Mrs Beetons Vegetables Revisited
Plain Boiled Rice Pudding
225g (8oz) Rice
Wash the rice, tie in a pudding cloth, allowing room for the rice to swell.
Put it into a saucepan of cold water.
Boil it gently for 2 hours and if, after a time, the cloth seems tied too loosely, remove the rice and tighten the cloth.
Serve with sweet melted butter, or cold butter and sugar, or stewed fruit, jam, or marmalade, any of which accompaniments are suitable for plain boiled rice.
Time: 2 hours after the water boils.
Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
PLAIN BOILED RICE PUDDING
1344. INGREDIENTS - 1/2 lb. of rice.
Mode - Wash the rice, tie it in a pudding-cloth, allowing room for the rice to swell, and put it into a saucepan of cold water; boil it gently for 2 hours, and if, after a time, the cloth seems tied too loosely, take the rice up and tighten the cloth. Serve with sweet melted butter, or cold butter and sugar, or stewed fruit, jam, or marmalade; any of which accompaniments are suitable for plain boiled rice.
Time - 2 hours after the water boils.
Average cost, 2d.
Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
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