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

by Louise Bennett Weaver; Helen Cowles LeCron

Bettina Soup Oyster Crackers
Banana Salad
Hot Biscuits
Canned Peaches Chocolate Cookies
Tea

BETTINA'S RECIPES

(All measurements are level)

Bettina Soup (Three portions)

3 C-meat stock (left over)
½ C-cooked rice
½ C-tomato pulp
1 T-sliced onion
½ t-salt
¼ t-paprika
3 celery leaves

Add the rice, tomato pulp, onion, salt, paprika and celery leaves to the meat stock. Cook for twenty minutes over a slow fire. Strain and serve in hot soup dishes or bouillon cups.

Banana Salad (Three portions)

2 bananas
½ C-shelled peanuts, broken in halves
½ C-celery, cut small
1 T-lemon juice
½ t-salt
¼ t-paprika
½ C-salad dressing
3 lettuce leaves

Cut the bananas in one-fourth inch cubes. Add the lemon juice, mixing thoroughly. Add the peanuts, celery, salt and paprika. Add the salad dressing, mixing lightly with a silver fork. Pile on the lettuce leaves which have been washed and arranged on a serving dish. Serve immediately.

Baking Powder Biscuits (Eight biscuits)