Southern Rice Pudding.
1 quart fresh, sweet milk; 1 cup of raw rice; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; 1 cup of sugar; 5 beaten eggs; 1 teaspoonful of grated lemon-peel; a pinch of cinnamon and same of mace.
Soak the rice in the milk two hours. Heat in a farina-kettle until the rice is soft. Cream butter and sugar; stir in the beaten eggs and whip hard. When the rice is lukewarm, put all together, and bake in a buttered mould about forty-five minutes. Eat warm with sauce, or cold with sugar and cream.
First Week. Wednesday.