https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook Eat Your History Wed, 23 Sep 2020 03:44:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/isolation-baking-for-the-long-weekend/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/isolation-baking-for-the-long-weekend/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 01:46:53 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21265 While we all ‘holiday at home’ this April, why not try baking your own hot cross buns?  Who can resist diving into that (Easter) rabbit hole that is Trove!  We just love that priceless archive of Australian newspapers provided by the National Library (NLA) – and have been having a look at celebrated food traditions at discussed in Easter-time […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/isolation-baking-for-the-long-weekend/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/kristen-allans-ricotta/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/kristen-allans-ricotta/#respond Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:32:13 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=20253 If you joined us at Autumn Harvest you may have been part of Kristen Allan’s cheese-making workshop. Everyone was after her ricotta recipe, and she’s been kind enough to share it with us! We’ve featured Kristen’s cheese-making and ricotta before, but its well worth a repeat. Ricotta is incredibly easy to make, and can be […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/kristen-allans-ricotta/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/lets-talk-turkey-brush-style/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/lets-talk-turkey-brush-style/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2018 23:00:25 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=18984 While the now ubiquitous native ibis – affectionately (??) known as ‘the bin chicken’ – has made its mark as a Sydney icon in the delightful Alphabetical Sydney Creative Lab at the Museum of Sydney, the ‘brush’ turkey is enjoying its own share of media coverage, as it encroaches upon inner Sydney’s suburbs… Nesting season Also known […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/lets-talk-turkey-brush-style/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/christmas-treats-from-the-cook-and-the-curator-archive/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/christmas-treats-from-the-cook-and-the-curator-archive/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:00:56 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=18911 If you’re after some last minute inspiration for your festive tables here are a few of our favourite entertaining and edible gift ideas from our recipe archives and Eat your history book. We wish you a peaceful, restful and enjoyable festive break and look forward to a food-filled year ahead. Click on the underlined titles to […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/christmas-treats-from-the-cook-and-the-curator-archive/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/simply-smashing-or-a-story-of-alligators-and-pears/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/simply-smashing-or-a-story-of-alligators-and-pears/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2017 08:05:20 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=18358 With the craze for ‘avocado toast’, smashed or otherwise, being a significant a point of media interest these days, we have decided NOT to buy into the claim that, like the equally disputed pavlova and lamington, it is an Australian ‘invention’. But it has piqued our curiosity about avocados, which are native to South America, and when they found […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/simply-smashing-or-a-story-of-alligators-and-pears/feed/ 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/curry-stuff/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/curry-stuff/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2017 23:00:49 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=8365 Although being immensely popular, Australia’s first published cookbook, Edward Abbott’s The English and Australian cookery book for the many and the upper ten thousand (1864), featured only one recipe for a ‘curry’. Curry. Cut meats, fowls, or rabbits into small joints, and fry them brown in a pan with an onion chopped up. When half […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/curry-stuff/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/australian-tastes/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/australian-tastes/#respond Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:00:05 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=17462 Yes folks, it’s a pavlova – or at least we are told it is, in 1930s cook book such as The new Goulburn cookery book and The Presbyterian cookery book of good and tried recipes. Iconically ‘Australian’ The notion of an Australian ‘national cuisine’ has been debated for decades, with iconic foods such as the […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/australian-tastes/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/perfectly-potty/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/perfectly-potty/#respond Wed, 04 Jan 2017 23:00:26 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=15975 Wondering what to do with the leftover turkey, ham and seafood? Try potting them! (Potted prawns recipe below) Potting perfection One of our most successful education programs is titled ‘Pickled, potted and preserved’, designed for senior high school Food Technology students. Pickling and preserving in many forms are enjoying a renaissance, but what became of […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/perfectly-potty/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/devilish-dish-for-halloween/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/devilish-dish-for-halloween/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:00:08 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=16920 If you’re celebrating Halloween this weekend, add some devilishly simple ‘devilled bones’ to the menu (recipe below). They make a nice change from the now ubiquitous honey-soy chicken legs and winglets, and are great for kids and adults alike. Hot as Hades ‘Devilled’ foods have been popular since the 18th-century, but like many simple dishes, […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/devilish-dish-for-halloween/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/sago-plum-pudding/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/sago-plum-pudding/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:33 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=15111 With the winter solstice almost upon us my thoughts shift to foods that warm and nourish the soul. The Christmas style plum pudding was always intended as mid-winter fare and this variation on the plum pudding theme is simple to make, rich tasting and truly comforting to eat. An heirloom recipe The sago pudding recipe […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/sago-plum-pudding/feed/ 0