A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina's Best Recipes

by Louise Bennett Weaver; Helen Cowles LeCron

Gravy (Six portions)

2 T-drippings from the steak
2 T-flour
½ C-water
½ C-milk
¼ t-salt

Pour the drippings from the steak into a pan, add flour and mix well. Allow the flour to brown, add water and milk very slowly to the flour and drippings. Add the salt and allow to cook until the gravy thickens. If there are not two tablespoons of drippings, add sufficient butter to equal the amount.

Carrots (Six portions)

6 medium-sized carrots
2 T-butter
½ t-salt
¼ t-pepper

Wash and scrape the carrots, cut into two-thirds inch cubes and cook until tender in enough boiling water to cover. (About fifteen minutes.) Drain, add the butter, salt and pepper. Heat thoroughly and serve. Carrots may be scraped and steamed whole or cooked whole in boiling water.

Quick Cake (Sixteen pieces)

¹/₃ C-butter
1½ C-brown sugar
1 egg
½ C-milk
¼ t-salt
1²/₃ C-flour
3 t-baking powder
1 t-cinnamon
½ t-nutmeg
8 dates, cut fine

Cream the butter, add the sugar and mix well. Add the egg and milk, salt, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and dates. Beat for two minutes. Bake in a well-buttered loaf cake pan for thirty-five minutes.