Maple Rice Pudding

__________________________________________________

             FOOD FUNNY
__________________________________________________

Thanks to Rick Burke for this classic food funny:

A man was driving down a country road in his pickup when suddenly a
chicken darted into the road in front of him. He slammed on his brakes,
but realized that the chicken was speeding off down the road at about 30
miles an hour. Intrigued, he tried to follow the bird with his truck,
but he couldn't catch up to the accelerating chicken. Seeing it turn
into a small farm, he followed it. To his astonishment, he realized that
the chicken had three legs. Looking around the small farm, he noticed
that ALL of the chickens had three legs.

The farmer came out of his house, and the man said, "Three-legged
chickens? That's astonishing!"

The farmer replied, "Yep. I bred 'em that way because I love drumsticks."

The man was curious. "How does a three-legged chicken taste?"

The farmer smiled. "Dunno. Haven't been able to catch one yet."

__________________________________________________

             TODAY'S RECIPE
__________________________________________________

This old-fashioned recipe is one of James Beard's, one of the founding
fathers of the American fine cuisine movement.

Maple Rice Pudding

4 cups (1 L) milk
1/2 cup (125 ml) uncooked rice
1/3 cup (80 ml) pure maple syrup
A pinch of salt
1/4 tsp (1 ml) almond extract
3 Tbs (45 ml) butter, melted

Combine all ingredients except the butter in a baking dish. Bake at 250F
(120C) for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Stir in the melted butter
and continue cooking without stirring for an additional 2 hours.
Serve warm, chilled, or at room temperature.
Serves 4 to 6.
Received on Fri Jul 4 11:28:06 2008