And so that evening for dinner Bettina had:
Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potatoes Baked Apples Bread Butter Cottage Pudding with Chocolate Sauce Coffee
=Pork Tenderloin and Sweet Potatoes= (Four portions)
1-1/2 lbs. pork tenderloin 1 t-salt 1/4 t-pepper 4 large sweet potatoes
Wipe the tenderloins which have been prepared by cutting into small pieces (by the butcher). Place in a small roaster and put in a hot oven. When brown on each side, season with salt and pepper. Pare the potatoes and place in the pan with the meat. Baste every ten minutes with one-fourth cup of water if there are not sufficient drippings to baste both the potatoes and meat. Cook until the potatoes are done (about forty-five minutes).
4 Jonathan apples 8 T-"C" sugar 2 t-cinnamon 1 C-water 1/2 t-vanilla
Wash and core the apples. Fill each with one tablespoon of sugar and one-half teaspoon of cinnamon. Place in a small tin pan just large enough to hold them. Add the water and the rest of the sugar, and bake forty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Baste frequently with the syrup. After the apples have cooked thirty minutes, add the vanilla to the syrup.
=Bettina's Cottage Pudding= (Four portions)
1/2 C-sugar 1/4 t-salt 1 C-flour 2 t-baking powder 3 T-chopped nuts 1/2 t-vanilla 1 egg 1/2 C-milk 3 T-melted butter
Mix the sugar, salt, flour, baking powder and nuts. Add the egg and milk and mix well. Add the vanilla. Beat vigorously for two minutes, and then add the melted butter. Pour into well-buttered gem pans, filling each half full. Bake fifteen minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with chocolate sauce.
1/2 C-sugar 2 T-flour 1 C-water 1/8 t-salt 1 square of chocolate 1/4 t-vanilla
Mix thoroughly the sugar, flour and salt. Add the water and the chocolate. Cook slowly until the chocolate is melted (about two minutes). Add the vanilla and serve hot. If too thick, add more water until the desired consistency is reached.
"I'LL stay at home and help you this morning; may I, Bettina?" asked Edna, looking wistfully around at Bettina's white kitchen.
"No, indeed, my dear. It is such a simple little luncheon that I have planned that I can easily do it all alone. And you must go to the meeting. All I ask is that you won't forget to come home at noon."