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In Lesson 22, Sue makes Baked Ham with Browned Potatoes for lunch. This is similar to the baked ham recipe that I ate growing up. I thought it was a Depression era recipe from my grandmother, but apparently it predates the Great Depression by quite a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first full meal that Sue and Ruth Ann learn to cook during their Saturday lessons. Each week their adventures appear as a chapter in When Sue Began to Cook<\/a><\/em>, a cookbook in the Bettina’s Best Recipes cookbook collection by Louise Weaver and Helen LeCron. Clicking the link will take you to Lesson 1 so you can follow Sue’s adventures in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every week Sue has something chatty to say in her kitchen diary, and this week is no different. Let’s peek into Sue’s diary and see how the story progresses…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sue’s Baked Ham Kitchen Diary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Uncle John and Aunt Lucy will be here for lunch today,” said Mother at breakfast, “so we must plan to have a very good meal. Yes, I believe I’ll have you and Ruth Ann make Baked Ham with Browned Potatoes.” I held my breath. That sounded so hard, and grown-up-i-fied! [Sue is not averse to making up her own words when normal ones won’t do.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Besides that, we’ll have canned grean beans, hot biscuits and jam, and some sliced oranges with cake.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Whee-ee!” cheered Robin. “That’s a real<\/em> lunch!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You may go to meet Ruth Ann, Sue,” Mother went on, “and buy your own meat at Wilkins’. I’ll tell you exactly what to get. As I want you and Ruth Ann each to learn to make Baked Ham with Browned Potatoes enough for four, we’ll have to use both pans of it for lunch. Ruth Ann won’t mind, I’m sure.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh, I know she won’t mind, I’m sure. She’ll be so glad to learn to make something real! Somehow it sounds lots more important<\/em> to be making Baked Ham with Browned Potatoes than any kind of dessert, no matter how good.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And oh, the Baked Ham was dee-licious! Uncle John is going to have us come out to the farm some Saturday soon and make it again for him, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Uncle John and Aunt Lucy appear in the other Bettina books. John is a farmer who champions good cooking, no matter who makes it. He was just as appreciative when Bettina cooked, before Sue was born.]<\/p>\n\n\n

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Baked Ham with Browned Potatoes<\/h2>\n
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from When Sue Began to Cook, 1924.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Course: <\/span>Dinner, Luncheon<\/span><\/div>
Cuisine: <\/span>American<\/span><\/div>
Keyword: <\/span>baked dinner, Bettina, ham, potatoes, When Sue Began to Cook<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Servings: <\/span>4<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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