Soak the samp in the cold water for eight hours or more. Add it to the boiling water and salt, let it boil uncovered for one hour and put it into a cooker for six hours or more. A little butter added before serving improves it, if it is used as a vegetable.
Serves forty or fifty persons.
Cracked Wheat
- 5 cups wheat
- 21⁄2 qts. cold water
- 21⁄2 tablespoons salt
- 5 qts. boiling water
Soak the cracked wheat in the cold water for nine hours or more. Add it to the boiling water and salt, let it boil for ten minutes and put it into a cooker for at least nine hours; reheat it to the boiling point and cook it again for nine hours or more.
Serves forty or fifty persons.
Steel-cut Oatmeal
- 5 cups oats
- 21⁄2 qts. cold water
- 21⁄2 tablespoons salt
- 5 qts. boiling water
Cook it in the same manner as [cracked wheat].
Serves forty or fifty persons.