"Not very exciting, I should think." "Still, Frank here wanted to bet me that Blake would be badly beaten!" "Frank!" said Charlotte in exasperation. "Is that the way you show your loyalty to your home college?" "Shame on you, Frank!" grinned Bob. "Well, dinner ready? I'm about starving!" "Bettina has a regular 'after-the-game' dinner tonight," said Charlotte. "Just the kind to make a man's heart rejoice!" "Hurray!" said Bob, stirring up the grate fire. "And afterward we'll have our coffee in here, and toast marshmallows. Shall we?" "Suits me!" said Frank. "Anything you suggest suits me, if it's something to eat." "Dinner's ready," said Bettina. "Come into the dining-room, people, and tell us about the game. Charlotte and I have mended all your hose this afternoon, and we deserve a royal entertainment now." "Bettina," said Frank, "do you expect us to talk when you set a dinner like this before us?" The menu consisted of: Flank Steak, Braized with Vegetables Cabbage Salad Bread Butter Brown Betty with Hard Sauce Coffee BETTINA'S RECIPES (All measurements are level) Flank Steak Braized with Vegetables (Four portions) 1½ lbs. flank steak, 1¼ inches thick 2 T-flour 2 t-salt 1 T-butter 1½ C-sliced, raw potatoes ½ C-thinly sliced onions 1 green pepper, sliced thin 1 C-tomato pulp Cut with a knife across the grain of the flank steak, to prevent it from curling up. Sprinkle the flour and one teaspoonful of salt on both sides of the meat. Dot with butter, and place in an oblong baking pan. Over the meat place a thick layer of sliced raw potatoes. Add the green pepper, and season with one-half a teaspoonful of salt. Place the onions next and the rest of the salt. (One-half a teaspoonful.) Pour one cup of stewed or raw tomato pulp over all the mixture, and cover the baking pan tightly. Cook slowly in the oven for two hours. One-half hour before the meat
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