This section is from the book "Every-Day Dishes And Every-Day Work", by E. E. Kellogg. Also available from Amazon: Larousse Gastronomique.
Into three parts water boiling in the inner dish of a double boiler, stir one part rolled rye. Boil rapidly until set, stirring meanwhile, then place in the outer boiler, and cook for three or more hours.
Sift a cupful of rye-meal slowly through the fingers into three and three-fourths cupfuls of water, which should be boiling on the stove in the inner dish of a double boiler. Stir until thickened, then place in the outer boiler, and cook for an hour or longer.
 
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