A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband with Bettina's Best Recipes
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— BOSTON fn PUBLIC UBI^RY '*\ — 5 ; r^ \ \ r —\ I ^\ JX. fi y. I^HAS.E.LAURIATCO 385Wash'nSt.Boston A THOUSAND WAYS TO PLEASE A HUSBAND A THOUSAND WAYS TO PLEASE A HUSBAND WITH BETTINA'S BEST RECIPES -BY- LOUISE BENNETT WEAVER AND HELEN COWLES LeCRON The Romance of Cookery AND HOUSEKEEPING Decorations by ELIZABETH COLBOURNE A. L. Burt Company Publishers New York Copyright, 1917 by &itton Publishing Company, Ins* All Rights Reserved Made in U.S. A. m^""^mi. ^v^» A DEDICATION To every other little bride Who has a ''BoF' to please, And says she's tried and tried and tried To cook with skill and ease. And cant!—we offer here as guide Bettinas Recipes! To her whose ''BoF' is prone to wear A sad and hungry looky Because the maid he thought so fair Is—well—she just cant cook! To her we say : do not despair; Just try Bettincis Book I Bettina's Measurements Are All Level C = cup t = teaspoon T = tablespoon lb. = pound pt. == pint B.P. = baking-powder . mSHsIESMMMMHMMEBMmMai CHAPTER PAGE I Home at Last ii II Bettina's First Real Dinner 14 III Bettina's First Guest 17 IV Bettina Gives a Luncheon 21 V Bob Helps to Get Dinner 25 VI Cousin Matilda Calls 28 VII A New-Fashioned Sunday Dinner. 33 VIII Celebrating the Fourth 36 IX Uncle John and Aunt Lucy Make a Visit 39 X Ruth Inspects Bettina's Kitchen... 42 XI Bettina's Birthday Gift 46 XII Bettina's Father Tries Her Cooking 49 XIII Bob Helps With the Dinner 53 XIV A Sunday Evening Tea 56 XV A Motor Picnic 59 XVI Bettina Has a Caller 62 XVII Bob Gets Breakfast on Sunday 65 XVIII Bettina Gives a Porch Party 69 XIX Bettina and the Expense Budget. ... 73 XX Mrs. Dixon and Bettina's Experiment yy XXI A Rainy Day Dinner 81 XXII Buying a Refrigerator 84 XXIII Bettina's Sunday Dinner 87 XXIV Bettina Visits a Tea-room 90 XXV Bettina Entertains Alice and Mr. Harrison 93 XXVI Over the Telephone 97 XXVII Bettina Has A Baking Day 100 XXVIII Polly and the Children 103 XXIX Bettina Puts Up Fruit 107 Contents CHAPTER PAGE XXX A Cool Summer Day iii XXXI Bob and Bettina Alone 114 XXXII Bettina Attends a Morning Wedding 117 XXXIII After the 'Tea" 121 XXXIV Bettina Gives a Porch Breakfast 124 XXXV A Piece of News 127 XXXVI Bettina Entertains Her Father and Mother 130 XXXVII The Big Secret 133 XXXVIII After the Circus 136 XXXIX Mrs. Dixon Asks Questions 139 XL A Telegram from Uncle Eric 143 XLI Bettina Entertains State Fair Visi- tors 147 XLII Uncle John and Aunt Lucy 149 XLIII Sunday Dinner at the Dixon's 151 XLIV A Rainy Evening at Home 154 XLV Ruth Makes an Apple Pie 159 XLVI Bettina Makes Apple Jelly 162 XLVII After A Park Party 166 XLVIII Bettina Spills THE Ink 169 XLIX Bettina Attends a Porch Party 171 L A Dinner Cooked in the Morning... 173 LI A Sunday Dinner 176 LII Bob Makes Peanut Fudge 179 LIII Dinner at the Dixon's 182 LIV A Good-bye Luncheon for Bernadette 185 LV Bettina Plans an Announcement Luncheon 188 LVI Ruth and Bettina Make Preparations 191 LVII A Rainbow Announcement Luncheon igr^ LVIII An Early Caller 1 V7 LIX Ruth Comes to Luncheon 200 LX A Kitchen Shower for Alice 205 LXI A Rainy Night Meal 209 LXII Alice Gives a Luncheon 212 LXIII Motoring with the Dixons 215 . Contents CHAPTER PAGE LXIV Ruth Makes Baking Powder Biscuits 218 LXV Plans for the Wedding 220 LXVI A Guest to a Dinner of Left-Overs. 222 LXVII A Handkerchief Shower 224 LXVIII Just the Two of Them 22y LXIX A Luncheon in the Country 229 LXX A "Pair Shower" for Alice 232 LXXI Bob Makes Popcorn Balls 235 LXXII And Where Was THE Dinner 237 LXXIII Alice Tells Her Troubles 240 LXXIV The Dixons Come to Dinner 242 LXXV The Wedding Invitations 245 LXXVI Hallowe'en Preparations 248 LXXVn Hallowe'en Revels 250 LXXVni A FOT^ETASTE OF WiNTER 255 LXXIX Surprising Alice and Harry 258 LXXX A Dinner for the Bridal Party 261 LXXXI Rehearsing the Ceremony 264 LXXXn After the Wedding 267 LXXXHI A "Happen-in" Luncheon 270 LXXXIV Uncle John a Guest at Dinner 273 LXXXV During the Teachers' Convention.. 