The Art of Living in Australia: Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken

with the water, dip a pudding cloth into boiling water. Put the pudding into the centre, and tie up tightly. Plunge into boiling water and boil steadily for two hours; turn out of the cloth carefully into a hot dish, and serve. This pudding is delicious with roast meat, or it may be served as a sweet; jam sauce is nice poured round it. A recipe for this will be found elsewhere. HASTY PUDDING SOUFFLE * 1 pint Milk--2d. * * 2 Eggs--2d. * * 1 oz. Flour * * 1 oz. Sugar * * Flavourings--1d. * * Total Cost--5d. * * Time--40 Minutes * Put the milk on to boil, mix the flour smoothly with a little cold milk; when the milk in the saucepan nearly boils stir this in and stir until it boils. Then take off the fire and beat in the sugar, flavouring, and the yolks of the eggs. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth and stir them lightly in, pour into a buttered pie-dish, and bake in a brisk oven for forty minutes; serve hot. CHEESE CAKES * 1 pint Sour Milk--2d. * * 2 Eggs--2d. * * 1/2 lb. Flaky Pastry--3d. * * 2 oz. Sugar * * Flavouring--1d. * * Total Cost--8d. * * Time--15 Minutes. * Pour the milk through a sieve and use only the thick curd which does not run through into the basin; beat in the sugar, yolks of the eggs, and flavouring to taste. Roll our some flaky pastry and line some patty pans with it; fill them with rice or crusts of bread, and bake for about ten minutes. Then take out the rice or crusts and fill with the cheese cake mixture. Finish baking, and stand on a sieve till cool. Sprinkle well with sugar, and serve cold. BANANA SOUFFLE * 6 Bananas--2d. * * 2 oz. Sugar--1/2d. * * 1/2 pint Milk--1d. * * 2 Eggs--2d. * * Total Cost--51/2 d. * * Time--5 Minutes. * Choose ripe bananas, peel and slice them up, and lay them in a glass dish, sprinkle with sugar.