Maltese Cook Book (1968)

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   The NYPL has only two entries for "Cookery, Maltese."  The earliest is
1997.  This was the earliest in the LOC.  It's still not very early--no date
is on the booklet, but it is stamped May 3, 1968.  There are also no page
numbers.
   Two trips ago, in the Ukraine, it was commented to me that a measure of
how ready a place is for tourism is if it has an English language cookbook
for sale.  Well...

MALTESE COOK BOOK
sponsored by the Government Tourist Board of Malta
(1968)

Rabbit Pie...
Stuffed Vegetable Marrow (Qara Baghli mimli)...
Meat Olives (Bragoli)...   (OED?--ed.)
Date Slices (Imgaret)...
Dendici a la Romane...
Ravioli a la Maltese...
Aljotta (Zuppa di Pesce Ramia Bay)...  (OED?--ed.)
Baby Mackerel Fritters (Pulpetta tal-makku)...
Stuffed Egg Plant (Aubergine)(Brungiel mimli fil-Forn)...
Mediterranean Rice...
Cuttle Fish or Octopus Stew (Qarnhita)...
Maltese Timpana... (OED?--ed.)
Stuffed Chicken (Tigiega mimlija)...
Vegetable Soup with Meat (Kawlata)...
Fresh Cheese and Rikotta Soup (Soppa ta' l-Armia)...
Rabbit (La Kampn jola)...
Goulash a la Maltese...
Hot Cheese-Cakes (Pastizzi Shan)
    INGREDIENTS
   3/4 pound Ricotta
   2 eggs
   Salt
   Pepper
   Milk
   Puff paste  (OED must enter "pastizzi/pastizzeria"--ed.)
Xkunvat (A Maltese sweet)...(I don't remember seeing it--ed.)
Stuffed Maltese Tomatoes...
Lsmpuki Pie...
Cheese Pie (Torta Tal-Haxu)...
Vegetable Soup (Minestra)...(The revised OED entry does not mention Malta,
where this is a national dish--ed.)
Makkarunelli Bl-Rikotta with Tomato Sauce...