BOB AND BETTINA ALONE
"WHY, Bob, look at the front of your Palm Beach suit!" exclaimed
Bettina, after she had greeted Bob at the door. "What in the world have
you been doing?"
"Pretty bad; isn't it!" said he, ruefully. "Frank Dixon brought me home
in his car, and he had some sort of engine trouble. We worked on it for
awhile, but couldn't fix it, so he phoned the garage and I came home on
the street car. I must have rubbed up against some grease. Do you
suppose my clothes are spoiled?"
"No-o," said Bettina, slowly, "not if I get at them. Let me see; what is
it that takes out auto grease? Oh, I know! Bob, you go and change your
clothes right away while I'm cooking the meat for dinner. Then I'll
doctor these."
"What will you do to them?"
"I'll rub them with lard, and let it stay on them for about an hour.
Then after dinner I'll wash them out in warm water and soap, and
then--well, Bob, I believe they'll be all as good as new."
"I thank you, Mrs. Bettina."
When Bob returned and Bettina was putting the dinner on the table, she
smiled to herself over a new idea that had popped into her head.
"Bob, what would you think if I should enter some of my nut-bread at the
state fair?"
"Well, is that what you've been smiling at all this time? I think it
would be fine. If I were judge you'd get first prize in a minute! Say,
strikes me this is a pretty good dinner!"
It consisted of:
Ham Mashed Potatoes
Escalloped Onions
Rolls Butter
Dutch Apple Cake Coffee
BETTINA'S RECIPES
(All measurements are level)
=Ham= (Three portions)
2/3 lb. ham
2 T-water
Wipe a slice of ham (one-third of an inch thick) and remove the rind.
Place in a hot frying-pan. Add the water. Cook until brown on both sides
(about fifteen minutes).
=Escalloped Onions= (Two portions)
1 C-cooked onions
1/2 C-vegetable white sauce
3 T-fresh bread crumbs
2 T-butter
Mix the onions with the white sauce and pour into a buttered baking
dish. Melt the butter and add the fresh bread crumbs. Place the buttered
crumbs on top of the onions. Brown the mixture in the oven (about
fifteen minutes).
=Dutch Apple Cake= (Two portions)
1 C-flour
1/4 t-salt
2 t-baking powder
1 T-butter
1 egg well beaten
1/3 C-milk
1 sour apple
2 T-sugar
1/2 t-cinnamon
Mix flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in the butter. Add the milk and
egg. Mix well. Spread one-half an inch thick in a shallow pan. Pare and
cut the apples in lengthwise sections. Lay in rows in the dough with the
sharp edges pressed lightly into the dough. Mix the sugar and cinnamon
and sprinkle over the top. Bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven. Serve
with lemon sauce.
=Lemon Sauce= (Two portions)
1/2 C-sugar
1/8 t-salt
1 t-flour
1 C-water
1 t-butter
2 T-lemon juice
Mix the sugar, salt and flour well. Add the water slowly. Cook seven
minutes. Add the butter and lemon juice. Serve hot.