Pedal Power by Judy Delton

Author:Judy Delton [Delton, Judy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-80007-7
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Molly’s Favorite Fast Recipe

“I don’t like the word quiz,” said Lisa on the way home. “It’s just another word for test, and test sounds too much like school.”

Tracy nodded. “Teachers say quiz to fool us into thinking it’s a game instead of a test. But we’re no fools. A test is a test.”

“My mom studied a book like this when she took her driver’s test,” said Tim. “She passed and got her license. We don’t get a driver’s license for passing.”

“No, but we get a badge,” said Jody. “That’s just as good. Kids can’t drive cars anyway. A license wouldn’t do us any good. Besides, a test has lots of questions. We only have to answer one.”

Jody is right, thought Molly. Jody always saw the good side of hard things. He made it all sound easy.

At the corner Mary Beth and Molly said good-bye to the others. Then they walked to Molly’s house and sat down in the kitchen to talk about recipes.

“Rachel will bring one of those fancy French ones,” said Mary Beth. “Maybe I’ll just bring my mom’s gingersnap recipe. Everybody likes those.”

Molly nodded. Gingersnaps were okay. But Molly wanted something no one else would bring. She wanted a rare bird, as her grandma would say.

“Maybe I’ll go to the Green Lantern and ask the cook for a recipe,” said Molly. The Green Lantern was a local restaurant where Mr. Duff took the family sometimes for special occasions like Mother’s Day.

“I don’t think they like to give out their recipes,” said Mary Beth. “If they do that, everyone will cook the stuff at home and they won’t pay to eat there.”

Molly hadn’t thought about that. It made sense.

“You could get a recipe from another cookbook,” said her friend. “At the library.”

“That’s cheating,” said Molly. “I can’t take a recipe from another cookbook and put it in ours. I want one that isn’t in any other cookbook.”

“Then you’ll have to make one up,” said Mary Beth. “That’s the only way to be sure no other book will have it.”

Molly snapped her fingers. Then she stood up and clapped her hands. “That’s it!” she said. “My aunt made up a recipe when she was here! She took leftovers from the refrigerator, like ham and asparagus and cheese and tomatoes and onions, and put them in the frying pan. Then she put two eggs on top of everything, and salt and pepper, and mixed it all up. When it was cooked she put the whole thing on a piece of toast. It was really good!”

“Let’s write it down,” said Mary Beth. “You have to have the amounts just right.”

Before they could start writing, the doorbell rang. Molly looked out the window.

“It’s Roger!” she said. “What does he want?”

She opened the door and said, “Aren’t you supposed to be sick?”

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