¹⁄₃ lb. macaroni (1 cup broken in pieces)
1 qt. water
1 teaspoon salt
Break the macaroni into one-inch pieces. Soak it in cold water for one
hour, then drain it; or cook it without soaking. Drop it into the
boiling water, let it boil, and put it into the hay-box for one and
one-half hours if soaked, or two hours if not soaked. Stand the pail or
pan in a cooker-pail of boiling water while in the hay-box. Macaroni
will break to pieces if cooked too long. When tender, drain it in a
colander and serve it plain, seasoned to taste with salt and pepper, or
make it into Macaroni and Cheese or Macaroni and Ham.
Serves five or six persons.