Honey Biscuits

Cookery was not on the programme when 600 people gathered in ‘admirable’ weather for the first livestock show and ploughing match at Eudunda. Four years later, in 1900, German cake, pickles and jam lined up alongside best-ironed white shirts and crocheted petticoats in the ‘Miscellaneous Section’.

By 1929 cookery was holding its own, with more than 30 entries in one cake class alone. The 1931 event featured some innovative classes – prizes for the best invalid’s tray and father’s lu