Win Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons
And discover Australian family recipes from 1868 to 1950
Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons – Victoria Heywood [©Slattery Media Group]
Relive Australia's culinary past from 1868 into the 1950's. With some unusual recipes and hilarious household tips, Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons is an engrossing read for anyone with an interest in the history of food or simply curious about just what goes into Surprise Cake!
Enter now for your chance to win one of three copies.
Victoria Heywood spent many long hours in dusty attics and small specialist bookshops, going through archives and public and private collections in state and university libraries to collate this eclectic mix of recipes, tips and anecdotes.
It's a thoroughly entertaining read and just skipping through the pages triggers the imagination. What could possibly be in a Poetical Pound Cake or a Throw Together Cake? Then there's the contradiction of the Happy Chocolate Cake and Depression Sponge.
Discover how you'd cook up wombat back in 1864 in the wilds of Tasmania and the verdict on cooking up Black Swan (cygnets) back then? When young and tender and dressed properly apparently 'it's eatable and that's all we can say.'
Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons isn't just a book of old recipes to try out in modern times (in fact the recipes haven't all been tried and tested by Victoria and a kitchen test team – as she says in her introduction 'Hell, some of these recipes were almost enough to put me off eating altogether.' ). It's a wonderful collection that builds on the recipes with tips, anecdotes and advertisements from old publications to give you a real feel for the household of the times.
Learn how 'to dress well on a small sum', what the Housewives Association stands for, what everyone's saying about Bes-Yet wax polish and, imagine this, how to do all the week's washing for just a penny!
If you'd like to win one of three copies of this thoroughly entertaining walk through the kitchens (indoor and outdoor) and household management of colonial Australia, then enter below.
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Prizes are one of three copies of Possum Pie, Beetroot Beer and Lamingtons by Victoria Heywood (RRP A$25 plus postage) which will be sent around Australia and overseas.
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