The Story of Crisco

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Fruit (Ground Rice Pudding- cup)

*Ground Rice Pudding-1/2 cup ground rice, 3 cups milk, 3 eggs, 4 tablespoons sugar, rind ½ lemon, 2 tablespoons Crisco, 1/4 cup Sultana raisins, and brown breadcrumbs.

Boil milk slowly, sprinkle in ground rice, boil 6 minutes. Remove add sugar and Crisco. Mix well, cool a little, add eggs well beaten, stir and flavor with grated lemon rind. Crisco plain mold, dust with toasted breadcrumbs. Pour in pudding. Bake 1 hour in moderate oven. Serve with following sauce: 1 small lemon, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon sugar, and few drops red color. Put cornstarch into pan with lemon juice, add other ingredients and bring to boil.

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