Boil a cupful of rice for twenty minutes without stirring ; drain and cool upon a coarse cloth spread over a sieve. When cold, have your dumpling cloths ready wrung out, buttered, and floured. Put a large spoonful of the cold rice upon each, flattening it into a round cake. Upon this lay a pared and cored apple ; fill the hole left by coring with butter and sugar, and stick a whole raisin in the middle. Draw up the corners of the cloth so as to enclose the apple in the rice, tie, and boil for an hour. 25