1 C-salad dressing
1 t-chopped pimento
1 t-chopped green pepper
1 t-vinegar
½ t-paprika
¼ t-salt
½ C-olive oil
½ C-chili sauce
To the cup of salad dressing, add the oil, chili sauce, seasonings, vinegar and finely chopped vegetables. Beat two minutes. Pour over head lettuce.
Prune Whip (Four portions)
1/3 lb. prunes
3 egg-whites
1 T-lemon juice
½ C-sugar
Look over and wash the prunes. Soak for three hours in cold water. Cook until soft. Rub through a strainer, and add the sugar and lemon juice. Cook this mixture for five minutes. Beat the egg whites until very stiff, and add the prunes when cold. Pile lightly into a buttered baking dish and bake twenty minutes in a slow oven. Serve with cream.
CHAPTER XCIX
A CHRISTMAS SHOWER
"DEAR Bettina," wrote Polly, "somehow I never do like to write letters—certainly not at this busiest time of the year!—but I simply must tell you about a luncheon that Elizabeth Carter and I gave the other day for one of our holiday brides. (Angeline Carey; do you remember her? A dear girl—rather quiet, but with plenty of good common sense.)