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

by Louise Bennett Weaver; Helen Cowles LeCron

3 T-butter
4 T-flour
1 C-milk
½ t-salt
¹/₈ t-paprika
½ pint of oysters

Clean the oysters by removing any shells, and drain off the liquor. Melt the butter, add the flour and salt, and mix thoroughly. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Cook until very thick. Place the oysters in a pan and heat one minute. This "plumps" them. Do not cook too long. Add the oysters to the white sauce, and serve immediately in patty shells which have been freshened in a hot oven.

Bettina's Surprise Salad (Six portions)

6 apples
1 green pepper, chopped fine
½ C-diced celery
½ C-seeded white grapes
½ C-sliced diced pineapple
2 T-chopped nut meats
1 C-salad dressing
½ t-salt
½ C-diced marshmallows

Remove the insides of the apples, add the green pepper, celery, grapes, marshmallows, pineapple, nut-meats and salt, mixed thoroughly with the salad dressing. Serve very cold.

To Make the Hallowe'en Sandwiches

When the bread is a day old, cut in slices one-third inch thick. Match in pairs. Cream the butter and spread one side. Place the other side on top. Press firmly. With a thimble cut out circles on one piece of the bread, cut nose and mouth with a knife. The butter showing through gives the resemblance to features.

Pumpkin Pie (Eight pies)

Crusts