My Great Grandfather, William Adam Bisset Scott, was riding his bicycle home when he was hit by a car. Initial reports indicate that he was taken to hospital "with slight concussion and severe leg lacerations" but he later died from "extensive injuries sustained".
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The Adelaide Advertiser
20 September 1943
Source Trove |
So what does this have to do with recipes you may be wondering?
From what I was told, Agnes operated a tea house after the death of her husband and she was a wonderful cook.
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Norm Schnnars, Agnes Schnaars (nee Scott) and Walter Scott
The Tea House, Waterfall Gully Road, Burnside, South Australia. |
My cousin recently made me aware that he holds Agnes' recipe book. The first couple of pages are pictured below.
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The first page of Agnes Scott's recipe book. |
It amused me to read in one of the recipes "heat over slow fire and stir".
Unfortunately, I am not much of a cook (my husband does the cooking in this house) but it is my goal to prepare every recipe in the book in the coming weeks/months. I hope to share them with you.
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William and Agnes Scott and Family - Approx 1916
Children - Allan, Donald (at back) , Walter (at front), Agnes |