A book printed in 1659 and a churn brought from Ireland last century have won £100 each for their owners in our quest to find the oldest cookbook and butter churn in Australia.
By Barbara Butchart
This is a reprint of an article from the 26 December 1963
THE Cookbook and Butter Churn Quest was conducted last month by The Australian Women’s Weekly in conjunction with the Australian Dairy Produce Board to celebrate 175 years of cookery in Mrs. Alice Mackaness, of Drummoyne, N.S.W., won the prize of £100 for her cookbook, printed in England in 1659, a year after the death of Oliver Cromwell.
Mrs. Margaret Riordan, of Orford, via Port Fairy, Victoria, won £100 for her old butter churn brought from Ireland last century.
