It's Anzac Day this Thursday (25th April) is a nationwide day of commemoration for Australians and New Zealander's of the lives lost at war, especially the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) of World War 1.
Here is the story of how the Anzac biscuits came about. Legend says that the wives, mothers and girlfriends of the Australian soldiers were concerned for the nutritional value of the food being supplied to their man. Here was a problem. Any food they sent to the fighting men had to be carried in the ships of the Merchant Navy. Most had no refrigerated facilities, so any food sent had to be able to remain edible after periods of few months.
The group of women came up with the recipe for biscuits with all the nutritional value possible.
The ingredients they used were: rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup, b. soda and boiling water.
At first the biscuits were called Soldier's Biscuits, but later on they were renamed ANZAC Biscuits.
Nowdays, Anzac biscuits are manufactured commercially and sold in supermarkets all year around, but they can't beat the homemade ones!
So I made a batch for tomorrow's tea time. Can't wait to enjoy them.
I will post the recipe next time in case you are interested to make them!
Ve ctvrtek 25.4. je u nas Anzac den. Pietni vzpominka na australske a zelandske vojaky, kteri ztratili sve zivoty v 1.svetove valce.
Chci se s Vami podelit o pribeh, jak vznikly tyto Anzac susenky.
Legenda rika, ze manzelky, matky a divky australskych vojaku, mely obavy jestli jejich drahe polovicky netrpi hladem a tak chtely svym milovanym poslat nejakou tu dobrutku na prilepsenou. Problem byl ten, ze cesta lodi trvala nekolik mesicu a ne na vsech lodich byly chladici zarizeni, takze jidlo ktere poslaly muselo vydrzet dlouho cestu.
Zeny vymyslely susenky, ktere obsahovaly suroviny, ktere se jen tak nezkazi a dodaji vojakum potrebnou energii. Ingredience ktere pouzily byly vlocky, cukr, mouka, kokos, maslo, zlaty syrup, soda a voda.
Zpocatku susenky pojmenovaly Vojakove Susenky, ale pozdeji byly prejmenovane na Anzac susenky.
V dnesni dobe jsou susenky vyrabeny komercne a dostanou se koupit v kazdem supermarketu po cely rok, ale neni nic lepsiho jak ty podomacku upecene!
Upekla jsem jich par i pro nas a navstevu. Uz se tesim na zitra az si je vychutname k caji nebo kave.
Priste se s Vami podelim o recept kdybyste nahodou mely naladu na peceni.
Mejte se krasne a uzivejte si slunicka! Hanka
U nas jsou velice oblibene a nejen u nas ale u deti a vnoucat take.
ReplyDeleteJsem si naprosto jistá, že kdybych do toho dala jakékoliv dlouhotrvající suroviny, cestou na lodi bychom pomřeli hladem :-) U nás se po sladkém jen zapráší, znáš to :-) A tak se těším na další pečení, papa.
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