Silly things people ate in the seventies

The Lifeline bookfair is a Canberra institution. Three times each year, Canberra book lovers gather to peruse and buy all manner of fabulous secondhand books. Andrew and I have been volunteering behind the scenes for about 14 years; we price and pack books on weekends, and make ourselves available for heavy lifting before and after each fair. The bookfairs raise vital funds for Lifeline's 24/7 crisis support lines.

Among the huge range of books on sale at each fair, there are always lots of cookbooks, and at last weekend's fair our friends picked up a CWA cookbook, with some glee. We found some truly bizarre sounding recipes so decided that the coming weekend's collaborative dinner should comprise fish finger pie (made by our friends) and lime jelly cheesecake (made by us). Well, the recipe was for lemon jelly cheesecake but Andrew doesn't like lemons much, so we opted for a lime version.

Andrew and I made the cheesecake on Saturday afternoon and took it to our friends' place on Sunday night. Our friends, in turn, delighted us all with their fish finger pie! One of the weirdest meals we've ever eaten ... comfort food squared. We enjoyed the feast, though the cheesecake received mixed reviews from our friends' kids. Ah well.

Fish finger pie (with some tinned mushy peas to add a splash of colour):

Lime jelly cheesecake:

The cheesecake was huge so we have some leftovers to eat tonight. Yum ;-)