Southern Manner Of Boiling Rice Recipe
Pick over the rice, rinse it in cold water a number of times, to get it
perfectly clean; drain off the water, then put it in a pot of boiling
water, with a little salt. Allow as much as a quart of water to a
tea-cup of rice, as it absorbs the water very much while boiling. Boil
it seventeen minutes; then turn the water off very close; set the pot
over a few coals, and let it steam fifteen minutes with the lid of the
pot off. The beauty of rice boiled in this way, is, that each kernel
stands out by itself, while it is quite tender. Great care is necessary
to be used in the time of boiling and steaming it, as a few moments
variation in the time, makes a great deal of difference in the looks of
it. The water should boil hard when the rice is put in, and not suffered
to stop boiling, till turned off to have the rice steamed. The water
that the rice is boiled in, makes good starch for muslin, if boiled a
few minutes by itself.
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