Title: South Pacific Cookbook

Author: none given

Publisher: none given

Publication date: none given

Bought: Second-hand, at book fair

Type: Country-specific recipes

Pages: 120

Notes: Recipes from a variety of locations; categories are Maori, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands & Tonga, Hawaii, Fiji and one solitary page of recipes from Pitcairn Island including “Pelki” which is listed as “an acquired taste”. I shall have to investigate what “kumara” is, as the main ingredient of that dish.

Fabulously-named dishes: Blue Cod with Almonds, Favourite Brown Stew and Kumara Topping (not one of the Pitcairn dishes…), Ate Mango (Shark’s Liver), Groper Kebabs (seems like an appropriate punishment), Scraped Kaanga Pudding

Other useful information contained within: how to run a hangi – cooking the Maori way in a pit. I particularly enjoyed “SUCCESS OR FAILURE: If steam emerges from the hangi after the first spitful of soil is removed, the hangi will be successful. If no steam appears, cover it up and buy fish and chips.”

Where can I get a copy?: I’ve not found any for sale online, although I’ll update if I do. Note that this is not the book by Victor Bennett found on Amazon.