Victoria University College

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 2

Victoria University College

SARAH ANNE RHODES FELLOWSHIP IN HOME SCIENCE PICNIC LUNCHES As soon as the warm weather appears our minds seem automatically to turn to thoughts of picnics, but let there be plenty to eat. Too often we are inclined to fill the hamper with all the cookies and cakes we possess and lastly add a few sandwiches, groaning all the while about the lack of sandwich fillings. If sandwiches are to take the main place in the lunch here are a few suggestions for fillings. 3. Salmon and chopped pickles. 2. Dates, nuts and lemon juice (warm the dates to soften). 3. Grated cheese and salad dressing. 4. Honey and nuts. 5. Cheese, celery' and salad dressing. 6. Cold fish and parsley. 7. Geld, cooked vegetables with salad dressing. 8. Strawberry jam and cottage cheese. 9. Marmite, mint and chopped nuts. 30. Tomato, cucumber, celery and onion; 11. Sliced tomatoes with cheese and lettuce. 12. Finely chopped ham with splad dressing. 13. Finely chopped cold meat with crisp vegetables and dressing. 14. Egg und nut and melted butter. Instead of packing sweet cakes and cookies try one of the following recijjes. Egg and Bacon Pie.—Beat up 2 eggs with i pint of milk to make a custard, adding plenty of seasoning. Line a largo sandwich tin with wholemeal pastry (use 3 parts of wholemeal to 1 part of white flour), pour in the custard, and place slices of bacon on top, to cover completely. Bake in a moderate oven for about 40 minutes. When cold it is quite firm. Clifton Biscuits.—Walnuts I cup, flour 1 cup, coconut 1 cup, rolled oats 1 cup, sugar (brown) £ cup, butter £ lb., golden syrup or treacle 1 tablespoon, sola 1 teaspoon, boiling water 2 tablespoons. Alelt the butter and syrup. Pour into dry ingredients. Add baking soda and water. Put in dessertspoonfuls on a tray and press flat with the fingers and bake £ hour. If you wish to do any cooking when picnicing or camping a useful stove can bo made as follows: Cut a good sized hole in the top of a petrol can (the low four-gallon type) and a piece about four inches high and the whole width of the can at the very bottom on one side. Place two bricks against the walls of the can and a wire grating over them. Above this grating the walls are covered with clay (half fire-bricks would do as well). This stove is easy to carry around from place to place and will thrive on wet or dry wood, in a wind and in wet weather. If three petrol cans are bound together and the central one contains the fire the other two will act as ovens.