This section is from the book "The Art Of Living In Australia", by Philip E. Muskett. Also available from Amazon: The Art of Living in Australia.
½ | lb. Cold Boiled Fish | 5d. |
½ | lb. Cold Boiled Potatoes. | 1d. |
Pepper and Salt | 1d. | |
Frying Fat..... | ||
1 | oz. Butter...... | |
1 | Egg...... | 1d. |
1 | tablespoonful of Milk, Bread Crumbs..... | 1d. |
Total Cost - 9d. Time - 5 Minutes.
Free the fish from skin and bone and flake it up; mash the potatoes smoothly, mix together and season with pepper and salt. Put the milk and butter into a saucepan, and when it is quite hot put in the fish and the potatoes. Beat up the egg, and put half in, and mix together till hot through; spread on to a- plate and stand away to cool. Add a teaspoonful each of water and oil to the egg. Make some bread crumbs on a sieve, and put them on to a piece of paper. Shape the fish mixture into cakes about one inch high and two inches across; brush them over with the egg, and toss them into the crumbs. Shape again and fry in very hot fat, arrange in the form of a wheel on a dish paper, garnish with fresh or fried parsley, and serve hot.
 
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