vegetables with pepper and salt. Add two teaspoons of cottage cheese. Place one teaspoon of salad dressing on each portion. To prepare the salad dressing, mix boiled dressing and pimento oil together and then add the whipped cream. Mix well, and pile attractively on the salad.
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BETTINA GIVES A DINNER
"T
HE Christmas feeling is everywhere now!" said Bettina, as she arranged a small artificial fir tree in the center of the table. "It may be a little early, but I can't keep from using Christmas decorations to-night. Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, you look wonderfully festive with snow at your foot and your branches strung with tinsel and ornaments! All that you lack is candles, but I shall use my red shaded candles on the table instead. Let me see, everything is ready, even to the biscuits which are in the ice box waiting to be popped in the oven when the guests arrive. The salad is mixed and waiting, and that Washington pie does look delicious! I'm glad I made it, for Bob is so fond of it. Wonder why Bob doesn't come! I want him to see the table and the tree before the others get here! And build up the fire in the fireplace. It's snowing hard outside, and I want it to be warm and cozy inside. There's someone! Well, off goes my apron!" The "someone" proved to be Bob, who came in, very pink as to his face, and very white as to his snow-covered shoulders. "It's growing colder every minute!" said Bob. "Well, a Christmas table! I like that! Makes a fellow feel festive!" "I couldn't resist the spirit of Christmas," said Bettina. "I couldn't, either," said Bob, taking a half-dozen gorgeous yellow chrysanthemums from their wrappings. "So I bought you an early Christmas gift. Like 'em?" For dinner, Bettina served: Pork Tenderloins
Candied Sweet Potatoes Creamed Cauliflower Baking Powder Biscuits Butter Currant Jelly Orange and Cherry Salad Wafers Washington Pie Coffee BETTINA'S RECIPES (All measurements are level)
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