682. To boil Rice

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Instructions (6)
  1. Wash well in two separate waters a pound of the best Carolina rice.
  2. Have two quarts of water boiling in a stewpan, into which throw your rice.
  3. Boil it until three parts done, then drain it on a sieve.
  4. Butter the interior of a stewpan, in which put your rice.
  5. Place the lid on tight, and put it in a warm oven upon a trivet until the rice is perfectly tender, or by the side of the fire.
  6. Serve it separate with curry, or any other dish where required.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
682. To boil Rice.—Wash well in two separate waters a pound of the best Carolina rice, then have two quarts of water boiling in a stewpan, into which throw your rice, boil it until three parts done, then drain it on a sieve; butter the interior of a stewpan, in which put your rice, place the lid on tight, and put it in a warm oven upon a trivet until the rice is perfectly tender, or by the side of the fire; serve it separate with curry, or any other dish where required. Prepared thus, every grain will be separate and quite white.
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