Foods and home making

Let the rice cook in the double boiler until it is tender. For white rice this usually requires about 45 minutes; for brown rice, rl hours. The time for cooking brown rice may be shortened if it is soaked in water before cooking. Yield : 6 servings. Some persons like rice cooked in so much water that it has to be drained away from the cereal after cooking. Such rice is cooked as follows : 1 The germ of a cereal should not be confused with a perm that causes disease. Buying and Cooking Cereals 55 BOILED RICE 3 quarts boiling water 2 teaspoons salt 1 cup rice Note that 3 quarts or 1 2 cups of water are used for cooking rice in this way. This is 4 times as much as is used in cooking rice in a double boiler. Put the water and salt in a large pan. When the water boils rapidly, add the rice slowly. The water should not stop boiling. Keep the water boiling rapidly. As it boils see how the rice grains are tossed around. This prevents stick- ing. Boil the rice until tender. This usually takes about 20 minutes for white rice. Pour the rice into a colan- der or strainer to drain. Save the rice water. Pour clean hot water through the rice. (Fig. 21.) Drain. Cover the colander with a cloth and place over steaming water for a few minutes. Yield : 6 servings. What is lost when rice is boiled in much water ? Experiment 4 : To show what rice water contains. (а) Put a little of the starch poured from the boiled rice into a test tube. Let it cool, of iodine. What color does the mixture become? (б) If tincture of iodine is added to a substance, and the substance turns blue or blue-black, starch is present. What does the iodine test show is contained in the water drained from boiled rice ? Unless the water drained from boiled rice is used in making a soup or a sauce, it is wasteful to cook rice in this way. However, some persons like boiled rice very much better than that from which no water is drained because there is no starch paste surrounding the rice grains. Cleveland Plain Dealer Figure 21. Rinsing Rice after Boiling Boiled rice has starch paste on the outside of the grains. Some of this can be removed by rinsing the rice with hot water. Then, add a drop or two of tincture Breakfast 56 How is rice served? Rice may be served as any breakfast cereal with milk, top milk, or cream. Served with butter and salt, like a cooked potato, it may be used for luncheon, supper, or dinner. Rice is very good served with fruit. It may be used with fruit as a breakfast cereal or as a dessert for the noon or evening meal. When you learn to make custards, you can make a very wholesome dessert by serving cooked rice with custard. What is a fireless cooker ? Is it really possible to cook foods without any fire ? Yes, it is, provided the foods are first heated until they are very hot. Then, if they are placed immediately in a device known as a fireless cooker, they will continue to remain hot and to cook. How materials can be kept hot without a fire is shown in the following : Experiment 6: To show how hot materials may he kept hot without a fire. {a) Use two measuring cups that are alike. Have ready (1) a kettle containing boiling water, (2) an earthenware bowl with a plate to cover it, and (3) a chemical thermometer, preferably two.