½ C-blueberries
¼ C-sugar
1 T-butter
1 T-vinegar
1 t-cinnamon
Mix the berries, sugar, butter cut in small pieces, vinegar and cinnamon. Cook, stirring constantly, over a moderate fire for three minutes.
CHAPTER XXXVI
BETTINA ENTERTAINS HER FATHER AND MOTHER
"WE had no such steak as this in California!" declared Bettina's father with satisfaction, as Bob served him a second helping.
"But then," said Bettina's mother, "did you find anything in California that you thought equalled anything in your own state? Father never does," said she, laughing. "He seems to enjoy traveling because it makes him feel that his own home is superior to every other place on earth. And it is," she agreed, looking about her happily. "I can say that after a summer spent in California, I'm more than thankful to be back again."
"I was afraid that you and father would be so anxious to open up the house that you wouldn't agree to come here for your first meal."
"Of course we're anxious to get home," said Mother, "but after you wrote Father that if he would come here to dinner tonight you would have a steak cooked just to suit him, he was as eager as a boy to get here."