Lamington (1913)

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MANAWATU COUNTY
COOKERY BOOK
Palmerston North: H. L. Young Limited, Printers
1913

   The DICTIONARY OF NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH has 1916.  OED has 1929.  If you're vacationing in New Zealand for a few days and solve the national dish, they don't give you anything.

Pg. 47:  DORMERS.
Pg. 55:
   WALDING SALAD.  (Not "Waldorf"?--ed.)
   Equal quantities of celery and apples, cut in long narrow strips.  Serve with mayonnaise dressing, and garnish with olives and celery leaves.
Pg. 65:  SNOWDON PUDDING...WARREN PUDDING.
Pg. 88:  KING HENRY'S SHOE-STRINGS.
Pg. 100:  "COOKIES" BISCUITS.  (No "Anzac" yet--ed.)
Pg. 101:  "JODE KAGER"...RATIFFER BISCUITS.
Pg. 102:  LONGWOOD BISCUITS.
Pg. 109:
   LAMINGTONS.
   1/4lb butter, 2 eggs, 2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 1 teasppon cream of tartar, 1/2 soda.  Mode: Mix butter and sugar, add eggs well beaten, and milk, then flour and powders.  Bake in flat dish and cut in squares when cold.  To ice above: 1/2lb icing sugar, 2oz butter, 1 heaped tablespoon cocoa, vanilla flavouring.  Mix with boiling water to about consistency of treacle, dip squares into icing on the end of a skewer, and sprinkle with cocoanut or almonds.
Pg. 119:  WARBRECKEN CAKE...PINK MABEL CAKE.
Pg. 123:  FAIRY BREAD.
Pg. 147:  CHILI BEER.