California Spoon Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 1 quart boiling water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup corn meal
• 2 cups boiled rice
• 8 long or 16 short slices of bacon

Instructions

1. Scald the milk in double boiler and pour it on the beaten eggs. Return to boiler and cook until it coats the spoon.
2. To the boiling water add salt. Stir in corn meal and cook five minutes.
3. Put the custard in buttered baking dish (glass if possible) then add alternately spoonfuls of mush and rice until baking dish is full.
4. Arrange the bacon across the top of the dish. If the slices are long they will cross in the center. If they are short they can radiate from center.
5. Bake in a moderate oven for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.