MASTERCHEF Kate Bracks passed on some old-time cooking skills to a group of young enthusiasts at last Saturday’s bush tucker outdoor cooking session held in the grounds of Bloomfield.
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“I explained to the children how a cake would have been made in a fuel stove at the time and we turned our cake into the Aussie tradition of lamingtons,” Mrs Bracks said.
The children then had fun coating the squared cake pieces and dipping them in chocolate icing and coconut. They and also made raspberry cordial from fresh berries, just as it would have been done in Banjo Paterson’s time.
The cooking class was held as an entree to this year’s Banjo Paterson Festival, which continues today with an interesting tour at Orange cemetery at 5pm by historian and Orange Historical Society member Elizabeth Griffin.
The tour will be a fascinating look at the headstones of some of our forebears and will give an insight into life (and death) in the area at the time.
The much anticipated Banjo Paterson night market will be held in Robertson Park tomorrow night starting at 5pm.
The community focus continues with a family market day to be held at the Orange Botanic Gardens on Sunday from 9am until 2pm and entry is free.
Among the many festival highlights is the celebration of Banjo’s birthday at Banjo Park on Ophir Road from 7.30am until 9.30am next Tuesday, February 17. Breakfast will be available for a nominal fee.
Programs are available from the Visitor Information Centre, which is temporarily located in the Orange Regional Art Gallery, or by going online to www.tasteorange.com.au/banjopaterson.htm.
janice.harris@fairfaxmedia.com.au