Card - Recipe Card, Department of Public Instruction, Victoria, Cookery Instruction Card No. 29, 1910s

Physical description

Hard cover book. Cookery Instruction Card No. 29 Author: Department of Public Instruction, Victoria
Publisher: Department of Public Instruction, Victoria
Printer: Albert J. Moffett, Government Printer, Melbourne.
Date: 1910s
Further Information: Cream coloured card with printed ingredients and instructions for recipes. A number is printed in the top right corner.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Overprinted: “(Set of 33 cards, 1s.; 1 card 1/2d.)” “Copyright)”

Summary

This is one card from a numbered series of 33 recipe cards issued by the Victorian Government. The cards gave basic meal recipes and instructions for teaching domestic cookery. Card No. 29 carries various recipes. The cards were sold at one shilling for the set or a halfpenny for a single card, and each covers one topic, from roasting and boiling meat to vegetables, pies and cakes. The card is overprinted with its price and the word “Copyright”.

Back to top