MORE OF BETTINA'S CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
"BOB," said Bettina, as she served the plum pudding, "Christmas is in
the very air these days!"
"Did the Christmas spirit inspire this plum pudding?" said he.
"Blessings on the head of Santa Claus! But why your outburst?"
"Because today I went shopping in earnest! I bought the very things that
seem most Christmassy: tissue paper, white and green, gold cord, a ball
of red twine, Santa Claus and holly stickers, and the cards to tie to
the packages. I love to wrap up Christmas things!"
"And are most of your gifts ready to be wrapped?"
"No, not all, for some of them can't be made till the last minute. For
instance, I thought and thought about Uncle Eric's gift! I want so much
to please him, but he has everything that money can buy except perhaps a
cook that suits him. Finally I decided to send him a box containing a
jar of spiced peaches, a jar of Russian dressing, a little round fruit
cake, and a box of fudge. The things will all be wrapped with tissue
paper, and gold cord and holly----"
"Lucky Uncle Eric!" sighed Bob. "I wish Santa Claus would bring me a
Christmas box like that--fruit cake and spiced peaches and Russian
dressing----"
"Maybe he will if you're very good!" laughed Bettina. "If you eat
everything your cook sets before you."
"Tell me something hard to do!" said Bob, with enthusiasm. For dinner
that night they had:
Escalloped Eggs and Cheese
Baked Potatoes Currant Jelly
Rolls
Plum Pudding with Yellow Sauce
Coffee
BETTINA'S RECIPES
(All measurements are level)
=Escalloped Eggs with Cheese= (Three portions)
3 hard-cooked eggs
2 T-butter
2 T-flour
1 C-milk
1 C-soft bread crumbs
2 C-cheese, cut fine
1 t-salt
1 t-parsley
Melt the butter, add the flour and mix well. Gradually add the milk.
Cook one minute, add the cheese and the eggs cut in slices. Add the
parsley and the salt. Place one-half the crumbs in the bottom of a
well-buttered baking dish, add the egg mixture and cover with the
remaining crumbs. Dot with butter, and brown in a moderate oven.
=Bettina's Plum Pudding= (Four portions)
1 C-fresh bread crumbs
1/4 C-suet, chopped fine
1/2 t-soda
1/8 t-ground cloves
1/2 t-ground cinnamon
1/8 t-salt
1 t-baking powder
1/4 C-molasses
1 egg
1/3 C-milk
4 T-raisins
4 T-nuts
Mix the bread crumbs, suet, soda, cloves, cinnamon, salt and baking
powder. Add the raisins cut fine, and the nuts. Break the egg into the
molasses, beat well, and add the milk. Mix with the first ingredients.
Stir and mix thoroughly. Fill a well-buttered pudding mould one-half
full. Steam one and a half hours, and serve with yellow sauce.
=Yellow Sauce= (Four portions)
1 egg
1/4 C-powdered sugar
1 T-milk
1/2 t-vanilla
Beat the egg white until stiff and dry. Add the yolk and beat one
minute. Add the powdered sugar and continue beating. Add the milk
gradually and the vanilla. Continue beating for one minute. Serve at
once over a hot pudding.