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Dreaming of Tomorrow: Food
"Patricia Pat's" which was a weekly feature in the Queensland Times provided an insight into articles written "For Womenfolk". In March 1950, it is revealed that the main meal on a Sunday was a hearty lunch. Family and guests who might be around for Sunday night tea could look forward to a light meal. An example of what might have been served is a fruit cup for entree, a salad with condiments and a pancake. Once a breakfast staple, pancakes were considered to be a good evening meal with cooked or tinned chicken, ham , shrimp, lobster or other seafood.
Those with a sweet tooth may have preferred a dessert pancake, served with jelly and powdered sugar or strawberry jam.
Another staple was the sandwich, which could be eaten as a meal, for afternoon tea, for supper, or at a picnic or children's party. An article in the Queensland Times in September 1951, advised that "bread is only two-thirds of this favourite food - the other third is filling. Suggested fillings included Ham Salad; Tongue-Cottage Cheese (that's right, this recipe called for cooked tongue); or an Egg Salad filling. Other options were orange-cheese-peanut butter, frankfurter-egg, date-peanut butter, creamcheese - devilled ham, chick or shrimp salad, cheese-shrimp, and egg-olive-bacon.
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