Boiled Cereals

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CerealsThe Plain Sailing Cook Book

Table for Cooking

Kind of cereal	Proportion of water to cereal	Boiling time
Prepared oats	1 cup water to ½ cup cereal	2 hours
Prepared wheat	2 cups water to ½ cup cereal	45 minutes
Hominy	2 cups water to ½ cup cereal	1 hour
Rice	1½ cups water to ½ cup cereal	45 minutes
Corn-meal	2 cups water to ½ cup cereal	3 hours

Directions

1.

After consulting the above table, measure out the proper amount of boiling water into the upper part of the double-boiler, add ½ teaspoon of salt for each cup of water used, and place the upper part of the boiler directly over the fire.

2.

Pour the cereal slowly into the boiling water, stirring all the time.

3.

Let the cereal and water boil directly over the fire for three minutes, stirring constantly.

4.

Pour boiling water into the lower part of the boiler, set the upper part in place over the lower part, and let the cereal cook the required time as shown in the above table.

Remarks

Rice should be washed before cooking by putting it in a strainer and letting cold water run through it, at the same time rubbing the grains of rice between the tips of the fingers.

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