The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie food as it used to be

In the first half of the 20th century, before fast foods (except for fish and chips) appeared in Australia, home cooking, family dinners and cut lunches ruled the day. Mothers spent their time in the kitchen and, except for a brief period during World War II, they stayed there. They inherited recipes from their own mothers, and shared them as well with relatives and friends. Although many of the recipes and cooking practices were typically English, many came from the Irish, the Chinese who tried their luck in the gold fields in the 1850s, and after World War II, from European immigrants, especially Italian and Greek. Pub lunches led the way in the latter part of the 20th century, followed by take-out restaurants, coffee shops, and restaurants of almost any cultural origin. Today in the 21st century, mothers and fathers go out to work, there are ready made meals available in supermarkets, and going out to a pub for lunch or dinner is no big deal. This cookbook revives the old recipes of the past, the simple tastes of the home made meat pie or sausage roll, the wonderful pastries, cookies, slices and cakes that no modern restaurant or bakery can ever match. For those older readers who no longer cook for themselves, this book will help resurrect for your children or grandchildren what home cooking was all about. The true joys of cooking!

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The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie food as it used to be

In the first half of the 20th century, before fast foods (except for fish and chips) appeared in Australia, home cooking, family dinners and cut lunches ruled the day. Mothers spent their time in the kitchen and, except for a brief period during World War II, they stayed there. They inherited recipes from their own mothers, and shared them as well with relatives and friends. Although many of the recipes and cooking practices were typically English, many came from the Irish, the Chinese who tried their luck in the gold fields in the 1850s, and after World War II, from European immigrants, especially Italian and Greek. Pub lunches led the way in the latter part of the 20th century, followed by take-out restaurants, coffee shops, and restaurants of almost any cultural origin. Today in the 21st century, mothers and fathers go out to work, there are ready made meals available in supermarkets, and going out to a pub for lunch or dinner is no big deal. This cookbook revives the old recipes of the past, the simple tastes of the home made meat pie or sausage roll, the wonderful pastries, cookies, slices and cakes that no modern restaurant or bakery can ever match. For those older readers who no longer cook for themselves, this book will help resurrect for your children or grandchildren what home cooking was all about. The true joys of cooking!

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The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie food as it used to be

The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie food as it used to be

by COLIN HESTON
The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie food as it used to be

The Fair Dinkum Cookbook: Aussie food as it used to be

by COLIN HESTON

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In the first half of the 20th century, before fast foods (except for fish and chips) appeared in Australia, home cooking, family dinners and cut lunches ruled the day. Mothers spent their time in the kitchen and, except for a brief period during World War II, they stayed there. They inherited recipes from their own mothers, and shared them as well with relatives and friends. Although many of the recipes and cooking practices were typically English, many came from the Irish, the Chinese who tried their luck in the gold fields in the 1850s, and after World War II, from European immigrants, especially Italian and Greek. Pub lunches led the way in the latter part of the 20th century, followed by take-out restaurants, coffee shops, and restaurants of almost any cultural origin. Today in the 21st century, mothers and fathers go out to work, there are ready made meals available in supermarkets, and going out to a pub for lunch or dinner is no big deal. This cookbook revives the old recipes of the past, the simple tastes of the home made meat pie or sausage roll, the wonderful pastries, cookies, slices and cakes that no modern restaurant or bakery can ever match. For those older readers who no longer cook for themselves, this book will help resurrect for your children or grandchildren what home cooking was all about. The true joys of cooking!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780911577556
Publisher: Harrow and Heston Publishers
Publication date: 06/30/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 180
File size: 98 MB
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About the Author

Colin Heston is the pen name of a criminologist of international repute. He was born in Australia and spent much of his professional life in New York, writing academic books on crime and punishment. In his role as criminologist he has written and edited many books, including a four volume encyclopedia, Crime and Punishment around the World, and most recently, Civilization and Barbarism. He currently resides in Anglesea, Victoria Australia where he writes fiction, as he looks out over the beautiful Anglesea rive, and cooks authentic Aussie dishes..

Table of Contents

1. The Aussie Way.  2. Pie 'n Sauce and other Aussie Classics.  3. Sandwiches and Scones.  4. Prawns, Snags and other Barbie Delights.  5. Fish, Chook and Rabbit.  6. The Aussie Melting Pot.  7. Salads.  8. Cookies and Slices.  9. Cakes.  10. Desserts.  11. Icing, Fillings and Spreads.  12. Drinks and Drinking.  13. Outback Cooking. Glossary of Indigenous Australian Foods. Aussie Measurements and Ingredients. About the Author.

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