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Rice Water

Rice Water is a gelatinous rice dish boiled with water, sugar, and nutmeg, served as a drink.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Sterrett, Laura C · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Rice Water

Rice Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Take two ounces of rice, let it be well washed, and add it to two quarts of water.

  2. Boil it for an hour and a half.

  3. Add sugar and nutmeg as much as may be required.

By Sterrett, Laura C. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Rice (in the method)
Starch from the rice thickens the water into a light, gruel-like drink.
Nutmeg
Adds a warm, aromatic flavour to the finished drink.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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