I don’t remember Mum making lots and lots of biscuits, but she did make quite a few slices in her time. Unbaked ones like this one were always a favourite, especially in summer when using the oven heated up the kitchen too much. These days with air conditioners that isn’t so much of a problem, but unbaked slices are still a quite a good way to make a sweet treat.
I’m pretty sure that Mum did make this Potato salad though. The combination of potato and bacon would have been a winner for her, it’s always a great flavour combination.
This salad would have seemed bit exotic to Mum back in 1997, she may well have eaten it and she obviously intended to try making it as she cut it out of the magazine, but I think the combination of the different parsley and the burghul, might have been just a bit much for her. She was after all nearly 80 by then.
This is a really common salad these days and especially loved by my husband, but I’m not sure it was made all that much back in 1997 when Mum cut this recipe out of a magazine. I doubt that Mum even knew what Cos lettuce was as her salads were always made with Iceberg Lettuce.
I think Mum’s Egg and Bacon Pies were my favorite and the best thing to take on a picnic, but as well she made this Corn Pie. This was more for at home lunches. It makes quite a large pie and is great with a salad.
On the same sheet as the American Potato Salad was this Italian Salad. This at least had pasta as it’s base, which does give it an Italian style. Using pasta in a salad was still fairly unusual when this was published in 1991 and I certainly don’t think Mum had ever made a pasta salad at that stage.
Potato Salad has been around for a long, long time, but I thought it interesting that Mum had this American Potato Salad in her collection. As far as I can see the main thing that is different from our home grown Australian versions is the dill pickles.
Copha seems to have gone out of favour in recent years, but around the 1970s it was used a lot for no-bake slices and especially for sweets. This recipe was published by The Australian Women’s Weekly in 1994, it’s a little more modern with White Melts and Mallow Bakes, but it’s still quick and easy to make. Great for adults and children alike.
The old no bake slices were a quick and easy way to make something sweet for the family or visitors, especially in summer when you didn’t want to heat up the kitchen by using the oven. This one uses condensed milk and Marie biscuits and has flaked almonds on the top. If the almonds are a problem for you I’m sure you could use dried fruits or even choc chips instead.
Lamb and vegetable casseroles have always been a staple dish in Australian households. From early on lamb was readily available and any vegetable could be added to bulk the dish out to feed a family. Originally it probably came to Australia as a Lancastershire Hot Pot, but whether you call it that or like this recipe Lamb & Vegetable Hot Pot it is always a hearty dish topped with potatoes.
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