Cookup Rice

Ingredients

• •½ pound cooked meat
• •¼ salt salt meat, if desired
• •2 cups rice
• •4½ cups water
• •1 onion
• •1 to 2 tomatoes
• •2 to 3 blades chives
• •Thyme and parsley
• •½ teaspoon salt--more if no salt meat is used
• •½ teaspoon pepper
• •2 tablespoons oil or drippings
• •1 heaped teaspoon brown sugar

Directions

1. 1Wash and soak the salt meat and prepare the seasonings.
2. 2Heat the oil, add the sugar, and fry until it bubbles. Add the seasonings, fry until golden brown.
3. 3Cut the salt meat into neat pieces, and add to seasonings with water, rice, and salt. Put to boil.
4. 4Remove the skin and bones from the cooked meat, cut into neat pieces, and add to the rice when it is nearly cooked. If desired, add a dollop or two of butter before dishing up.