MAINLY ABOUT FOOD

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 39, 5 April 1935, Page 46

MAINLY ABOUT

FOOD

10/6 Goes to Masterton

ANY thanks to all correspondents for their excellent recipes and I wish space would permit the publication of them all. The prize this week goes to Mrs. L. Sayer, of 95 Chapel Street, Masterton, for her recipe on Onions Stuffed with Kidneys. Many recipes are outstanding, the Wig Conserve is sent in by.a most reliable correspondent and can be recommended. One or two of. the Chutney recipes are being held back for the next issue when a Pickle Competition will be decided. The half-hour Steam Pudding ig an economical and quick oneevery housekeeper as some time re-

quires a reliable recipe of this kind when time is short, . Miss W.I.N. (Timaru): Your recipe will be appreciated by 3YA’s food expert followers. "Doreen" (Dunedin) : Thanks for your contributions, but one recipe is now out of season, Miss M.A. (Napier) : "Chef" appreciated your interest, but the matter was then in different hands. There were two recipes from the same person published that week. and both rather vague, and nowadays economy must be kept in the foreground. but "Chef" thinks the straining was necessary in the particular recipe you mention. Many thanks for your recipe this week, and I have recommended it to readers, but as the "Radio. Record" has a very large circulation gll over New Zealand, it will be more appropriate for North Island readers as the fruit does not come to maturity in the South Island. Mrs. L,S. (Masterton): All good, but too many-see notes in March 22 issue.

Stuffed Monkeys

"TAKE #1b. butter, 30zs. icing sugar, 2ozs. cornflour, 8ozs. flour, 3 teaspoon baking powder. Mix to a fairly stiff dough: -Stone some dates, put 4 peanut in each date in place of stones, and roll a little of the dough around it. Bake on. oven slide in moderate oven.-

Miss

I.

N.

(Pukeroro.)

Butter Biscuits

"TAKE 4b. butter, 4lb. sugar, Ib. flour and 1 egg. Cream, butter and sugar, work in the flour. Mix to a dough with the egg well beaten. Roll out thinly. Cut into-shapes and place half an almond on each. Bake on a floured slide, in a moderate oven:for 15 minutes.-

Mrs.

A.

J.

(Kilbirnie).

Grape Relish

GHLEOCT perfect bunches of uniform size and ripeness. Not overripe. Leave stems on, closely pack in clean glass jars, careful not to crush the fruit. Make syrup of one and a nalf cups of sugar to one cup white vinegar, boiling five minutes. Pour the hot syrup over the grapes to fill the jars and seal

them.-

Mrs.

E.

W.

(Morrinsville. )

Tomato Crispies

Cur slices of bread as required about one third of an inch thick, Cut crusts off, butter, cut tomatoes in thin slices and spread on bread, sprinkle with grated cheese, salt and pepper and bake in moderate oven about 15 min-

utes until crisp.-

-Miss

G.

C.

(Te Puke).

Caramel Bananas

IX bananas, 1 small cup brown sugar, 3 tablespoons cream, 3 dessertspoons butter, 1 small teaspoon vanilla, 1 dessertspoon dessicated coconut. Split each banana im half lengthwise and put into shallow glass dish. Put the sugar, cream and butter in

saucepan and cook slowly till thick, add vanilla and pour over bananas. Pile a little whipped cream on top and sprinkle with the dessicated coco-

nut.

-Mrs,

E.

H.

(Henderson).

Mushroom Cutlets

LB. mushrooms (minced), salt and pepper, nutmeg, 1 beaten egg, 4ozs. grated ‘breadcrumbs, Mix all ingredients together, and stir until smooth. Mould into small flat cutlets, dip in egg and breadcrumbs, and fry in hot butter

until brown.-

~Mrs:

J.M.

S.

(Dunedin. )

Winter Marmalade

[THIS is a delicious marmalade and can be made at any season of the year, as ingredients are procurable all the year round, Four oranges, 2 large lemons, 4 carrots. Put the above through the mincer, put into preserving pan, add 3 measures of water to one of fruit, stand for 24 hours, then boil for half ‘an hour, stand some time again (not less than two hours). Add one measure of sugar to one of fruit .and boil briskly for one hour and ten minutes. Makes eight to nine pots.-

Mrs.

