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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
4
A long annotated page lists Christmas dinner recipes and methods for roast fowl turkey pork and goose with sauces and stuffings. It includes pastry fillings fruit compotes and a decorative cake icing guidance. Also discusses festive amusements games make up tips and social customs around Christmas festivities.
Recipe notes provide ingredients for veal stuffing including breadcrumbs suet or butter milk herbs egg nutmeg lemon rind parsley and pepper. Method outlines chopping suet herbs mixing dry ingredients adding egg and milk. Suggestion to add a few oysters to improve for turkey roasting.
Fragmentary recipe describes stuffing using onions and bread. Instructions mention browning onions until tender and mixing with chopped bread for a bread stuffing. No clear source context or complete method provided.
Yolks and other ingredients are whisked in a double boiler until thick and frothy. The note mentions ek eggs one gill try and one tablespoon sugar as part of the method.
A simple custard combines 1 pint milk with the yolks of 4 eggs and a tablespoon of sugar. Cook gently in a double boiler or a jug over boiling water until it coats a spoon, then cool before adding vanilla or flavouring.
Recipe lists batter brown sugar eggs bran or Lak con ees ce ea oe eahinaa mix raisins currants crystal peries and other items. Clean and mix all fruit thoroughly with brief baking steps and timing.
A nostalgic note urges readers to plan Christmas decor with time for adjustments, mentions mistletoe as a luck charm, and hints at traditional rites. The passage reflects old holiday customs and a playful tone about festive preparations and personal taste.
Dialogue shows a spoof of letters and marriage plans as Barney writes to Bridget. The boys joke about a costly dog purchase by Mr De Broker and a later cheap win, while the bride’s mother has long managed the family affairs. The scene mixes humor and social comment.
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