This is the 52nd edition of this wonderful book, the first one was sold in 1936.

I love this book, it's got all the food and handy hints that our mums and grandmums told us about. No fancy pictures or anything, just great straightforward recipe after recipe. Everything from cooking a great roast to jams, marmalades, confectionary, drying fruits...so many great biscuit and pudding recipes to hints on cleaning sliverware, curing your own meats to floor and furniture polishes. If you're like me and just enjoy reading cookbooks then this is for you, it's a "true-blue" Aussie cookbook with a lot of home hints, one that will be on your bookshelf forever. I love reading about how much food to buy to serve 300 people at a public stock sale with cold meat, salad and a sweet to follow, or how to purify rain water or take the stain off marble.....it's all there, not forgetting the most mouth watering recipes for scones.