Diaries and papers relating to the Second World War service of George James Feakes, 1942-1946 - Part 18

NOVEMBER 1935
SUNDAY 10
Vitamin D Stimulates use of calcium,
i.e. it is bone-forming. Prevents
ricketts. Sun-rays make Vitamin D out
of the fat under our skin.
MONDAY 11
Lack of V. D E, could result in
still-born in children.
Lack of Vit. K results in "bleeders"*
Only manufactured - not in nature
 form. *Stimulate coagulation of
blood
Try Margarine for Frying, i/o
Dripping, especially for Fish.
WEDNESDAY 13
See Brown Book for Salmon
Rissole special, with curry powder.
NOVEMBER 1935
VITAMINS
A, D, & K, can only be diluted in
fat or oil. B, C, E, H can only be
diluted in water. [So eat, at same
meal, fats or oil for ADK, water for
BCEH].
FRIDAY 15
Lack of A causes night blindness - hardening
of eye pupil. Hardening of surface of
lung tubes, - kidneys bladder [with as a 
result kidney and bladder stones].
Lack of B1 causes Berri beri & bad
circulation. B1 stimulates digestion
of Carbohydrates, & assists good breathing
& nerves.
B₂ assists the replacement of Tissue,
& building of new Tissue -Cures
pellagrea.
C is destroyed by heat, & oxygen therefore
dont cook C Vitamin food. It
protects against infection & stimulates
the whole well feeling of the body -
It prevents insominia.
It prevents fatigue and assists body's power
of recovery. (Eat oranges.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown Beans:-

Boil,→xxxserve fried↓separately pork & bacon thro' the beans ∧kidney∧fried

serve with hot cabbage, & pickles- serve

fried onions mixed with the beans. {Thick 

                                                                   {meat 

                                                                   {gravy

Pork Pie:-

Instead of the usual steak & kidney

pudding, make a pork, & bacon & pigs

Kidney & liver boiled pudding. Spice with

chillies etc.  Keep ½ for cold. Bake

¼ hour to brown it.

Prawns:- omelette one ½ prawns

other ½ spinach latter well spiced.

Serve hot. DRINK STOUT

Eat plenty of boiling Bacon on a/c

Vitamin A, for eye Kidney & bladder

weaknesses.  Black pudding &

blood sausage from good shop (Sylvesters)

Dry in sun well small fish, ∧salted & prawns fry in oil

with ground chillies, pepper & stir

in Anchovy Sauce.  Add few fried onions↓& pinch lemon

Makes delicious addtn Curry.

SEE Brown Book for OX Tongue

Recipe.

 

[*Fry to dark brown*]

*Perhaps, quicker 

to mince the pnuts,

& then fry all up

together, i/o first

making pnut butter

SAMBAL KAJANG

*Get Et to make a good quantity of

thick peanut butter.  Fry this

in oil with ground chillies, fine

→chopped onions, salt, when nearly

finished add to the frying mixture

molasses.  If unable obtain

molasses try brown sugar or preferably

treacle- not white sugar.

If unable obtn. chillies, try black pepper

but chillies much better.  Expmt with

quantities to taste.  Delicious.  The

peanut flavor should permeate.
→Touch of Ketchup or Worcester Sce

                                    "   Maggi         "

See Brown book for using this over

Layer casseroled meat, etc

Mr V. special
Eat warm
OX Heart  Wash with fresh water boil till
soft, then take out of water cut in slices ½" thick.
Then fry in lard slowly. Rub in salt
& pepper well b4 frying.  Fry with sliced
Etft on butteres
onions & mushrooms.  EAt on buttered
bread warm; also can eat with baked
potatoes & salad.

OX or

Calves or Pork

Liver   Boil with plenty water

whole, until fork goes

easily in.  Take out of water, & let

get cold.  Cut in thin slices, rub in well. salt

& pepper & eat with bread & butter, &

mustard etc.  Eat cold; if u wish to eat

hot, fry the slices with onions etc
Take 1lB pork & 1 lb beef.  Mince it.
Take 3 raw eggs. Mix all of eggs in, then
salt & pepper∧& [[?]] 3 or 4 spoons fresh milk, &
3 or 4 big spoonfuls dried breadcrumbs.
Mix all together, Make into balls tight.
Fry in a closed pot ∧with 1 lb lard & big
spoonful butter. Add 1 big onion & 1 big
tomato [onion sliced, tomato halved].
Fry all together till dark brown.
Boiled potatoes, peas & carrots.
Hash
Take 1 or 2 lb beef, cut in dices,

put in closed pot, plenty water,
add 1lb. sliced onions, salt, pepper, 3

cloves, 1 or 2 lecks (not leaves), little

nutmeg, laurel leaves, 4 or 5 whole.

