71. Riz au Lait, or Rice Milk

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (8)
  1. Wash a tablespoonful of good rice in water.
  2. Drain the rice.
  3. Put the rice into a stewpan with a pint of milk.
  4. Place the stewpan on the fire and bring to a boil.
  5. Move the stewpan to the side to simmer until the rice is quite tender.
  6. For invalids, the rice must be in a pulp.
  7. Sweeten with a little sugar.
  8. It is quite ready.
Original Text
71. Riz au Lait, or Rice Milk, is a very favorite food, or soup; in France many persons make their suppers from it, even when in a state of perfect health. Proceed as follows: wash a tablespoonful of good rice in water, which drain and put into a stewpan, with a pint of milk, upon the fire, and when boiling, place it at the corner to simmer, until the rice is quite tender, but for invalids, must be in a pulp; sweeten with a little sugar, and it is quite ready.
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