RICE AND BANANA COMPOTE

Bring the milk to a boil, thicken with corn starch or flour, and add sugar to taste. Simmer the bananas in this sauce for half an hour. Add vanilla.

Rice for bananas: Cook the rice in two and one-fourth cups of water in a double boiler till done. The rice should be soft and each grain standing out separate when done. Make a layer of the rice, and serve the bananas on it.