Welcome to the 2019 Bake...

Last year we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Association and the commencement of Aurora Disability Services' day programme.

This year, as we are looking towards the future we'll also be exploring the past on this blog - both the history associated with the Anzac tradition and Aurora.

So please join us as we again bake up a storm for 13 days. As always the funds raised will assist the continued operation of our programmes and facilities.


And of course we wouldn't be able to do this without our many supporters - from the businesses and organisations selling the biscuits for us, suppliers, volunteers; and of course all our loyal customers who return year after year to buy our biscuits (we hope you are enjoying some as you check out our blog!) - a big thank you to all of you.

If you would like a basket of biscuits for your business to sell, please email us at
auroradisability@auroradisability.org.au or call us on 6273 0916.

05 April 2019

A little history to start the day

Food was transported across the sea at a maximum speed of ten knots, or 18.5 kph, by ships of the Merchant Navy.
 
The majority of these ships did not contain refrigerated facilities, so any food that was sent had to remain edible for at least two months.
 
That is when the Anzac Biscuit was invented.
 
Based on the Scottish recipe using rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup, bi-carbonate of soda and boiling water.
 
All these items did not readily spoil and were easily maintained.
 
Some soldiers also used crushed biscuits to make porridge.
 
A point of interest was the lack of eggs used to bind the Anzac Biscuit mixture together. This is largely due to poultry farmers joining the services in the war, thus the eggs were scarce.
 
Eggs, that were sent long distances, were coated with a product similar to Vaseline and then packed into air tight containers and filled with sand.
 
At first the biscuits were called ‘Soldiers biscuits’ but after the landing on Gallipoli in 1915 they were dubbed Anzac biscuits.
 
As the war carried on many groups like the Country Women’s Association, churches, schools and other women’s committees would devote a great deal of time to making Anzac biscuits.
 
When World War II came, refrigeration was installed in many Merchant Navy Ships so the biscuits were not ideal to make. Other foods, such as fruit cake, were sent to the soldiers.
 
Source: anzac.govt.nz and The Goulburn Post


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