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

by Louise Bennett Weaver; Helen Cowles LeCron

(All measurements are level)

Mutton in Ramekins (Three portions)

1½ C-cold mutton
²/₃ C-brown gravy
½ t-salt
1 t-chopped mint
1 egg-yolk
1 egg-white, beaten stiff

Mix the mutton, gravy, salt, mint and egg-yolk thoroughly. Add the egg-white. Turn into well-buttered ramekins or china baking dishes. Bake in a moderate oven in a pan of hot water for twenty-five minutes. Serve in the ramekins.

Rice (Three portions)

½ C-rice
2 qts. boiling water
1 t-salt
1 T-butter

Wash the rice, add slowly to the boiling salted water. Boil twenty minutes. Pour the rice in a strainer and rinse with cold water. Place in the oven for five minutes to dry. Serve warm, dotted with butter.

Peanut Bread (Twelve slices)

2 C-flour
4 t-baking powder
½ t-salt
4 T-"C" sugar
1 egg
½ C-chopped peanuts
¾ C-milk

Mix thoroughly the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and peanuts. Add the egg and milk. Stir vigorously two minutes. Place in a well-buttered bread pan, and bake thirty-five minutes in a moderate oven.