Mix the arrowroot with just enough cold water to form a thin
paste; add part of boiling water; mix well and add remaining
hot water. Boil for five minutes and place in cooker for one houTc
Cool; add a few drops of vanilla and a little cream if desired.
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BARLEY MUSH
% cup barley meal 1 teaspoon salt
21/2 cups water✪ Barley Mush
Stir the meal slowly into the boiling salted water, being careful
not to let it lump. Cook for ten minutes and place in cooker for
eight hours or over night.
CORN-MEAL MUSH
y-i cup com meal 1 teaspoon salt
^ 2 3^ cups water✪ Corn-Meal Mush
Slowly stir the meal into the boiling salted water, being careful
not to allow it to lump. Let boil slowly for ten minutes; place
in cooker and allow to remain eight to ten hours or over night.
If you wish to fry the mush use only two ctips of water.
CRACKED WHEAT
34 cup cracked wheat 3 cups water
% teaspoon salt
Soak the cracked wheat in two cups of water for two hours. Heat
remaining water to boiling point, add salt and the cracked wheat
with the water in which it has been soaking. Boil for ten minutes;
place in cooker over night.
The flavor will be greatly improved if the wheat is slightly
browned in the oven before soaking.
GRAHAM MUSH
1 cup graham flour 3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Stir the flour slowly into the boiling water, being careful not to
allow it to lump. Boil slowly for five minutes and place in cooker
over night.
HOMmy
1 cup hominy 2 teaspoons salt
41^ cups boiling water
Soak the hominy over night, keeping it in a warm place if pos-
sible. Drain and add boiling water. Boil fifteen minutes and
place in the cooker all day.
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OATMEAL
1 eup oatmeal 3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Stii- the meal into boiKng salt water; boil for five minutes and
place in the cooker over night.
PETTIJOHN'S BREAKFAST FOOD
1 cup cereal 3 cups water
li/2 teaspoons salt
Stir the cereal into boiling salted water; allow it to boil for five
minutes and place Lq cooker over night.
RALSTON'S BREAKFAST FOOD
Vz cup cereal 3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Allow the water to boil hard, add salt and slowly stir In the
breakfast food, being careful not to aUow it to lump. Boil slowly
for five minutes and place in the cooker over night.
BOILED RICE
V2 cup rice 2Vi cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Clean and wash the rice; then stir it into boiling salted water
and allow to boil five minutes. Place the kettle in the cooker and
allow it to remaia for three hours or over night. '
RICE AKD FIGS
Cook the rice the same as Boiled Rice, adding just before
placing in the cooker a cup of figs which have been washed,
stemmed and cut into small pieces. Dates may be used in the
same manner.
ROLLED WHEAT
1 cup wheat 2V2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Have the water boiling directly over the fire. When it boils
rapidly stir the cereal in with a fork to prevent lumping. Let it
boil slowly five minutes; place in the cooker and let it remain for
four or five hours, or over night.
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CREAM OF WHEAT
Vz cup cream of wheat 3 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt✪ Cracked Wheat
Cook the same as Rolled Wheat.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mix the arrowroot with just enough cold water to form a thin paste; add part of boiling water; mix well and add remaining hot water. Boil for five minutes and place in cooker for one hour. Cool; add a few drops of vanilla and a little cream if desired.
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BARLEY MUSH
% cup barley meal 1 teaspoon salt
21/2 cups water
Stir the meal slowly into the boiling salted water, being careful not to let it lump. Cook for ten minutes and place in cooker for eight hours or over night.
CORN-MEAL MUSH
y-i cup com meal 1 teaspoon salt
^ 2 3^ cups water
Slowly stir the meal into the boiling salted water, being careful not to allow it to lump. Let boil slowly for ten minutes; place in cooker and allow to remain eight to ten hours or over night.
If you wish to fry the mush use only two ctips of water.
CRACKED WHEAT
34 cup cracked wheat 3 cups water
% teaspoon salt
Soak the cracked wheat in two cups of water for two hours. Heat remaining water to boiling point, add salt and the cracked wheat with the water in which it has been soaking. Boil for ten minutes; place in cooker over night.
The flavor will be greatly improved if the wheat is slightly browned in the oven before soaking.
GRAHAM MUSH
1 cup graham flour 3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Stir the flour slowly into the boiling water, being careful not to allow it to lump. Boil slowly for five minutes and place in cooker over night.
HOMmy
1 cup hominy 2 teaspoons salt
41^ cups boiling water
Soak the hominy over night, keeping it in a warm place if possible. Drain and add boiling water. Boil fifteen minutes and place in the cooker all day.
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OATMEAL
1 eup oatmeal 3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Stir the meal into boiKng salt water; boil for five minutes and place in the cooker over night.
PETTIJOHN'S BREAKFAST FOOD
1 cup cereal 3 cups water
li/2 teaspoons salt
Stir the cereal into boiling salted water; allow it to boil for five minutes and place Lq cooker over night.
RALSTON'S BREAKFAST FOOD
Vz cup cereal 3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Allow the water to boil hard, add salt and slowly stir In the breakfast food, being careful not to allow it to lump. Boil slowly for five minutes and place in the cooker over night.
BOILED RICE
V2 cup rice 2Vi cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Clean and wash the rice; then stir it into boiling salted water and allow to boil five minutes. Place the kettle in the cooker and allow it to remain for three hours or over night. '
RICE AKD FIGS
Cook the rice the same as Boiled Rice, adding just before placing in the cooker a cup of figs which have been washed, stemmed and cut into small pieces. Dates may be used in the same manner.
ROLLED WHEAT
1 cup wheat 2V2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
Have the water boiling directly over the fire. When it boils rapidly stir the cereal in with a fork to prevent lumping. Let it boil slowly five minutes; place in the cooker and let it remain for four or five hours, or over night.
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CREAM OF WHEAT
Vz cup cream of wheat 3 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cook the same as Rolled Wheat.
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Barley MushBoiled RiceRolled WheatRice and FigsCorn-Meal MushCracked WheatGraham MushHominyOatmealPettijohn's Breakfast FoodRalston's Breakfast FoodCream of Wheat