State Fish Supply, Fish as Food and Fish Cookery, With Appendix on Cooking Rabbit and Turtle

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From the State Library of Queensland – Brisbane's Daily Standard newspaper (06/04/1921) provides a brief overview of the publication – "There are 74 recipes contained in the book for preparing fish, oysters, prawns, and crabs, 11 recipes for the preparation of rabbits and 10 recipes for the preparation of turtle… It is hoped that the public will take advantage of the opportunity offered to obtain a reliable cookery publication at a nominal sum." The cookery book contains recipes for dishes such as fish and oyster pie, eels fried in batter, curried flathead and salmon mayonnaise. It also includes a list of how different type of fish should be prepared – boiled, baked, fried and/or steamed. Note – there is no date in the book, research from the State Library indicates 1921 as the publication date