1930's

This is indeed a rich pudding, and people who are tired of ordinary rice pudding will appreciate this.

Take 2 heaped tablespoons whole rice, 2 tablespoons crushed butterscotch, 1 quart milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla essence, a little grated nutmeg, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 tablespoon margarine, salt. Read more......

Take 1lb of cooked potatoes, 2oz of dripping, 1lb Spanish onions, a little hot milk, salt and pepper. Mash the potatoes with the hot milk until they are creamy and season with salt and pepper. Whist they are cooking peel and slice very thinly the onions. Melt the dripping and fry the onions until they are very dry and crisp. Put the mashed potato into a hot vegetable dish and cover the top with a thick layer of fried onions. Serve. Read more......

This brown tablet is delicious and a great favourite. Take 3lb of castor sugar, 3-oz fresh butter, a small time of condensed milk, 1 cupful of fresh milk, 1 heaped tablespoonful of syrup and 1 dessertspoonful of vinegar. Put sugar, butter, syrup and fresh milk into an enamel lined pan and melt very slowly (don't allow to boil until thoroughly melted). When boiling add the condensed milk, stirring all the time, boil for 20 to 30 minutes, and then add the vinegar. Remove from the fire and beat for five minutes, before pouring into greased tins. Read more......

These are made with 2 eggs ( the yolks separated from the whites), 1½ cupfuls sweet milk, ¾ cupful Kellogg's All Bran, 1½ cupfuls flour, 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar and ½ a cup of melted butter. Beat the egg yolks slightly, add the milk and the all-bran and let soak while sifting all the dry ingredients into the liquid mixture; add melted butter and fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a hot waffle iron until now steam is visible. Read more......

With potatoes left over for dinner, a very cheap and nourishing dish can be obtained. Slice some cold potatoes and pile them roughly in a pie dish. Beat up an egg, add on teacupful of milk, and into this stir two tablespoons each of flour, breadcrumbs and grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over the potatoes, dot with margarine and bake in a good oven until nicely browned. Read more......

Needs no cooking - Miss Susan Craik, 11, Provost Circle, Inverurie. Take 8oz digestive biscuits, 1 and a ½ tablespoons drinking chocolate, 2oz margarine, 1 small tin of condensed milk, 20 marshmallows, coconut. Crush the biscuits, melt the margarine, add chocolate and milk, stir well. Wet hands, cover the marshmallows with the mixture and roll in coconut. Read more......

With potatoes left over for dinner, a very cheap and nourishing dish can be obtained. Slice some cold potatoes and pile them roughly in a pie dish. Beat up an egg, add on teacupful of milk, and into this stir two tablespoons each of flour, breadcrumbs and grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over the potatoes, dot with margarine and bake in a good oven until nicely browned. Read more......

Try these for a change, Mrs J Giles, Paisley speaks very highly of them. Hot or cold, these are equally good. Half pound of flour, 2oz margarine, a good pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of baking powder and milk to mix. Mix the flour, salt and baking powder and sieve it. Rub in lightly the margarine, then add enough milk to make a stiff dough. Form into little balls, put on a hot tin and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes. Just before they are done brush over with a little milk. Read more......

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......

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......