Week 5, the next recipe installment of trying to make and photograph a recipe from my 1971 Edmonds cookbook. I am finding it a struggle to keep up with the challenge of doing one every week. But when I do it is worth the wait. We are now up to the Bs; I have noticed that the cooked do vary from year to as recipes they have in them. I have four, and have compared how different each section is.
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Week 4, the next recipe installment of trying to make and photograph a recipe from my 1971 Edmonds cookbook. I am finding it a struggle to keep up with the challenge of doing one every week. But when I do it is worth the wait. Apple Shortcake is an old favorite. When I was a kid, we always used home grown apples. I used apples from my tree for this blog. I found the pastry a little hard to roll
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Apricot balls – made in the Mycook Premium Many years ago I used to buy and eat apricot delight pieces, but they always made me feel sick. So I stopped buying them. When you look at the ingredients on the packet, it is not surprising I felt ill after eating them. Apricots 50%, Sugar, Glucose Syrup (Derived from Corn), Vegetable Oil, Acidity Regulator: (330), Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Corn Starch, Natural Colour: (160b), Natural Flavour, Preservative: (220). Taken from Coles website.
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The book I learned to cook from. 1971 Edmonds Cookery Book (New Zealand) Challenge. The aim is to cook a recipe every week from the cakes and biscuits section of the book. Time permitting of course. Please see my introductory video. Why do a challenge like this? Nostalgia, good basic skills are taught. Great food that needs to be shared. Just plain old fun. This is the book that I learned to cook from was a 1971 cook book, and
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Vanilla Custard The Custard Skin When I was growing up, we had certain foods that were a staple, and custard was one of them. Mum would make custard most nights, and we would eat it with everything. We had it on steamed puddings, rice puddings, bottled fruit in winter, in the trifle on a special occasions. We would have it over bananas; that was so special when we had that. My favourite was the custard and bananas. There was always
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