Boiled Rice

Ingredients

• one pound of rice
• four quarts of boiling water
• one teaspoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Wash rice in cold water, drain, and put into boiling water with salt.

2. 2

   Cover and boil for 15 minutes, then drain.

3. 3

   Allow to steam for 15 minutes longer.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Canoe and Camp Cookery: A Practical Cook Book for Canoeists, Corinthian ... (1885) by Henry H. Soule , Seneca, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one pound of rice over carefiflly and wash it ininoneortwocold waters, then drain and put )0t containing four quarts of boiling water, and teaspoonfuls of salt ; cover and boil steadily n minutes, then drain off the water, empty the e out the pot, sprinkle a little salt over the if it and rub it with a dry cloth, finally empty- he salt, replacing the rice and setting the pot fire for fifteen minutes longer to let the rice swell. If a large pot is at hand a better way rice has boiled fifteen minutes is to drain it as len pouring the boiling water into the large in the dry rice in the smaller one, which e put in the larger one and all set over the he rice allowed to steam thoroughly dry, which fifteen minutes. riter followed the above recipe implicitly tilt vered that nothing further is necessary to : to his own particular taste than the boiling «< .' '^ '#• Cracked Wheat, 75 fifteen minutes. Since making this discovery he has omitted the further portion of the recipe in practice, but gives it here for the benefit of those whose tastes may be more dainty than his own. Cracked Wheat. To one quart of the wheat add one tablespoonful of salt, and soak over night in cold water enough to cover it. In the morning put the wheat with the water it was soaked in into a pot, cover closely and cook gently until soft — probably from one to one and one-half hours — stirring frequently to prevent scorch- ing. When necessary to replenish the water add boil- ing water. Hominy Grits Are cooked the same as cracked wheat, and are very wholesome. Coarse hominy requires long boiling. Batter Cakes. Put one quart of sifted flour in a deep dish, and mix with it one-half teaspoonful of salt, two heaping tea- spoonfuls of baking powder and one teaspoonful of sugar. Add warm water (milk is better) sufficient to make a thick batter. Then add two eggs, beaten light, and • if they do not thin down the batter sufficiently, add more water (or milk). Beat thoroughly and cook immediately the same as slapjacks. Canoe and Camp Cookerj). Bioe Cakea. Into one quart of sifted flour stir ettough i milk) to make a medium thick batter ; add I of cold boiled rice, one teaspoonful of salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.