This was mine. Highlights; peppermint creams, Spaghetti supper, and use of the word Elevenses.

I basically learned by osmosis ie. cooking porridge and peeling potatoes for dinner as a kid and then occasionally taking over cooking duty as a teen. I don’t remember the recipe books from Home Ec. Perhaps they were photocopied handouts.

But I do remember one old vintage book that may have been “Australian Home Cookery”. It possibly once belonged to Granny.

It’s creative commons by now so have at it https://archive.org/details/AustralianHomeCookery/mode/2up

Edit: Some of the stuff in there is incredibly dated and sus, such as aspic. But the casseroles, desserts and sauces have some solid basics.

Oh an egg flip! Is that a milkshake with an egg thrown in? Mum used to make a think called an eggflip with milk, milo, a raw egg and sometimes a scoop of ice cream (or just ice). I thought the name was made up and it was just an excuse to get some eggy protein into me (I was a not a big eater)

(I don’t know why it wasn’t working up top but here it is)

The first time I nailed ants on a log I was hooked on cooking