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Australian Recipes - Great Tasting Vintage Recipes From Down Under

Who said Aussies don't have great culinary taste? Here are some great tasting and inexpensive to prepare hearty vintage Australian vegetables recipes that anyone can enjoy ...

ARTICHOKES, TO BOIL

• 2 lbs. Artichokes -- 4d.
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• ½ pint White Sauce -- 1 1/2d.
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• Total Cost -- 51/2 d.
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• Time—One Hour
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Wash and peel the artichokes and put them into some water; add a teaspoonful of vinegar and leave them for half an hour. Drain the water all away and put them into a saucepan, cover with cold water; add one gill of milk and some salt. Bring to the boil and cook slowly for about an hour. Take half a pint of the liquor in which the artichokes were boiled, and make a sauce; dish them and pour this over.

IMITATION SPINACH

Take the very young green shoots of the pumpkin plant. Wash them well and put them into a large saucepan, with a very little water seasoned with salt and a pinch of carbonate of soda; keep pressing them down into the water and boil till soft. Turn into a colander and squeeze very dry, put into a saucepan with one ounce of butter, pepper, salt, and a few drops of lemon juice. Stir about till thoroughly hot through, dish neatly, and serve.

BANANAS STEWED

• 1 doz. Green Bananas -- 3d.
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• Lemon Juice
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• ½ pint Brown Sauce
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• Pepper and Salt -- 2d.
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• Total Cost -- 5d.
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• Time—Half an Hour.
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Peel the bananas and put them in boiling water to which a few drops of lemon juice have been added; boil them for half an hour, or until soft.
Make sauce by directions already given, flavour with lemon juice, pepper, and salt. Strain all the water from the bananas, dish, and pour over the sauce.

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