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"VEGETABLE DISHES—How to Cook. 5
but still as they use this water in place of starch, like the India washerman, they may have the best of us after all, as the southern ladies are very much in favor of stiff dress skirts, judging by the rustle of those who staid this summer in the north. This is, probably, as cheap a way as they can get their starch, as they raise the rice in the south.
Rice, Southern Mode of Cooking. —Pick over the rice and wash it in cold water; to 1 pt. of rice put 3 qts. of boiling water and 1/2 tea-spoonful of salt; boil it just 17 minutes from the time it begins to boil; turn off all the water; set it over a moderate fire with the cover off, to steam 15 minutes. Take care and be accurate The rice water first poured off is good to stiffen muslins.
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