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Maud Basham

Maud Basham, also known as Aunt Daisy, was famous as the host of a radio show focused on domesticity. Upon the success of the broadcasts, she wrote accompanying cook books, and was awarded an MBE in 1956. 

Maud Basham
Maud Basham, also known as Aunt Daisy, was famous as the host of a radio show focused on domesticity
Sound: Aunt Daisy's cornflour blancmange
Radio broadcast of Aunt Daisy
Sound: Aunt Daisy's beetroot chutney recipe
Aunt Daisy gives her Beetroot Chutney recipe in this recording from a February 1950, ZB morning show.
Fruit and vegetables - food in New Zealand
A house and garden on a patch of land were part of the 'New Zealand dream' for most of the twentieth century.
Seafood consumption - food in New Zealand
New Zealand is an island nation. Its inland and coastal waters support fish and shellfish in abundance.
Tea and coffee break - food in New Zealand
Tea was a 'great mainstay' of 'thirsty colonial New Zealand', the food historian Tony Simpson claims.
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