a hot girdle. Read more......