SC - cooking large amounts of rice or grains

[Stefan li Rous]

Anahita commented:
> It sounds like a situation in which you can't do much, just go with 
> the flow. Let me say that cooking rice for 200 is not an easy task 
> and takes a long time. Anyone know how long does it take for all 
> those gallons and gallons of water to boil?

Early on in the history of this list there was a big discussion on
the ins and outs of boiling large amounts of rice or grains. I think
it was centered on frumenty if I remember correctly. Anyway, a number
of cautions, solutions and directions were given. I believe I put some
of this in one of these two files in the FOOD-BREADS-GRAINS section
of the Florilegium:
grains-msg        (41K) 11/14/00    Medieval grains. Recipes. Cooking.
rice-msg          (54K)  3/20/01    Period rice. Recipes.
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