"For eight people? I'm sure that you have, Bettina. Even for people with as good appetites as Fred and I have! Are you ready to serve it now?" That Sunday evening Bettina served: Chicken a la King Cakes with Bettina Icing Coffee
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BETTINA'S RECIPES (All measurements are level) Chicken a la King (Eight portions) 1½ C-cold boiled chicken, cut in 2/3-inch cubes ½ t-salt 1/ C-button mushrooms, cut in fourths 3 4 T-pimento, cut in half-inch lengths 2 T-green pepper, cut fine 5 T-butter or chicken fat 6 T-flour 1½ t-salt ½ t-paprika 2 C-milk 2 egg-yolks 8 pieces of toast Boil the green pepper slowly for five minutes. Drain off the water. Melt the butter, add the flour, salt and paprika, mix thoroughly, and add the milk, stirring constantly. Cook three minutes or until quite thick. Remove from the fire, beat one minute, reheat, add the egg-yolk, mix thoroughly, and add the chicken mixture. Heat again. Serve immediately by pouring over slices of toast. To prepare the chicken mixture, thoroughly mix the chicken, half a teaspoon of salt, the mushrooms, the cooked green pepper and the pimento. Small Cakes (Fourteen cakes) 1¼ C-sugar 1/ C-butter 3 2 C-flour 4 t-baking powder 1/ t-salt 8 2/ C-milk 3 1 t-vanilla ½ t-lemon extract 2 egg-whites Cream the butter, add the sugar slowly and continue creaming. Mix and sift the flour, baking powder and salt and add these and the milk, vanilla and lemon extracts to the butter and sugar. Mix well and beat two minutes. Beat the egg-
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