Who all has had a bowl of Hot Buttered Sweet Rice handed to them by their loving mama or grandmama?
When my Mama was a little girl, she’d come in from school to find her Granny waiting to hear all about her day.
Knowing that kids were hungry after a long day at school, she’d smile when Mama walked in and sit her down at the table…
And put a bowl in front of her.
Then she’d take some rice from the supper she was preparing and scoop some hot right into that bowl…
And add a pat of butter.
And a sprinkling of sugar.
And give it a good stir.
And Mama would eat that entire bowl of warm, sweet, buttery rice.
Sometimes, the very next day before school, Mama would wake up to find her Granny heating up leftover rice to repeat this for a warm and soothing breakfast before she headed off to school.
It sure was good.
Did you eat this when you were little?
Was there some other comfort food that you remember along these lines? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below!
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Oh my goodness! My mom and grandma used to make this for me with “fried bread” (Bisquick + milk, fried). It is soo good. I’m married to a Puerto Rican now, and make rice for most meals. Every once in a while, I’ll also have some for dessert. He thinks I’m psychotic. 😉
My husband thinks I’m psychotic too, but he knows I’m must crazy enough to keep life fun 🙂
I once had a neighbor who was Korean. She had rice at just about every meal. One night, after we had eaten supper there, I took a little leftover rice, added butter and sugar, and dug in. She looked at me like I’d grown two heads! lol
My Mom used to make this for my cousin and herself because I was a picky kid & wouldn’t eat rice at all! She also added a little milk to it (like oatmeal) for breakfast. Now that I’m older I love rice and have it every chance I get!!
Isn’t it funny how things we hated as kids can take us back home once we’re grown? I love it!
Your mama looked like Katie Rose when she was little.
The one thing we always knew we would be eating for breakfast when visiting my grandmother. I still eat it today but I add a little milk 😉
Oh my does this ever bring back memories! I will have to make some soon! I get funny looks when I ask people if they have ever eaten this. I thought it was something special that my Mom just made up.
Another classic southern meal I enjoyed as a child and still do today fresh lima beans and dumplings made from scratch…wow I need to call my mama 🙂
I also just had some sweet butter for dinner tonight after making pepper steak and rice lol
Any time I am fixing rice I always make sure I keep some out just so I can have it with butter and sugar. I also usually add a little bit of milk to it. I love it and could eat it every day!! I don’t understand anyone who wouldn’t like this do ya’ll??? Or maybe we are the strange ones and just don’t know it? LOL
Comfort food for us were “potato cakes.” Left over mash potatoes, flour, milk, egg…roll them out 1/4 inch thick, cut into circles using a juice glass, with a pat of butter on each and then into the oven.
Best leftover EVER.
I thought I was the only person who ever ate rice with butter and sugar when I was a kid!!! Sure takes me back! I haven’t even thought about it in years but I will have to try it the next time I cook rice!!!
We’d eat this as kids when Mama cooked pork chops and red-eye gravy [something I’ve never acquired a taste for -]
Growing up that was the only way we ate rice. I did not know there was another way.
My mother-in-law taught me how to make this only we add a bit of vanilla!!
My grandma made this for me every time we visited her. It was so good and I loved it. She made it just like your recipe calls, but sometimes she added a little milk over it.
I never had rice until I married, then only with gravy or tomatoes. Had my parents for dinner and was throwing the rice away. My Mom about croaked. Said she’d take it for breakfast the next morning. Called me at 7 am and asked what I did to it. I didn’t know what she was talking about. They tried to eat it as a cereal, such as this, but I had salted the water that I boiled the rice in. Do you not salt rice, grits while cooking as you can’t get enough salt on them afterwards? lol I never heard of sugared rice until that event. Our breakfasts consisted of biscuits/gravy, oatmeal, sugar over canned tomatoes, or the salt shaker in the garden and we were lucky to have cucumbers or bell peppers left.
Yes, we sure did….but loved a sprinkle of cinnamon on it. My favorite comfort food of all came as a result of loving cinnamon so much….kept a shaker of sugar/cinnamon mix to sprinkle on toast and have with hot chocolate on cold mornings. Still love to make that even now…just as yummy as ever!
When I was a child we’d have rice this way. This was the only way my Dad would eat rice
with just sugar, no butter. He and I would have a bowl after dinner, whenever rice was on the menu. The Hall bowl in the picture is the same dishes my Mom had. This all brings back many sweet memories. Thanks Cristy
Loved this as a kid and love it now many years later ! Thought I was the only one ! Also loved big fluffy hot buttered biscuits with sugar in them, still do !
I ate this growing up and still occasionally will make a bowl. I add milk to mine as well. Haven’t had any in a few years, thanks for the memories 🙂
I was grown and married before I knew anyone didn’t eat rice with butter and sugar. I was eating dinner at my new in-laws house and they had rice with gravy over it. I never knew anyone who ate it this way, but it was sure good.
We had this for dessert many times when I was growing up. Thanks for bringing back sweet memories, Christy.
My husband does this, and he adds crumbled bacon to it also. He loves it!
Never had this in my life and of course now I’ve GOT to try it! Comfort food at our house was a soft-boiled egg, smashed up in a bowl and topped with oleo (!), my mama’s potato soup (best I’ve ever had in my life), or a glass of warm jello. Preferably the strawberry-banana flavor. I know … weird. But oh so comforting!
This is the only way that my Mother would eat rice. The rest of the family had the “sawmeal” gravy on theirs, but she never acquired the taste for it. I occasionally would eat some “dessert” rice with her. Still reminds me of her.
Yes! My mom fixed rice like this for me when I was little. And potato pancakes with leftover mashed potatoes. i temember tomato sandwiches, too!
Loved sweet buttered rice as a child and I still do! One of my favs!
Use to have this at my Granny’s house too!! My dad thought it was crazy and that you should always eat gravy on rice. He thought it was because my Granny was a Yankee (Ohio) LOL that she put sugar on rice! Who ever heard of such?? LOL LOVED it and haven’t had in forever. My daughter will eat anything sweet so I must introduce her to this soon. Glad you reminded me. It’s been many, many years.
Your few words of dealing with depression spoke volumes about your ‘polyana’ ways. You are so real you squeak!
My mom made hot sweet buttered rice & rice pudding too but my favorite to this day is milk toast. She only made it when I was sick for some reason but I love it any old time. She’d make crisp toast & butter it. Then she’d cut it into little squares. She’d heat milk to scalding & pour over the toast & add sugar. It was so good.
I ate it as a child with butter, sugar and a little milk…and it’s still a favorite today!
This sounds so good and I love your story too! I’ve been eating rice pudding quite a bit this week. I was glad to see your post for the recipe early today. I want to make this too. It sounds so good & simple. Your Jewell T bowl is beautiful!!
I hope you get to try it soon Darrelyn!! Thank you so much!
I can’t believe someone else would put sugar on rice. It’s the only way I would eat it as a child and everyone thought I was weird….lol. I also put sugar in my grits.
We will just be weird and wonderful together Norma!!
I thought I was the only person in the world that ate butter and sugar in my grits! I grew up eating rice pudding. Butter and sugar on rice was eaten as well.
Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories!