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

by Louise Bennett Weaver; Helen Cowles LeCron

Salmon Loaf Salmon Sauce
Baked Potatoes
Bread Butter
Marble Pudding Whipped Cream
Iced Tea

BETTINA'S RECIPES

(All measurements are level)

Salmon Loaf (Two portions)

²/₃ C-flaked, canned salmon
¹/₃ C-cracker crumbs
½ t-salt
¼ t-paprika
1 egg
¹/₃ C-milk

Flake the salmon apart with a silver fork, add the crumbs, salt and paprika. Beat the egg and add the milk. Add to the first mixture. Place in a well-buttered mould and bake in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes. Allow to stand three minutes, remove from the mould, and place on a warmed platter. Pour salmon sauce around the loaf and serve at once.

Salmon Sauce (Two portions)

3 T-flour
2 T-butter
¼ C-liquor from the salmon
²/₃ C-milk
1 egg, hard-cooked and chopped fine
½ t-salt
1 T-pickle, chopped fine
½ t-chopped parsley
¼ t-paprika

Melt the butter, add the salmon liquor. Add the flour, salt and paprika and mix well. Add the milk and cook two minutes. Add the egg, pickle and parsley, mix well, and pour around the loaf.