Recipe - Herbed Rice Mix

1 pack Long grain rice; (3 pounds)
2 cup Dried celery flakes
2/3 cup Dried minced onion
One half cup Dried parsley flakes
2 tablespoon Dried chives
1 tablespoon Dried tarragon
3 teaspoon Salt; (3 to 4)
2 teaspoon Pepper
ADDlTlONAL INGREDIENTS:
2/3 cup Water
1 teaspoon Butter or margarine

Combine the first eight ingredients; mix well. Store in an airtight
container. Yield: 40 batches (10 cups total). To prepare one serving of
rice: In a saucepan over medium heat, bring water and butter to a boil. Add
One fourth cup rice mixture. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove
from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed . Fluff
with a fork. Yield: 1 serving per batch . Editor's Note: To prepare more
than 1 serving, multiply the rice mix, water and butter by the total number
of desired servings and cook as directed.

For Christmas gifts, Emily Chaney of Penobscot, Maine fills pintsize
plastic zipper bags with her savary blend. "I include the cooking
directions on a holly label, " she says.

Recipe by: Taste of Home Magazine Dec/Jan '97

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 328 by Dianne Waller
dwaller@frontier.gulf.net on Nov 29, 1997