Breakfast Rice for Breakfast

rice for breakfast
(from Emigrants Guide to Oregon & California by Lansford Hastings, 1845)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of rice​

1 cup of water​

fresh milk​

butter​

sugar​

Instructions:

Boil 1/2 cup of rice with 1 cup of water, or more, per serving desired. Cook with much stirring until quite soft which can be 1/2 hour. Serve in bowls with fresh milk and butter, topping with sugar to taste.​

Even though this were used by pioneers, it would be good for Civil War soldiers.