"We'll have to borrow a corner of Mary's storeroom for once."
"She won't mind. She's as interested as we are in the orphans. Let me see how the 'Panocha' goes.
"Panocha
| "2 cups brown sugar |
| 2 tablespoons butter |
| ½ cup milk |
| ½ cup chopped nuts of any kind. |
"Boil sugar, butter, and milk together until a little forms a soft ball when dropped in a cup of cold water. Add the nuts, stir a few moments till slightly thick, drop by spoonsful on greased tins, or pour it into a greased tin. When cool cut in blocks."
The time given by the Ethels to preparing for their cooking operations was well spent. Never once did they have to call on Mary for something they had forgotten to order, and each afternoon was pronounced a success when it was over and its results lay before them.
"If we just had energy enough we might follow the plan that the candy store people do when they have a new clerk. They say that they let her eat all she wants to for the first few days and then she doesn't want any more. It would be fun to give the family all they wanted."
"We really ought to do it before we set the Club to work packing all these goodies, but I don't see how we can with those three boys. We never could fill them up so they'd stop eating."
"Nev-er!"
"Not Roger!"