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I have had a request from Murray of Perth as to the sizes of the large bags (or sacks) of flour and sugar available around the forties and fifties. Can anyone help please? Just email this site.
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Can anyone help Carol? If so please email this site....Errol
Dear Errol and Irene, I have just discovered your web page and it indeed brings back memories. For many years, I have been trying to locate the few lines I loved when I was a young child at school. (back nearly 50 years). About a fried mosquito on a piece of bread! Does anyone know it? I thank you for your help.
Sincerely Carol
Just found your web of Old Australian Recipes and all the other wonderful stuff. Having lived in Oz for a few years we really appreciate all that goes on over there. We have many a story to tell, all with love, including our stint at the Carter Werribee Egg Farm!!!! Is that place still going? I tried to print off your pages on the web – but all I got were blanks. Have you published a book with all the ingredients of your web? I would dearly love to know.
With very sincere thanks, particularly for bringing back happy, harrowing and funny experiences.
Shelagh Worsell
Hi Irene,
What a wonderfully informative site. I'm sure visitors to our library website will love the recipes - I've added it to our Online Information & links section - http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/info/hobbies.htm#cooking. Thanks so much!
Regards,
Maryanne Gosling
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"Not only does it provide a brilliant range of recipes from ‘Drop Scones’ to ‘Using Suet’ and way beyond, there are also ‘sprinklings of Australian Culture, Poetry, Family Humour, History, Australiana Images and Australia Today.’ A fascinating and informative site about this country’s yesteryear."
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BBC TV Comedy Series "Last of the Summer Wine". I have been greatly entertained by a couple of the early series of this BBC comedy. I have Series One and Two only but have found it difficult to purchase any others in Australia. Any Aussies out that can help me? Please email Errol...Thanks
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It is wonderful to be Australian and to have an old time based website is such a pleasure. It is a site that even the younger folk can look at and wonder how the oldies survived. I love to see recipes and remedies and the recipes in 1/4lbs etc (pre decimal) now that is great. Keep up the great site I know I have had a ball looking at it and will continue to as long as the site is there. Again thank you very much for the old memorabilia.
Barry Watt (Australia)
(circa…baby boomer era)
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Hi Errol,
I am amazed at all the wonderful old recipes included in your supporters section. Has brought back many old memories for me and especially our dear old Mum. Shall tackle a few into the New Year.
Our Thanks and Regards
Anne and Owen
Gold Coast NSW
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Hi,
I love your website. I have been wading through it for over an hour. Do you have a newsletter? I would love to sign for it.
Thanks for a wonderful experience.
Kindest regards
Ann
Hamley Bridge.
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Ed: Loved this site, could need a little work to tidy up the tables, however definitely one to bookmark, with all those easy to follow yummy recipes. Thanks Julia.
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This site is a wonderful treat. It features old Australian recipes as well as Australian humour and history. The site is well laid out and the colour scheme and few graphics make it easy on the eye and quick to load.
Comments about Old Aussie Food Recipes' site from the Teaching site- "Not only does it provide a brilliant range of recipes from 'Drop Scones' to 'Using Suet' and way beyond, there are also 'sprinklings of Australian Culture, Poetry, Family Humour, History, Australiana Images and Australia Today.' A fascinating and informative site about this country's yesteryear."
Comments from the The Regional Living Australia Blog "As part of my searches looking for material for my Australian Regional Food - Looking Back series I found a rather nice site, Old Aussie Food Recipes, subtitled "Recipes, Cooking and Delicious Meals the old time way in Australia." "Here I was caught by the description: Like yesterday I remember the glorious aromas coming from my Mum's kitchen. Sponge cake or a scone topped casserole and veges, oven hot scones or damper, hot soup or the look of a glorious bowl of home made ice cream and fruit topping. The site is well worth a browse by anyone interested in Australian cooking."
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