Low Cost Recipes

Feeding a family well on little, 1914 - soups to cakes, with every left-over accounted for.

Rice, Hominy, Cereals, Etc.

22 recipes in this part of Low Cost Recipes.

Boiled Rice

Pick over and wash I cupful of raw rice, rubbing it hard and changing the water until it runs off clear, then drain. Have fully 4 quarts of…

Rice and Mutton

Boil the rice and line sides and bottom of a good-sized oval mold. Fill the center with minced cold mutton seasoned with salt, pepper…

Baked Rice and Cheese

Grate or finely chop some American or Gruyere cheese. Butter a baking dish and fill it with alternate layers of boiled rice and cheese…

Risotto

A good risotto can be made for feast or fast day, according to the contents of the larder and the wish of the cook. Rice, of course, is the…

Fried Rice

Pick over and wash ½ cupful of rice, put in a double boiler with I pint of milk and ½ of a teaspoonful of salt. Stir once or twice as the…

Creole Rice

From 2 large ripe red peppers remove the veins and seeds and chop fine; peel I large white onion and chop fine with 1/4 of a pound of raw…

Rice and Cheese Fritters

Put I cupful of cold boiled rice in a colander and stand over boiling water until soft enough to break readily with a fork. Add to it 1/2…

Rice Croquettes

Wash I cupful of picked rice and drain. Put in a double boiler with I pint of clear veal stock and cook until the liquid has been absorbed…

Boiled Hominy

Put I large cupful of hominy into 3 cupfuls of boiling water, add ½ teaspoonful of salt, stir until the hominy boils, then set on the back…

Hominy Loaves

Cold boiled hominy will make a good dinner dish. To each pint add 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter mashing until free from lumps. Season…

Hominy Fritters

Sift together I cupful of flour, I teaspoonful of salt and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Mix with this I pint of cold boiled hominy…

Jonathan

Into I pint of hot, boiled hominy stir i tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper to taste, and I beaten egg. Pack in a mold and set aside…

Steamed Oatmeal

Mix 1/2 pint of coarse oatmeal with I teaspoonful of salt and I quart of boiling water. Place the dish directly over the fire and boil…

Molded Farina

For each ½ pint of milk allow I large tablespoonful of farina, a pinch of salt, I tablespoonful of sugar and I teaspoonful of flavoring…

Fried Mush

If there is any corn-meal mush left from breakfast reheat and allow it to become smooth, then pour into a square cake tin, calculate the…

Boiled Macaroni

Cover the desired quantity of macaroni with boiling water and let stand half an hour, or until it softens; then drain, and put on to cook…

Macaroni Rarebit

Boil 2 ounces of macaroni until tender then drain well. Melt I tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan, blend with it I tablespoonful of…

Macaroni à la Sorrent

For 1½ of a package of macaroni, boiled and rinsed, chop fine 1½ of a pound of raw fat ham; put it into a saucepan with 2 tablespoonfuls of…

Macaroni Loaf Filled with Meat

The macaroni is cooked until almost tender in salted water and then blanched in cold water and packed in a buttered mold, the center filled…

Macaroni with White Sauce

Boil and rinse the macaroni. Have ready ½ as much white sauce. Fill a greased dish with alternate layers of macaroni and sauce. Cover the…

Macaroni and Cheese

In a saucepan have fully 3 quarts of boiling salted water. Into this drop ½ package of macaroni broken in two-inch pieces, cover until at a…

Noodles

Beat 2 eggs without separating, add 4 tablespoonfuls of cold water and a pinch of salt. Stir in sufficient sifted bread flour to make a…

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