FryBoil all in closed pot till meat soft,

Then remove from fire when water nearly

all gone.  Then add 2/3 big spoons butter,

mix 2 or 3 spoons maizena with water;

stir this in; add little vinegar.  Now

fry all slowly for 1 or 2 hrs, add water

if necssy till very dark brown.  Eat with

boiled potatoes hot.

Use baked [[Sausage?]] in P-soup

Take 4/5 7/8 pork sausages, fry.  Before this

boil 1 cauliflower, add butter sauce when

boiled, little nutmeg.  Boil potatoes, then

mash, add 2/3 eggs, 4/5 big spoons milk,

salt, nutmeg, all to the potatoes, mix.

Make small balls out of this potato mixture,

& fry in oil or butter. Peas/carrots.

Boil rice.  Take 1 or 2 oz sultanas, put 

in hot water.  1 or 2 ozs almonds in hot

water couple minutes, remove skin.  Mince

almonds.  Boil ½ 1 pint milk, add sultanas

 SEE BRown Notebook
& almonds & vanilla to the milk. When rice
is boiled, stir in the mixture of milk etc.
Then boil all slowly, stirring. When ∧V Thick
remove from fire & let get cold.  Then
cut in slices & bake in pan with
butter Till nice brown. Eat warm

with sugar or cold.
Hors D'oeuvre
Fry white bread in butter until well
browned. Cover with fairly thick
layer of spinach fried in olive oil
with spices. (rather firm but wet)
Embed in this the ½ of H/B
egg-prepare yolk of egg by mashing
with Anchovy paste, few finely sliced
raw onions, seasoned with 2 drops 
Tabasco or chillie or paprika.
Put yolK paste back into egg,
top egg with large slice [[?]]
top again with melted morsel
cheese.
Don't boil spinach ∧unless old fry in hot oil
add, salt chillies etc to oil, add
water & fry in covered pan till
Dates
Ettie (born) 3/11/1894
Joan             1/1/1919
George      27/10/1921
Graham    20/3/1930
married on 12/7/ 1916 at
Albert St Baptist Church;
Melbourne.
Joan married Vernon Duncalf
on 19/10/1940 at St Augustine's
Church of England Neutral Bay,

Sydney
Father died 6-3- 1936, at
Perth Wa.  aged 73 years &
5 days.
Mother died Perth Wa in
1932- exact date mislaid.

PTO
 

 

Memoranda
Code Nr. 31311
Staff Nr. 1810
Father died 6th March 1936
at Perth W.A.
aged 73 yrs 5 days.
Left by by air 13.3.40 on
expiration of Leave.
Arrived for Term of Service
abroad 16.3.40- S'pore.
Left Se for Ccs, 26.3.40
Arrvd Ccs 6-4-40
water nearly evapd. Add squeeze of
lemon over finished spinach

Chillie etc.

See brown notebook
Arrived at Padang
Sumatra, Monday
9th March 1942
Promoted by Company
to 2nd Grade Officer
as from 1st July 1941,
(age then 48 yrs 5 mths)
Salted Eggs:- Duck only, better H/B
Try first, with dozen large ∧raw

duck or hens eggs.  Place in v. heavy brine
mixture (coarse salt). After 2 weeks fine
for frying with Bacon. After 1 month
Fine hard boiled for Curries, salads etc.

Nail brush

Rope Soled Shoes

Brylcream (Small or tube).

[*To be

reqrd

Golf Stockings [[K?]]

Belt Webbing ??

Pyjamas (have 3 pr new)

Trouser Buckles

Coal Tar Soap

[[?]] Honey & D/[[?]] Cream

Brylcream

[[?]] Strops ([[Chans?]]& Allen)

Short Underpants

White Socks (have 7 pr now)

Hair Brushes (one)

Hand K chfs (have 15 now)

Valet Blades, say 6.

Shorts, well cut (2 old white now)

3 Tooth brushes}

Kolynos Large    }

Sand Shoes

White Canvas Leather

Cystex large

Alophen Pills

Eye pluckers

Hair Shampoo

Shaving Cream

Camphor Ice