Compiled by Dawn Repetto, 2010
Dawn Repetto's 32 page A5 book (15cm x 21cm) ‘Recipes from Tristan da Cunha’ puts together 36 recipes all clearly set out with ingredients, method and accompanied by 25 full colour photographs. Sections include: 3 soups including ‘Inside Soup’; 5 fish dishes including Crawfish Hash and Fish Cakes made with Cape Mackerel; 8 meat dishes including the famous Stuffed Roast Mutton, Done Down Meat and Pumpkin Bredie; 8 desserts including the traditional Tristan puddings; 7 cakes and pies including Plum Hard Cakes and Snislens and a Miscellaneous section including Potato or Teddy Cakes and German’s Nuts. In addition there are features on the traditions which have led to the development of Tristan’s unique range of dishes, notes on Tristan potatoes, fish, sheep and cattle.