Yields: 8 to 10 servings.
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups long-grain rice, cooked
3/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup flour
1/2 stick butter, melted
Beat the sugar and eggs in a mixing bowl until blended. Add the milk, vanilla, nutmeg, and cinnamon; mix well. Rinse rice in a colander under cold water for 10 minutes; drain. Stir into the milk mixture. Toss raisins with a small amount of flour in a bowl. Stir raisins and butter into
rice mixture. Spoon into buttered
9 x 12-inch glass baking dish. Bake at 300° for 1 to 1½ hours or until light brown. Serve at room temperature.
In North Carolina, spring brings the scent of fresh-cut grass and memories of helping Dad mow the lawn.
Nostalgic burger joints are like time machines, delivering something extra special that keeps us coming back.
This tiny city block in downtown Greensboro once had a gigantic reputation. Not so much for its charbroiled beef patties — though they, too, were plentiful — but for its colorful characters and their wild shenanigans.
In the 1950s, as Americans hit freshly paved roads in shiny new cars during the postwar boom, a new kind of restaurant took shape: the drive-in. From those first thin patties to the elaborate gourmet hamburgers of today, North Carolina has spent the past 80 years making burger history.
