Today is Ash Wednesday signaling the start of lent. The word lent once meant spring, and before it meant spring it meant to lengthen. It is the period of lengthening days as the sun rises earlier sets later each day as we move closer to spring. Lent is a time of meditating on the suffering of Christ for practicing Christians. As a result practicing Christians fast meat, sugar laden desserts, and other comfort foods and beverages until Easter Sunday in solidarity with the suffering Jesus Christ endured for his followers.
Cream of Rice Soup Recipe
Ingredients
1 quart of stock made from fish bones
3 tablespoons of rice
1 cup milk
Instructions
Place 1 quart of stock made from fish bones in a saucepan, add to it 3 tablespoons of rice and boil gently one half hour. Then add to it 1 cup milk, bring to steaming point and serve while hot.
The Hartford Courant, Mar 17, 1903
