Rice and Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cupful rice
• 1 cupful tomatoes
• 1 tablespoonful butter
• 1 teaspoonful salt
• 1 slice onion
• 1/2 teaspoonful celery salt
• 1/2 teaspoonful pepper
• 1 1/2 cupfuls boiling water

Method

1. 1

   In the small pan of the fireless cooker cook (over a flame) the rice, onion, and butter, stirring constantly until they are slightly brown.

2. 2

   Add boiling water and cook until the water is almost absorbed.

3. 3

   Add the tomatoes and seasoning and heat the mixture until it boils.

4. 4

   Cover and place in the large kettle of boiling water belonging to the fireless cooker.

5. 5

   Place in the fireless cooker for 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A text-book of cooking (1915) by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoonful salt Mix the ingredients in the small pan of the fireless cooker and cook directly over the flame of a range, boiling for 5 minutes, and stirring occasionally. Cover and place in the large kettle of the fireless cooker which contains boiling water. Place in a fireless cooker for 5 to 10 hours. If corn meal mush is to be cooked in a double boiler, pre- pare according to the general rule for cereals and cook over boiling water for at least 3 hours. CEREALS AND THE FIRELESS COOKER 51 CORN MEAL MUSH FOR "FRYING »» 2 cupfuls corn meal 2 teaspoonfuls salt 2 tablespoonf uls flour 2 cupfuls cold water 1 quart boiling water Mix the dry ingredients, add the cold water, and mix thoroughly. Place the boiling water in the small pan of the fireless cooker. Stir the corn meal mixture into the boiling water and cook 10 minutes directly over the flame, stirring constantly. Cover and place in the large kettle of boiling water. Place in the fireless cooker 5 to 10 hours. Remove the pan of mush from the water and allow the mush to cool. Corn Meal Mush for frying may be prepared in a double boiler according to the recipe given above. Cook it for sev- eral hours over boiling water. RICE AND TOMATOES \ cupful rice 1 cupful tomatoes 1 tablespoonf ul butter 1 teaspoon ful salt 1 slice onion J teaspoonful celery salt 1 J cupfuls boiling water \ teaspoonful pepper

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