A SUPPER FOR TWO
"WELL, this is something like it!" said Bob, as he sat down to dinner
one evening several days after Christmas. "A good plain meal again. I'm
so tired of Christmas trees and Christmas flowers and Christmas food
that I don't believe I'll care to see any more of them till--well, next
year."
"Everything is put away now," said Bettina. "All the presents are in
their permanent places. Except Fluff," she added, glancing at the
Persian kitten cuddled in an arm chair. "I couldn't put Fluff away, and
don't care to. Isn't he a darling? Just the very touch that the living
room needed to make it absolutely homelike!"
"Well," said Bob, "we did need a cat, but I think we need a dog, too.
About next spring I'll get one, if I can find one to suit me."
"Oh, Bob, won't a dog be a nuisance? And destructive? And do you suppose
Fluff could endure one?"
"Fluff can learn to endure one," Bob said. "Every home ought to have a
dog in it. Oh, we'll get a good dog some day, Bettina, if I keep my eyes
open."
"Have another muffin," said Bettina. "They'll do to change the subject.
Some day I may long for a dog, too, but just now--well, Fluff seems to
be a pet enough for one house."
For supper that night they had:
Bettina's Scrambled Eggs Creamed Potatoes
Corn Gems Plum Butter
Hickory Nut Cake Confectioner's Icing
Coffee
BETTINA'S RECIPES
(All measurements are level)
=Bettina's Scrambled Eggs= (Two portions)
2 eggs
1 t-onions, cut fine
1/8 t-celery salt
1 T-chopped pimento
1 T-green pepper, chopped
2 T-ham, cooked and cut fine
2 T-milk
1/2 T-butter
1/3 t-salt
1/8 t-paprika
Melt the butter in a frying-pan, and when hot, add the onions, pimento
and green pepper. Let cook slowly one minute. Beat the egg, add the
milk, celery salt, salt, paprika and chopped ham. Add the mixture to
that in the frying-pan. Cook, stirring until it is thick and creamy.
(About two minutes.) Serve immediately on a hot platter.
=Corn Gems= (Six gems)
1/2 C-corn meal
3 T-sugar
1/2 C-white flour
2 t-baking powder
1/4 t-salt
1 egg
1/2 C-milk
1 T-melted butter
Mix the cornmeal, sugar, flour, baking-powder, salt, egg and milk. Beat
two minutes. Pour into well-buttered muffin pans, filling each half
full. Bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
_JANUARY._
Simpler meals and wiser buying,----
More of planning,--less of hurry,----
More of smiling,--less of sighing,----
More of fun, and less of worry,
In this New Year's Resolution,
Trouble finds a swift solution.
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