Been busy but have trialled a recipe from the pile I inherited that will not make the main recipe list but I have scanned it and added it to this post in the link below in case you want to try it.
Sauerbraten-Pot Luck and Then Some
This recipe and two other pot roast recipes where in the Advertiser – Page 26 on Thursday November 18 1976.
I have German heritage and it did not look like a German dish to me despite its German name. The gravy had no flavour balance (it was yuck)…..But, the meat was nice and tender and was edible cold in sandwiches (Corned Beef is simpler and easier to make)….the hot dish was horrible as the gravy was not tasty.
I steered clear of the Fruited pot roast as that just looked wrong, wrong, wrong….feel free to give it a go?
I loved the advertisement that come with the clip; it advertised food sold by Stall 66 ‘he Provedore’ in the Central Market. They boasted chocolates from Mr Pulkownik of Paddington Sydney. Pheasant, Guinea Fowl and Jambon were also fine dining offerings of the stall.
Here is a clip from Wikipedia regarding Mr Pulkownik:- “Reaching Sydney in the Kamo Maru in December 1938, Pulkownik first lived at Ultimo and established a chocolate-making business, which failed when imports of cocoa dried up in World War II. Turning to bread- and pastry-making at Paddington, he was exempted from military service because of his occupation. The business, Mars Better Bread, supplied coffee shops with pastries and specialty breads and employed up to thirty-six staff. During the war he supplied the American officers’ club, in Macquarie Street. Rapid expansion led to financial difficulties in 1962 and the company was liquidated. Now known as Walter, Pulkownik worked as a foreman at a meat-pie factory before returning to chocolate-making, hawking his handmade ‘Paddington Chocolates’ around the Double Bay and Woollahra shops.” Paddington’s chocolates are still to be found in places like Myer….but I prefer to buy local.
Happy experimenting
Frolicking Folliers 