Cereals and Breadstuffs

Corn Meal Gruel

101 calories

2 tbs. corn meal	1 cup water
½ tsp. salt

Allow water to boil, mix corn meal with 3 or 4 teaspoonfuls of cold water. As soon as water begins to boil, stir briskly until gruel begins to thicken. Then place on a cooler part of the stove, and cook gently for 2 hours, replacing water as it evaporates. Strain through a coarse sieve if it lumps.

Farina

183 calories

3 tbs. (1 oz.) farina	½ cup boiling water
½ cup rich milk	¼ cup cold water
¼ tsp. salt

Mix farina into a paste with cold water. Stir into boiling water, allow to cook for half an hour (if water boils out, add boiling water). Add milk, and place the saucepan in a hot water bath (double boiler); allow to cook half an hour longer, stirring occasionally.

Rice (1)

99 calories

2 tbs. (1 oz.) rice	1 pt. boiling water
½ tsp. salt

Soak rice for 1 hour in cold water. Sprinkle into the briskly boiling water, taking care not to stop the boil. Allow to cook until tender; test by pressing a grain between thumb and finger; there should be no hard center. When the rice is done, turn it into a colander and allow water from cold faucet to run over it to wash off surplus starch. Return to saucepan place on stove where moisture can be dried out of the rice without burning it.

Rice (2)

2-3 servings, 316 calories

4 tbs. rice	¾ cup water
¼ tsp. salt	¾ cup milk

Wash rice and soak it in cold water for 1 hour (or overnight). Place in an earthenware baking dish, cover with the milk, water and salt. Cover and set in the oven; allow to cook until all of the moisture is absorbed (if the rice is not done by the time the moisture has evaporated, add more milk, or milk and water, and continue until the grains are tender). If the given amount of moisture is not absorbed by the time the rice is tender, drain off the surplus and return the dish to the oven for a few moments. Each grain should be separate, when the dish is prepared correctly.

Milk Toast

149 calories

1 slice bread, toasted	¼ cup milk, heated
1 tsp. butter	⅙ tsp. salt

Toast the bread on both sides and butter; place in a deep plate and pour over it the hot milk.

Cream Toast

240 calories

1 slice bread	1 tsp. flour
¼ cup thin cream	1 tsp. butter
¼ tsp. salt

Cream butter and flour together cold, and stir into hot milk. Stir until the mixture begins to thicken, cover the boiler and allow to cook for 15 minutes. Slice the bread and cut into cubes; toast a delicate brown, and pour over it the cream sauce. Strain the sauce if there are any lumps.

Wine Panada

185 calories

2 water crackers	½ cup hot or cold milk
2 tbs. sherry wine	¼ tsp. grated nutmeg

Sugar may be sprinkled over crackers if desired, but it is not ordinarily done.

Place the crackers in a deep plate and pour over each cracker 1 tablespoonful of wine, dust with nutmeg and pour over the hot or cold milk.

Oatmeal Cookies

3333 (about) calories

2 cups flour	2 tsp. butter, lard, or Crisco
¼ cup sugar	1 cup seeded raisins
½ cup milk	1 egg
½ cup oatmeal	½ cup shelled peanuts

Mix shortening and sugar together. Mix oatmeal and peanuts (broken into small pieces) into the flour. Add milk and well-beaten eggs, then the raisins; mix into a dough, roll into a thin sheet, and cut into small cakes. Bake in quick oven.

Baked Tapioca

550 calories

1 cup milk (scalded)	3 tbs. sugar
2 egg yolks	6 dates
2 tbs. minute tapioca

Beat sugar and egg together, stir in the tapioca and dates, cut into small pieces. (The dates may be omitted, if desired.) Pour mixture into custard cups and bake slowly (as rice custard) until the tapioca is clear and the custard is fairly firm in center.

Orange Tapioca

570 calories

½ cup milk	2 tbs. minute tapioca
½ cup orange juice	2 egg yolks
¼ cup sugar	6 drops orange extract

Mix and bake as directed in plain baked tapioca custard. Any other fruit juice may be substituted for the orange, raspberry, pineapple, or grape juice.

Apple Tapioca

475 calories

1 apple (pared and cored)	2 tbs. sugar
1 egg	1½ tbs. tapioca
¾ cup milk	⅛ tsp. nutmeg

Beat egg and sugar together. Heat milk in double boiler and add egg when milk is scalding hot. Stir in tapioca. Cook 20 minutes. Place apple in cup a little larger than the apple and pour the tapioca custard over the apple. Cover the cup and bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven.

Brown Betty

470 calories

2 slices bread	2 tbs. sugar
1 large tart apple (or ½ cup blueberries may be substituted for the apple)
1 tbs. butter	½ tsp. nutmeg or cinnamon

Toast bread and break into small pieces, line the bottom of the individual baking dish with toast bits, cover with a layer of apple or berries, sprinkle with sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon, add butter in bits over this, continue the process until the dish is filled, place bits of butter on top of the last layer of toast and set dish in oven; bake about 20 minutes in a slow oven; serve with whipped cream or hard sauce.