This is my very first cookbook. Published and bought by me in 1984 during the book fair at my primary school.

Such classics include:
▪︎ Ants on a log
▪︎ Junket
▪︎ Sandwiches
▪︎ Egg flip
▪︎ Milky Milo

  • Catfish
    6·
    17 days ago

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

  • melbaboutown
    4·
    15 days ago

    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.

  • imoldgreeeg
    3·
    16 days ago

    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)