The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Rice Menagere

Put six ounces of well-washed rice into a saucepan of boiling water, and blanch it for five or six minutes; then remove and drain it. Blanch four or five ounces of streaky bacon, cut it up into pieces about one inch square, put them into a deep fryingpan and fry them until they are yellow, then add the rice, a small quantity of pepper, and about three breakfast cupfuls of rich broth. Stir often over the fire for about twenty minutes, then remove the pan from the fire, add one breakfast cupful of tomato sauce, turn the whole onto a dish, and serve.

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