Raising the Betts

RTB037: The Betts visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and then come home to no power in the house. Melanie makes sure the power outage soup won’t kill the family and then shares a couple of recent kids’ book acquisitions. Dom sous vides some dinners and talks A Quiet Place and McMillions.

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* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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RTB036: The Betts get out of the house on gray February day, contemplate a presidential cage match, Dom reveals his pancake secrets, Melanie talks about Tom Sawyer, and they discuss why they had to decline a nice invitation to the family.

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* South Shore Natural Science Center

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Dom’s Fluffy Pancake Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour (10 oz) 1 cup whole wheat flour (5 oz)4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt 3 cups milk 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted 4 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

Directions

Prepare and preheat your griddle. (Set the electric griddle between 350°F and 375°F.) Coat the hot griddle with butter by rubbing a stick across the hot surface. Wipe up the excess so it won't burn.Whisk together in a large bowl the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together in another bowl, the milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla.Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and gently whisk them together, mixing just until combined. If you wish, fold in one or more of the following: 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries or raspberries, 1/2 cup thinly sliced ripe bananas, 1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon, 1/4 cup grated semisweet or milk chocolate.Spoon 1/3 cup batter onto the griddle for each pancake, nudging the batter into rounds. Cook until the top of each pancake is speckled with bubbles and some bubbles have popped open, then turn and cook until the underside is lightly browned. Serve immediately or keep warm in a 200°F oven while you finish cooking the rest.

RTB035: Dom and Melanie deal with the legacy of the quickie renovations done by their home’s previous owners; bribe their kids to do school; discuss what happens when dinner goes wrong; and talk about pop culture’s idea of heaven without God. (We apologize for the audio quality; we had a technical glitch.)

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* How Music Does That podcast

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RTB034: The Christmas season ends for the Betts; Dom and kids spend a day in the bitter cold for a Klondike derby; Melanie keeps perfecting okonomiyaki; they watch Groundhog Day, 1917, and Raising Dion; and then discuss the “fake it til you make it” way of becoming a saint.

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RTB033: While Dom is puzzled by why the delivery drivers won’t put the parcels in the delivery box, Melanie is on a cooking binge, making some amazing meals. Plus an awkward moment at Mass with the kids, our impression of the live-action Aladdin movie, and why Dirty Dancing was so culturally significant.

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RTB032: New Year, a birthday, Star Wars, Epiphany, and a Scouting event mean a busy week for the Betts as Dom and Melanie relate their Epiphany gift-giving tradition; talk about how a family outing to see Star Wars made Lucy’s birthday; and share an awesome homemade coconut chicken soup.

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RTB031: The Betts wish you a Merry Christmas as Dom and Melanie relive Christmas Eve midnight Mass and Christmas Day, including several great meals, which they give you tips for; plus re-reading for comfort when you’re sick and the awesome readings from the Feast of the Holy Family.

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* Netflix’s Lost in Space, Season 2

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RTB030: Christmas is here (or almost, as we recorded) and Dom and Melanie reveal how their Advent has gone and what the plan is for Christmas Eve (including the Feast of Seven Fishes); talk about a great audio course on language; and discuss what to do when one person has seen the Star Wars movie and the rest of the family has not yet.

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* 2019 time-lapse video of Bettinelli Christmas tree trimming

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RTB029: The Betts discuss an unusual game the kids play during cleanup times involving the fictional Lord Cromwell; Melanie and the kids ditch an afternoon of school to walk in the snowy woods; Dom wants a bigger Christmas tree; and they recall the beautiful homily about Gaudete Sunday.

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* Victoria on Masterpiece Theater

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RTB028: The Betts get their first snow day of the season and Dom discovers he doesn’t have to do all the snow clearing any more. The kids go Scouting for Food, while Melanie re-discovers her baking mojo, and then they discuss when the Immaculate Conception is not the Immaculate Conception.

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