Chinese Checkers Pepper Steak

We do love pepper steak, although mine and Alice's differ slightly. I use cornstarch, she uses flour as a thickener. I use soy sauce, she uses beef broth. We both toss tomatoes in at the end, although they are omitted from her ingredient list, but then show up as the final step in the directions. That Alice, always trying to trip me up.

Episode Note: "The Big Sprain" While Carol is away visiting her Aunt Mary, Alice slips and falls on Chinese Checkers the kids left out on the floor, spraining her ankle. Mike insists that the kids forgo all other activities and do all of the cooking and cleaning as a punishment, but chaos quickly ensues. Burnt toast, eggs that look suspiciously like "Sunshine Day Baked Eggs," an overflowing washer, dirty dishes, etc. But this time it is Marcia who gives the lecture on teamwork, because as we know, there is no "I" in Brady. The kids band together and get the job done around the house, but they can't fix Alice's broken heart. As Marcia points out, they've sprained Alice's love life as well when she has to cancel her date with Sam for the annual Meatcutter's Ball. Alice is heartbroken that she'll miss the big dance and worried that Sam will ask another woman to go in her place. The night of the Ball, the kids do their best to cheer Alice up, but all efforts fall flat, especially when Cindy and Bobby ask her to play Old Maid. But all is not lost when Sam shows up, saying he couldn't go to the ball without his "best girl."  Mrs Brady returns and the two swinging couples are together again: Mike and Carol and Sam and Alice.