Boiled Rice

Original Ingredients

• half or quarter of a pound of the best quality of rice
• a quart of clean water
• a pinch of salt
• a teacupful of new milk
• fresh new milk for serving
• fruit and sugar (optional)

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Wash rice in a strainer

2. 2

   Put it in a saucepan with a quart of clean water and a pinch of salt

3. 3

   Let it boil slowly till the water is all evaporated—see that it does not burn

4. 4

   Pour in a teacupful of new milk

5. 5

   Stir carefully from the bottom of the saucepan, so that the upper grain may go under, but do not smash it

6. 6

   Close the lid on your saucepan carefully down

7. 7

   Set it on a cooler part of the fire, where it will not boil

8. 8

   As soon as it has absorbed the added milk, serve it up with fresh new milk

9. 9

   Add fruit and sugar for those who like them