C.M.

W.

(Whangarei).

Half-Hour Pudding

ONE and a half cups flour, 1 teaspoon butter, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon soda. Method: Rub butter into flour, ete., mix with milk into a light dough, put into greased basin, pour over 4 cup sugar, loz. butter, 2 tablespoons golden syrup, 13 tablespoons boiling water. Melt all these ingredients in saucepan, pour over mixture. Cook. with only saucepan lid on

for half an hour.-

Miss

J.

C.

(Danne

virke).

Steak and Walnuts

UT steak into small pieces with two or three pickled walnuts, cover with flour, add pepper and salt, cover with cold water, and stew for 13 hours. The flour and walnuts makes a rich

brown gravy.-i

Mrs.

B.

S.

(Napier).

Good Fruit Cake

1. butter, 1!b. brown sugar, 10 eggs, , iilbs, flour, 4 or 5lbs. fruit (such as currants, raisins, sultanas, prunes, figs, cherries), also 4 teaspoon cinnamon, and grated nutmeg, and 2028. crushed almonds and }-glass brandy.-

bake four or five hours.-

Mrs.

J.J.

A.

(Masterton),

Carnival Salad

QNE cabbage, 1 small onion, 1 banana, 1 apple. Method: Select a hard, white head of a cabbage and shred finely, add chopped onion, sliced banana and grated apple. Mix well together and place'in salad bowl. Pour over mayonnaise dressing. Garnish

with a few chopped walnuts.-

~Miss

W.I.

N.

(Timaru)

Chocolate Pudding

REAM together 1 tablespoon butter, small cup sngar, add 1 egg. then 1 dessertspoon "golden syrup. Beat well. Next add 4 teaspoon carbonate soda, dissolved in 3 tablespoons milk. Sift together 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 dessertspoon cocoa.: Add to the mixture, stirring lightly. Place in buttered mould, steam 1} hours, . This recipe also makes an excellent sponge, baked in sandwich tins in moderate oven. Put together with a good mock

cream filling.-

~Mrs:

F.

H.

(Tauranga),

Apple and Raisin

NE cup of flour, 1 cup of wholemeal, ib. butter, 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and half of soda, milk to mix. Three large, good, cooking apples, i small cup sultanas or raisins, a little nutmeg and sugar to taste. Mix together dry ingredients, rub in butter, mix to a fairly stiff dough with a little milk, roll out fairly thin, spread one

half with sliced apples, sprinkle with sugar, spread raisins over and grate with nutmeg. Cover with the rest of the pastry and bake in moderate oven for half an hour, These can be served hot, as a pudding, with cream, or, when cold, cut into fingers and dredged with icing sugar, are delicious for afternoon

tea,-

Mrs,

L.

(Wanganui).

Marshmallow Shape UT 1 tablespoon granulated gelatine in cup and half fill with cold water. Let it stand 10 minutes, then fill cup with boiling water. Put into large basin with whites of 2 eggs and fluvouring (little grated rind and juice lemon. or essence raspberry or vanilla). Beat 15 minutes gradually adding 1 cup sugar. This is a delicious sweet especially if served with stewed fruit or fruit salad and can be used immedia‘ely

it is prepared.-

E.

S.

(Ohristchurch),

Onions Stuffed With Kidneys

LARGE silver onions, 3 sheeps’ kidneys, loz, butter,- loz. flour, | teaspoonful meat extract, 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley, salt and pepper to taste, | cup water, | tablespoon minced bacon. Peel the onions carefully and boil in slightly salted water for 10 minutes (no longer). Take off to cool. Skin the kidneys and cut into dice. Fry quickly in the butter, add the bacon, meat extract and salt and pepper. Keep turning with a knife for 5 minutes then add the water. Mix flour smooth with cold water and add. Boil up fast till thickened. Very carefully remove the centre of the cooled onions. Scoop out all the kidney from the gravy and place in centre of onions. Place in a baking dish. Pour the gravy over and bake for 4 hour. Spriakle parsley on top before

serving.-

-Mrs .

L.

Sayer

Mag-

terton).