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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

The Coronation Cookery Book

Compiled by the Country Women's Association fo N.S.W
1947 HB 300pp

"I take great pleasure on commending the Coronation Cookery Book to you for here are a wealth of valuable and attractive recipes which will prove an asset to every housewife."

So types Winifred (unreadable surname) on her Goverment House Sydney letterhead. I know I am going abit domestic goddess on you but I picked this book up yesterday and it is sooo lovely that I know you would like to share.

This book is indeed an asset - not only do you have more recipes for offal than you could every need in one (or indeed many) lifetime/s, you can find directions for making a wool mattress (wool weights included), home curing bacon (simple directions by an expert), household hints including 'repairing iron tanks','good deodorant powder','hints for washing day', as well as many recipes for invalids and the various uses for aspic.

I have a number of these books, precious to me for many reasons not the least being that while we all know what the men where doing during these years, what women went through is such an undiscovered country. People are stunned that I feed my family without a microwave and for many years did without a TV (both voluntarily) but my paternal grandmother raised 13 children without RUNNING WATER in the house.

When the world goes to hell in a handbasket who is going to know how to make candles, or giblet soup or how to prepare suet for use. Me! and well all my friends in the SCA - in theory atleast.

And with that cheery thought I will share with you the recipe inscribed on the inside front cover (do all grandma's write in the same hand??) - not in the handy memorandum provided at the back of the book, oh no but right at the very front. A woman after my own heart.
Words verbatim, formatting my own


Chocolate Fudge
  • 1lb sugar
  • 1 cup cream
  • 2oz milk chocolate
  • vanilla
- Boil, add 2oz butter, boil and stir constantly for about 20 mins, add walnuts and pour into lamington tin that has been buttered, when nearly set, cut into squares and when quite cold wrap in paper.


Comments:

Gold.

I'm still not sure whether my favourite recipe is

"Stewed Bandicoots in Milk"

or the ever popular

"Toast in Warm Water"

# posted by Blogger Amanda : 10:26 AM  

I love vintage 'domestic' manuals of any kind. I have a couple of vintage craft and needlework books, one is 1930's I think, and they are really cool for the insight they give into how people lived (or aspired to live).

As if the problems of the world could be kept at bay with anti-maccasers and cross stitched tea cloths.

# posted by Blogger The Other Andrew : 10:39 AM  

you mean they can't be???????

maybe you are just missing the added protection of some tatting on a good tea-cosy

# posted by Blogger FuschiaReads : 8:45 PM  

mmmmmmmm

so have you tried the fudge recipe yet?

I found a nice one a few months ago. it's a 50's chinese recipe book from Hong Kong written by a jolly British sub-noble or semi-offical's wife, or somesuch. the recipes actually look real, the book is a treasure.

# posted by Blogger worldpeace and a speedboat : 10:21 AM  

I haven't tried it yet - but its a great idea. Sounds good for a Saturday night in. Is there a blog for the best choc fudge recipes???

# posted by Blogger FuschiaReads : 5:12 PM  

there is surely a blog for everything.

and that wouldn't be the most frivolous, either.

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