recipes from finland

Pekka’s Delicious Morning Meal
Cook oatmeal cereal until done.
Add raisins and let sit awhile.
Serve with milk and sugar.


Karelian Stew
1 pound beef stew meat with some bone
1/2 pound mutton or lamb shoulder
1/2 pound pork1 onion (optional)salt
12 whole allspice
Ask the butcher to cut the meat and bones into one-inch pieces for you.
Trim away the fat and put all meat into a large oven dish.
Cut onion in rings and lay over the meat.
Add the allspice, sprinkle with salt, and cover with hot water.
Cook in moderate oven (350º) without a lid for 1 hour. Lower heat to 275º and cook slowly another 2 to 3 hours.
Serve with potatoes boiled in their skins.


Syklaa-Palloja(No-bake Chocolate Cookies)
1 cup oatmeal
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 pound butter or margarine
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all ingredients and form into one-inch balls. Roll balls in powdered sugar or coconut and refrigerate. Makes about 25 balls.

recipes from Australia

Ayres Rocks
Ingredients
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup peanut butter1 10-ounce package corn flakes
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix together sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter.
Add corn flakes and mix just until corn flakes are coated. Place heaping teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Allow to cool before removing from cookie sheet.


Swagman’s Special
Ingredients
1 cup rice
2 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound ground beef
1 10-ounce can tomato soup
1/2 soup can water
Add rice to boiling salted water; turn down heat to simmer and cook with pan covered for 20 minutes. Cook hamburger in a little butter (about 1 tablespoon) for 10 minutes or until browned. Add soup, 1/2 can water, and cooked rice. Bring to boil and serve.

Waratah Buns
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup granulated sugar
4 cups self-rising flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup raspberry jam
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. Add flour with a little milk (enough to make a soft dough.) Roll out dough on floured board and cut into rounds. Put a teaspoon of raspberry jam in center of each round. Turn edges to the middle. Bake for 10 minutes.