Boiled rice puddings - 18th Century.

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Carolina snowball:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup medium grain sticky rice.
1 small or medium apple quartered and cored.
Zest of one lemon

Instructions:

Use a clean natural cloth square 16" or greater as a pudding cloth.

Place rice in center of cloth.

Place zest in removed apple core and reassemble apple.

Tie cloth into a bag using string with a little room for expansion.

Distribute rice around apple as best you can.

Place bag in cold water. 

Bring to a boil and cook for 1 and 1/2 hours.

Cool slightly or dip in cold water.

Carefully peal the cloth from the cooked rice placing rice into a plate or bowl.

Simple rice pudding.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup medium grain sticky rice.
1/2 cup raisins.

Instructions:

Use a clean natural cloth square 16" or greater as a pudding cloth.

Mix rice and raisins and place in center of cloth and tie with string.

Place in boiling water for 2 hours.

Simple sauce for puddings.

Ingredients:

Equal parts melted butter (or sherry) and sugar.