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Ice Day

Kitchens were basic at the start of the 20th century. A typical kitchen had one sink with a cold water tap and a wood-heated or gas-fired cast iron stove. People kept food cool in an ice chest, a cupboard with a tray at the top to hold a block of ice delivered every few days.

 

Meat And Two Veg

The diet at the start of the 20th century for most Australians was fairly simple. Breakfast was bread and porridge or sausages. The evening meal (often called 'tea') was boiled potatoes or cabbage and roasted meat, followed by tapioca, sago or rice pudding. This was the preferred food of the largest migrant groups at the time: English, Scottish and Irish. Sunday lunch was the most important meal of the week

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Uploaded on October 18, 2012
Taken on October 17, 2012