That is the sum total of the recipes from the box. 140-odd slices of life. Recipes that a few people enjoyed enough to save, to make for special occasions; to pass on.
I may one day get round to trying some of these recipes out – if I do I will post the resultant whatever-it-ends-up-like on here rather than on my main blog.
In the meantime, off to start a new project. Thanks for tuning in!
Source – Betty
Ingredients:
8 oz self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 4 oz butter/margerine; 4 oz granulated sugar; approx 6 oz cooking apples – more; 1 egg; a little milk.
Method
Grease a large sandwich tin. Peel, core & slice apples. Seive flour & baking powder. Rub in fat & add sugar. Stir in apples & mix to a v. thick consistency with the egg & a little milk if necessary. Cook 375-400 [F?] for about 30 mins or until apple is soft & cake nicely brown. (Split open, spread with butter & demerara sugar. Put together & serve at once. Cream.
Source – House & Garden, Aug ’86 [?]
Serves 6. A good portable salad for picnics as it can be dressed in advance without turning limp. Serve with small wedges of Little Gem.
Ingredients:
1 lb grated carrots; 2-3 oz raisins; 1 tsp ground cumin; 2 oz flaked or slivered almonds – toasted; 1/4 pint well flavoured vinaigrette; salt & pepper.
Method:
Simply toss all together & store in a well-sealed picnic container. Can be made the night before but not frozen.
Source – Country Living, Oct ’89
Ingredients:
4-5 slices buttered bread; 3 oz currants soaked in orange juice or brandy; 1 tbsp crystallised ginger; 1 pt milk; 3 eggs; 2 oz sugar; grated nutmeg.
Method:
Put a layer of bread in the bottom of a small pie dish. Sprinkle with currants & ginger. Finish [?] with layers of the rest of the bread & dried fruit. The last layer must be laid buttered side up. Beat the milk with the eggs & *2 oz of the sugar & pour this custard over the bread. Sprinkle with the rest of the sugar* & finish with a dusting of nutmeg. Bake in a moderate oven @ 350 F for 25-30 mins until well-gilded [?] and set. Serve with thick cream & brown sugar.
* something wrong somewhere [no note as to any corrective measurements]
Source – unknown, Nov 82
Thin Cut Marmalade
Ingredients:
? seville oranges; 3/4 pint water; 4 lb sugar
Method:
Empty contents into pan. Add 3/4 pint of water. Stir in 4 lbs sugar – bring to boil, stirring continuously with wooden spoon. Reduce heat to prevent contents boiling over but maintain a food boil for a further 15 mins. Add knob of butter about the size of a pea during boiling to disperse foam. Test for setting – remove from heat & test on sacer in cold place. When set, allow to stand for 5-10 mins & pour into warmed jars. If peel floats stir each jar with a spoon. Cover in usual way.
Source – Mary Meredith
Makes just over 3/4 pint.
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks (2 whole eggs if using liquidiser method); 3/4 pint salad oil; 3 level tsp french mustard; good pinch caster sugar; salt & freshly ground black pepper; almost 2 tbsp distilled wine or white vinegar.
Method:
The eggs & oil should be at room temperature. Mix yolks with mustard, sugar, pepper & good pinch salt. Measure oil into a jug, then add a drop at a time to the yolks, beating all the time with a wooden spoon. When mayonnaise starts to thicken, but not before, the oil can be added a little more quickly. When it is really thick, add a little vinegar to thin it & to keep the right consistency, then re-season. Can be kept in a screw topped jar in refrigerator.
Source – unknown
Ingredients:
8 oz flour; 2 oz margerine; salt; baking powder; 1 tsp sugar.
Method:
Warm – 2 cups plain flour, tsp of baking powder for each cup, tsp sugar for every cup flour add 1/2 cup of milk [?]. Mix with fork – quickly. When mixture hangs together, turn out. On floured board, loosely mix – dont touch top. Take sharp knife & cut straight down the middle. Pick up with slice & place on warmed floured tray. Hot oven 15 mins.
Source – Mary Meredith
Ingredients:
1/2 cucumber; 1 tsp chopped mint; salt; french dressing.
Method:
Slice cucumber thinly & lay slices on a plate. Sprinkle with salt & leave 30 mins. Drain off any liquid which has formed & sprinkle over enough french dressing to moisten cucumber. Arrange in a dish & sprinkle chopped mint over.
Source – Women’s Journal – July 85
Serves 6
Ingredients:
3 oranges; 1 lb tomatoes; (1 onion); sprig rosemary; 1/4 pint mustard vinaigrette; four black olives & chopped walnuts.
Method:
Cut round to remove peel & pith from oranges, then cut into thin slices horizontally & place in a bowl. Scald tomatoes, remove skins & slice horizontally across the fruit & add to the oranges. (Peel & slice onion if liked). Add rosemary. Pour over the vinaigrette & let the salad marinade for 1 hr or so. Spoon into shallow serving dish. Add decoration.
Recipes From A Box 