A Plain Rice Pudding.
1 large cup of rice; 2 quarts of milk; 8 tablespoonfuls of sugar; 1 teaspoonful of salt; 1 great spoonful of butter, melted; nutmeg and cinnamon to taste.
Soak the rice two hours in a pint of the milk. Add, then, the rest of the milk and the other ingredients. Bake, covered, two hours; brown, and eat cold.
Second Week. Tuesday.