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

by Louise Bennett Weaver; Helen Cowles LeCron

"Goodness!" said Polly tragically. "What a dreadful thing it will be to live with a child who knows more than I do!"

For dinner that night they had:

Veal Chops
Baked Potatoes Escalloped Onions
Bread Butter
Mocha Cake Mocha Icing
Coffee

BETTINA'S RECIPES

(All measurements are level)

Escalloped Onions (Four portions)

1 C-onions
1 qt. water
2 T-butter
2 T-flour
1 t-salt
¼ t-pepper
1 C-milk
¼ C-buttered crumbs

Wash and peel the onions. Cook in one quart of water. Allow to boil five minutes. Change the water and continue boiling ten minutes. Change the water again, and when thoroughly cooked (about fifteen minutes more), remove from the fire and drain.

Melt the butter, add the flour and salt and mix thoroughly. Add the milk and cook one minute. Add the onions, and pour the mixture into a well-buttered baking dish. Place the buttered crumbs on the top of the onions and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.

Mocha Cake (Twelve portions)