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Category Archives: Recipes
Mrs. Carroll’s Prize-winning Marrow Honey
Sydney’s ‘Truth’ newspaper (1890 – 1958) ran a weekly competition for recipes within its ‘Making Good Wives Better’ column, offering ‘substantial cash prizes for the best recipes submitted each week.’ Mrs. G. Carroll of 25 Prospect Street, Erskineville submitted a … Continue reading
Posted in 1940-1949, Prospect Street, Recipes, Truth Newspaper
Tagged Erskineville, Erskineville History, Honey, Inner West, Marrow Honey, Recipes, Vegan Honey
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Lemon Rings – a 1920 recipe from Erskineville, Sydney
On 22 February 1920 a request from ‘Elsie’ of St. Leonards appeared in the ‘Housewives Exchange’ – a column within ‘The World of Women’ page of Sydney’s The Sun newspaper. ‘any kind of useful wrinkle concerning the home-cooking, dressmaking, care of … Continue reading
Posted in 1920-1929, Recipes
Tagged Dripping, Erskineville, Erskineville History, Lemon biscuits, Lemon Rings, Recipe, Vintage Recipes
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Daisy’s Dripping Biscuits
In 1919, Daisy of Erskineville submitted her recipe for Dripping Biscuits to the ‘Women’s Sphere’ page of Sydney’s The Sun Newspaper. Daisy’s recipe appeared in the ‘Housewives’ Exchange’ column: ‘any kind of useful wrinkle concerning the home-cooking, dressmaking, care of children-will … Continue reading
Posted in 1910-1919, Recipes
Tagged Biscuits, Dripping, Dripping Recipe, Erskineville, Erskineville History, Inner West, Lemon Sugar Biscuits, Vintage Recipes
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Mrs. Lane’s Prize-winning Passionfruit Delight
In 1946 Mrs. A. Lane, of 33 Rochford Street Erskineville submitted her recipe for Passionfruit Delight to a weekly competition held by the Truth newspaper within its ‘Making Good Wives Better’ section. For her efforts, Mrs. Lane came third, missing … Continue reading
1916 Erskineville Date Pudding and Snowballs – Economical, tasty and wholesome
The Sydney newspaper The Sun (1910-1954) encouraged the housewives of Sydney to submit their recipes for consideration by ‘Dinah’ (an experienced and economical cook) and inclusion in the Sunday edition’s Women’s Page recipes. On this day 100 years ago, an Erskineville resident known … Continue reading
Posted in 1910-1919, Recipes
Tagged Date Pudding, Erskineville, Inner West, Old fashioned recipes, Recipes, Snowballs, Trove
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