Beat the egg-whites very stiffly. Add very carefully the powdered sugar. Cut and fold in the bread crumbs and the baking powder. Add the chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla. Drop the mixture from the tip of a spoon, two inches apart upon a wellgreased pan. Bake in a moderate oven twelve to fifteen minutes.
CHAPTER CXV
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SUPPER AFTER THE THEATRE
"N
OW, Bob, you start the fire in the fireplace while I go into the kitchen and get a little lunch."
"Mrs. Bob," said Donald, an old school-friend of Bob's, "I don't want you to do any such thing! We don't need any lunch! Stay in here and we'll all talk." "You'll talk all the better for something to eat," said Bettina, "and so will Bob. Won't you, Bob?" "Well," said Bob, with a grin, "I will admit that coming home in the cold has given me something of an appetite. Then too, I'll tell you, Donald, that Bettina's after-theatre suppers aren't to be lightly refused! Yes, on the whole, I think we'd better have the supper. We couldn't get you for dinner tonight, and you're leaving so early in the morning that you see you won't have had any real meal at our house at all!" Meanwhile, Bettina was busying herself with the little supper, for which she had made preparations that morning. When she had creamed the oysters and placed them in the ramekins, she popped them in the oven. Next she put on the coffee in her percolator, and placed in the oven with the oysters the small loaf of bran bread that she had steamed that morning. "Bob likes it better warm," she said to herself. Then she arranged her tea-cart with plates, cups, silver, napkins and peach preserves, not forgetting the rice parfait from the refrigerator. When she wheeled the little supper into the living room, Bob and Donald welcomed her with delight. "I take it back; I am hungry after all!" said Donald. [364]
Bettina served: Creamed Oysters in Ramekins Steamed Bran Bread Peach Preserves Rice Parfait Coffee BETTINA'S RECIPES (All measurements are level)
