The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-04-18

IUt All ~ &00Atm< N1Nre
Sin With your permission. ! will
answer the question addressed 70 49,
about cooking rice A. rice planter.
am greatly Interested in eyerybody's
knowing how to cook rice. Wheat and
rice ara the only TWO grains consumed
exclusively by man, or nearly 81 ~
corn. oats, barley. rye, etc, the great
bulk (even Of that turned into liquor. =
sarcastic temperance advocate might
say) u consumed BY beasts. The coun-
try produces nearly ten bushels, or
three hundred quarts, q wheat per
capita. and scarcely one quart Of rice:
vet. IN spite Of considerable tariff on
rice. the prices per bushel Of wheat and
rough rice are not far apart usually
In . rice growing country everybody
eats rice. and prefers il 70 bread. 4 ;
stranger comes among US mot too 0ldl
in twelvemonfh II is likely he will
shq6v this preference. and children in
yariably acquire H. Yet out Of . rice
country nobody can eat II, except in
buildings. and the better ne loves II the
less the born and bred rice-eater will
have to do with Il there. a ''So'th
Car linian" from Georg etown or Beau
fort. who eats rice always once. and
sometimes twice and thrice . day n
home. will hardly call for Il second
time 1t the best hotels Of New York or
Long Branch. This is strange. but il
i still stranger that. even IN the in
terror Of South Carolina and Georgia.
rice is not eaten largely. while in the
upper portions Of those States. except
by low-connty families. Il Is no more :
regular article Of diet than 1t is in Ohio
or Illinois. Why Is this?
The explanation Is 10 be found in the
cooking. and in that alone. Is Il then
50 hard % cook? By no means On
the contrary. the cooking is Of the very
simplest and easiest. SO much 70 that
every negro girl Of twelve or upward il
the rice country can cook il to perfec-
ton. though possibly she can cook
nothing else. In fact the plantation
rice hands cook il very much better than
you will find i cooked ~ the best hotels
4 In Charleston or Savannah Now.
/ will tell YOU how 70 cook il 50 there
can be. think. no mistake. am fond
of camp hunting ii the winter fire.
quently staying out on the river for :
week or ten days. and always carry
| rice because II II 50 easy 70 keep and
difficult 70 injure, under the ordinary
conditions 81 camp life. when sudden
shower Or : lealy boat may ruin your
| flour 1t short notice. Also. always
carry Ned. black man. who knows
how 70 cook rice Many and many :
| time have / watched him II il BY the
camp fire: but last winter. there having
been some discussion Of IL in the papers.
/ took occasion one day TO observe Ned
with his rice. very closely, watch in
hand. Here Is Just what he did. how
be did II. and the actual time. except
Of the last operation. which i not i'm
p6rtant 50 yon give time enough-not
less than hall N hour, and better, -
hour.
First. he poured pint q rice into :
tin pan and picked il over carefully.
throwing out any foreign substances
Then he poured into the pan some cold
water. washed the rice, poured the
water OF. and picked the rice again
A second time Il was washed and the
water poured on Then Ned put the
rice into 90 ordinary two-quart sauce
pan, covered II 20 the depth Of ; half
inch with cold water, stirrcdi IN che salt,
fitted on the top carefully, and put the
saucepan on . quick fire Of Goals. and
went 70 his other work In just twenty
minutes Ned returned TO bis rice and
removed the lid. II was DONE but NOT
yet ready for the table There was :
little water left. which was carefully
poured on; the rice was thoroughly
stirred from the bottom. nor the top.
but = tin plate WAS laid lightly on the
saucepan. and the ssuccpanset one side
il the hot ashes. where Il remained
terry sioriy sfeaDsinq one hour. Or may
hap two. when the rice was 90 dry that
you might eat L with your fingers, and
nt the same time thoroughly done. and
soft through and through. Nobody
can like raw rice. neither can any one
like il soggcd with water BY % hours
boiling and no steaming. ~ y. Eces-
ing fost.