May/June: Margaret Fulton Cookbook (1969)
From spending the past two month’s focused on the cuisine of Morocco we are now turning our attention much closer to home, for most of us. Margaret Fulton is an Australian Food icon, famous way before cooking was cool and everyone wanted to be the next celebrity chef. She started her career teaching cooking, before moving into a more promotional, but still educational role with the Australian Women’s Day Magazine, writing their food column and then going on to write a series of cookbooks. Fulton is still going strong today at the age of 90 and actively working within the food industry. At the time of her heyday, her recipes were considered to be new and exciting because they were breaking out of the mould of meat and three vegetables that was so common at the Australian dinner table in the 60’s and 70’s.
Whilst the same cannot be said of todays habits of eating I think we will find that there is a treasure trove of recipes to explore, adapting to our modern tastes and using as a basis for inspiration. Whilst we are not quite harking back to the times of Mrs Beaton, there is definitely going to be a historical exploration to be had. Some are sure to be hilarious and entertaining, others perhaps a little scary.
My challenge for The Cookbook Guru’s is to use your imagination and creativity in the kitchen and modernise some of the plethora of recipes that exit. For those of you in the Northern Hemisphere or with no access to Fulton’s work you can get plenty of recipes online. Here is a sample of some of the websites featuring her work:
http://www.sbs.com.au/food/person/margaret-fulton-0
https://cooked.com.au/Margaret-Fulton
http://www.taste.com.au/news+features/articles/2306/margaret+fulton+favourites
I found my books second hand for only a few dollars so don’t forget to look in your local charity shop and I’m sure your local library should have some of Fulton’s work.
I look forward to seeing what comes out of our kitchen’s over the next two months.
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Happy Reading and Happy Cooking,
Leah
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Hi Leah, A contribution for you http://passionfruitgarden.com/2015/05/12/burnt-butter-biscuits/
Hi Leah, Here is another contribution http://passionfruitgarden.com/2015/05/20/walnut-butter-biscuits/
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Hi Leah. Here’s my recent attempt (and modification) of one of Margaret’s recipes https://shazzameena.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/time-out-from-marcella-with-margaret-fulton-weight-watchers-and-marcella-117-of-466/
Hi Leah, Another contribution for you http://passionfruitgarden.com/2015/05/25/veal-scallopine-with-cream/
thanks Glenda! A great looking dish, makes me want to crack open a bottle of wine and eat it on a cold winter’s night. 🙂
Hi Leah, hope all is well with you, I have just posted my first Margaret Fulton recipe…and have made two more….just need to write them up so hopefully they will be with you shortly. xx
http://retrofoodformoderntimes.com/2015/05/30/birthday-cocktail-the-rum-007
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Hi Leah, here is another contribution for you
http://passionfruitgarden.com/2015/06/07/dedication-to-the-cause-or-margaret-fultons-walnut-loaf/
hi Leah
here is my contribution for the month – http://sherryspickings.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/konigsberger-klopse.html
Hope it’s ok that it is from her other book the Encyclopedia:)
cheers
Sherry
Hi Leah, here is another post featuring the Margaret Fulton cookbook – one from the modern edition and one from the 1977 edition:
http://retrofoodformoderntimes.com/2015/06/14/eat-your-tapen…-eggs-princess/
Also I can’t see the original cocktail recipe I sent you, did you get it?
Hope all is well, LOVING this challenge!
xx
Hiya,
Thanks so much for this post. I’ll repost it now. I did see your gorgeous cocktail recipe and could have sworn i’d reposted it. Onto that one too, thank you for reminding me. I’ll blame the baby brain for it. Thanks for your great contributions.
Leah
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This is a bit late – but thought I’d let you know that Margaret made it into another meal at my table. https://shazzameena.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/the-month-of-june-with-shazzameena/