1 package (6 ounces ) long grain and wild rice mix
                       2 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
                       ½ cup chopped pecans
                       1-1/3 cups orange juice
                       1 cup water
                       ¼ cup raisins
                       2 Cornish game hens (1 to 1-1/2 pounds each
                       ½ teaspoon salt
                       ¼ teaspoon pepper

                       Set the seasoning packet from rice mix aside. In a saucepan,
                       Melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add rice and pecans;
                       Sauté over low heat for 10 minutes or until rice is golden brown.
                       Stir in orange juice, water, raisins and contents of seasoning
                       Packet; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and
                       Simmer for 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Spoon about
                       ½ cup rice mixture into each hen; refrigerate remaining rice mixture.
                       Tie legs of hen together; turn wing tips under backs. Place on
                       an greased rack in a roasting pan. Melt remaining butter’ brush
                       over hens. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 350 deg. For
                       1 to 1-1/4 hours until meat juices run clear and a meat thermometer
                       inserted into stuffing reads 165 degrees. Baste occasionally with
                       pan drippings Heat reserved rice mixture; serve with hens.