LV Bettina Plans an Announcement Luncheon

(All measurements are level) Oyster Patties (Six portions) 3 T-butter 4 T-flour 1 C-milk ½ t-salt 1/8 t-paprika ½ pint of oysters

Clean the oysters by removing any shells, and drain off the liquor. Melt the butter, add the flour and salt, and mix thoroughly. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Cook until very thick. Place the oysters in a pan and heat one minute. This "plumps" them. Do not cook too long. Add the oysters to the white sauce, and serve immediately in patty shells which have been freshened in a hot oven. Bettina's Surprise Salad (Six portions) 6 apples 1 green pepper, chopped fine ½ C-diced celery ½ C-seeded white grapes ½ C-sliced diced pineapple 2 T-chopped nut meats 1 C-salad dressing ½ t-salt ½ C-diced marshmallows

Remove the insides of the apples, add the green pepper, celery, grapes, marshmallows, pineapple, nut-meats and salt, mixed thoroughly with the salad dressing. Serve very cold.

To Make the Hallowe'en Sandwiches

When the bread is a day old, cut in slices one-third inch thick. Match in pairs. Cream the butter and spread one side. Place the other side on top. Press firmly. With a thimble cut out circles on one piece of the bread, cut nose and mouth with a knife. The butter showing through gives the resemblance to features. Pumpkin Pie (Eight pies)

Crusts

1 C-flour 5 T-lard 3 T-water ½ t-salt

Cut the lard into the flour and salt. Add sufficient water to make a stiff dough on a floured board. Roll into shape one-fourth inch thick. Place in tin muffin pans making individual pies, filling with the following mixture and baking 30 minutes in a moderate oven.

Pumpkin Filling

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1½ C-canned pumpkin 2/3 C-brown sugar 1 t-cinnamon ½ t-ginger ½ t-salt 2 eggs 2 C-milk

Mix the ingredients in the order given, and fill the pie-crusts two-thirds full. Jumbles (Twenty-four jumbles) ½ C-butter 1 C-sugar 1 egg ½ t-soda ½ C-sour milk ¼ t-salt About 2 C-flour Grape jelly.

Cream the butter, add the sugar, and gradually add the egg, the soda mixed with the sour milk, the salt, and the flour to make a soft dough. (One which will roll easily.) Cut into shape with a round cooky cutter. On the centers of one-half the pieces, place a spoonful of grape jelly. Make features on the rest, using a thimble to cut out the eyes. Press the two together, and bake 12 minutes in a moderate oven.

NOVEMBER.

Cosy fire a-burning bright,—— Cosy tables robed in white,—— Dainty dishes smoking hot,—— Home! And cold and snow forgot!

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CHAPTER LXXVIII

A FORETASTE OF WINTER

"SAY, but it's cold today!" called Bob at the door. "Frost tonight all right! I was glad I took my overcoat this morning. Have you had a fire all day?"

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