275 LXXXVI A Luncheon for the Teachers 278 LXXXVn Ruth Comes to Luncheon 281 LXXXVni The Hickory Log 284 LXXXIX Some Christmas Plans 287 XC After the Football Game 289 XCI A Thanksgiving Dinner in the Coun- try 292 XCn Planning THE Christmas Cards 295 XCni Harry and Alice Return 299 XCIV The Firelight Social 302 XCV Alice's Troubles 305 XCVI Some of Bettina's Christmas Plans 308 XCVn More of Bettina's Christmas Shop- ping 311 XCVIII Christmas Gifts 313 Contents CHAPTER PAGE XCIX A Christmas Shower « 316 C Bettina Gives a Dinner 320 CI Bob's Christmas Gift to Bettina 322 CII A Christmas Breakfast 325 cm A Supper for Two 327 CIV Alice Comes to Luncheon 331 CV Ruth Stays to Dinner 334 CVI How Bettina Made Candy 337 CVII Ruth's Plans 339 CVIII A Luncheon for Three 342 CIX The DixoNS Come to Dinner 345 CX A Steamed Pudding 349 CXI On Valentine's Day 352 CXII Ruth Gives a Dinner for Four 354 CXIII Alice Practices Economy 357 CXIV A Company Dinner for Bob 360 CXV Supper After the Theatre 363 CXVI Washington's Birthday Plans 366 CXVII An Afternoon with Bettina 368 CXVIII A Washington's Birthday Tea 370 CXIX Another Oven Dinner 373 CXX Bob Makes Pop-Overs 376 CXXI In March 379 CXXII A FiRELEss Cooker for Aunt Lucy 382 CXXIII The Dixons Drop in for Dessert 384 CXXIV Ruth Passes By 387 CXXV Bettina Entertains a Small Neighbor 389 CXXVI A Sunday Night Tea 392 CXXVII A Shamrock Luncheon 395 CXXVIII At Dinner 397 CXXIX An Anniv^ersary Dinner 399 CXXX Ruth C^mes to Dinner 402 CXXXI Mildred's Spring Vacation 407 CXXXII Helping Bettina 410 CXXXIIl Help NG with a Company Dinner 413 CXXXIV M11.DRED s Day 415 CXXXV PoLL\ Comes for Mildred 418 Contents CHAPTER PAGE CXXXVI Mildred's Plans 421 CXXXVII A Luncheon for Polly 424 CXXXVIII Furs to Put Away 427 CXXXIX Planning a Children's Party 429 CXL The Party Circus 432 CXLI Planning A Luncheon 435 CXLII The New Car 437 CXLIII In HousECLEANiNG Time 441 CXLIV Mrs. Dixon Happens in 443 CXLV Engagement Presents 446 CXLVI With Housecleaning Over 449 CXLVII Spring Marketing 451 CXLVIII Plans for tee Wedding 453 CXLIX Entertaining the Wedding Guests.. 455 CL The Bridesmaids' Dinner 457 CLI A Morning Wedding IN June 459 CLII The First Year Ends 461 JUNE. No, you cannot live on kisses. Though the honeymoon is sweet, Harken, brides, a true word this is,- Even lovers have to eat. CHAPTER I HOME AT LAST C^TTOME at last!" sighed Al Bettina happily as the hot and dusty travelers left the train. "Why that contented sigh?" asked Bob. "Because our wed- ding trip is over? Well, any- how, Bettina, it's after five. Shall we have dinner at the hotel?" "Hotel ? Why, Bob ! with our house and our dishes and our silver just waiting for us? Vm ashamed of you ! We'll take the first car for home—a street- car, not a taxi ! Our extravagant days are over, and the time has come to show you that Bettina knows how to keep house. You think that you love me now, Bobby, but just wait till you sit down to a real strawberry shortcake made by a real cook !" in a real home Half an hour later Bob was unlocking the door of the new brown bungalow. "Isn't it a dear?" cried Bettina proudly. "When we've had time to give it grass and shrubs and flowers and a vegetable garden, no place in town will equal it ! And as for porch furniture, how I'd like to get at Mother's attic and transform some of her discarded things!" "Just now I'd rather get at some of Mother's cooking!" grinned Bob. II 12 A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband "Oh, dear, I forgot ! I'll have supper ready in ten minutes. Do you remember my emergency shelf? Why, Bob—Bob, they must have known we were coming ! Here's ice—and milk—and cream—and butter—and bread—and rolls, and even a grape fruit! They knew, and didn't meet the train because they thought we would prefer to have our first meal alone! Wasn't that dear of them? And this will save you a trip to !" the corner grocery Bettina fastened a trim percale bungalow apron over her traveling suit, and swiftly and surely assembled the little meal. *'I like that apron," said Bob. "It reminds me of the rainy day when we fixed the emergency shelf. That was fun." "Yes, and work too," said Bettina, "but I'm glad we did it. Do you remember how much I saved by getting things in dozen and half dozen lots? And Mother showed me how much better it was to buy the larger sizes in bottled things, because in buying the smaller bottles you spend most of your money for the glass. Now that you have to pay my bills. Bob, you'll be glad that I know those things !" "I think you know a great deal," said Bob admiringly. "Lots of girls can cook, but mighty few know how to be economical " at the same time ! It's great to be your "Dinner is served," Bettina interrupted.