Croquettes of Rice

• Rice, 7 oz.
• milk, 1 quart
• rind of lemon: ¾ hour.

Wipe very clean, in a dry cloth, seven ounces of rice, put it into a clean stew-pan, and pour on it a quart of new milk; let it swell gently by the side of the fire, and stir it often that it may not stick to the pan, nor burn; when it is about half done, stir to it