Rice is so often badly-cooked that the Black Man’s way of boiling it
may be worth quoting. He says—
“Wash him well; much wash in cold water; rice-flour make him stick.
Water boil all ready, very fast. Shove him in; rice not burn, water
shake him too much. Boil twenty minutes. Rub one rice in thumb and
finger; if all rub away him quite done. Put rice in colander, hot water
run away through; put cold water through him, then put back in pan,
cover him and keep hot, then soon rice all ready. Eat him up.”
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Vegetables which have strong flavours, such as green cabbage, nettles,
turnip-tops, and so on, should be drained from the first water, then
returned to the pan with fresh boiling water. They will be much more
easily digested if this is done.