Dressing the salad with mayonnaise

The season of salads is upon us. This Boiled Salad Dressing, which Miss Amy Schauer in The Schauer Australian Cookery Book subtitles (Useful Dressing), was a regular menu item in Miss Eagle's household as she was growing up. Phyllis, Miss E's mother, made an excellent Potato Salad and this was the secret. No need for bottled mayonnaise from a nameless factory in a who-knows-where place. Make your own - quickly, simply, cheaply.

BOILED SALAD DRESSING (Useful Dressing)

Dissolve 1 level tablespoon butter in a saucepan over fire. Remove from fire, blend in smoothly 1 tablespoon flour; add small cup milk, return to fire, stir all the time until it boils. Add a level teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, a pinch of cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon mixed mustard, the yolk of an egg. Place again over fire just to cook egg, stir with a wooden spoon, add slowly 2 tablespoons vinegar.

Simple really!

Flyin' high

Photo by Denis Wilson of The Nature of Robertson

Well, now! Whoda thunk it! Miss Eagle is flyin' high.

Matt over at Abstract Gourmet has compiled a list of the Top Aussie Food Blogs - and Food from Oz is on it. OK. Miss E is well down the list and there is no prize for guessing who came top. None other than that very busy gal, Grab Your Fork! Pop over and have a look. If you are a visitor to Aussie food blogs, you won't be surprised with who is there. Miss Eagle was particularly pleased to see that great friend of Food from Oz, The Old Foodie, on the list. For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure, trot over to The Old Foodie for an historic food feast. To-day's post is of great interest. The Old Foodie writes about that popular salad, The Waldorf Salad. There it is - the original sans walnuts! Now - no resting on laurels! Where's the Miss Schauer. And if I can dig out that recipe for Tony Bilson's mother's pudd.