"Spanish tomatoes sounds good," said Mildred, reading her easy rule.
SPANISH TOMATOES
| 6 | tomatoes, peeled and chopped, or 1 can. |
| 3 | chopped green peppers (first cut each in two and take out the seeds). |
| ½ | an onion (chop with the peppers). |
| ¼ | teaspoonful salt. |
| 3 | shakes pepper. |
| 1 | large teaspoonful chopped parsley. |
Mix all together and cook about twenty minutes, slowly, or till they look like a thick paste. Pour over buttered toast.
Mother Blair had put a can of tomatoes on the kitchen table and the peppers with it, so it took only a few moments to get this first dish ready; then while it stood waiting to go over the fire and cook, Mildred made the biscuits and popped them into the oven. Brownie washed and baked the potatoes and when they were done she stuffed them beautifully and just browned them at the last moment, and Mildred made the toast to go under the tomatoes.
Everything was delicious, and while Jack made the cakes and brought them in, one plateful after another, all hot and steaming, the family said what fun it all was.
"Isn't it queer that some girls just hate to cook, and think it's simply dreadful when they have no maid and have to do their own work?" said Mildred. "When I'm grown up—I'm going to have a house—no, a flat, I guess, that's cunninger,—and do every single bit of my own work."
"Do," said Brownie enthusiastically; "and I'll come and stay with you and help you."
"So will I," laughed their father.