Preparing rice

[[3889]]

Boil in a bag is easier.

Can you get boil in the bag water as well to help cook this complex dish?

 

[Hadenough]

Opened a can of worms here.

Not to go with the rice I hope!

 

[john_morris_uk]

Not to go with the rice I hope!

I’ve had rice with weevils in but not rise with worms in it.

 

[Lynette]

I’ve had rice with weevils in but not rise with worms in it.

In rice? I've had them often enough in flour when sailing in the tropics. It's possible to sift out the black adults but the tiny grubs slip through and get baked in the bread. Protein supplement, I call it.

 

[Graham376]

.....I thought we were talking about proper food?

If we were, then discussion would be about chips - nice chunky ones

 

[Poignard]

If we were, then discussion would be about chips - nice chunky ones

Nice chunky crinkle-cut ones. More surface area to absorb the beef dripping in which they should be fried.

 

[VicS]

Any fool can cook long grain rice
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It is in cooking a good rice pudding where the skill lies.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Nice chunky crinkle-cut ones. More surface area to absorb the beef dripping in which they should be fried.

Double fried surely.

 

[scotty123]

So is Smash when you want mashed potatoes but I thought we were talking about proper food?

White rice, boiled in a bag or boiled in a saucepan, what's the difference?

 

[scotty123]

Any fool can cook long grain rice
.
.
It is in cooking a good rice pudding where the skill lies.

????
Just rice, milk, some butter, possibly eggs, sugar, cinnamon & chucked in the oven (in a suitable dish.
How is that "skill"?

 

[john_morris_uk]

White rice, boiled in a bag or boiled in a saucepan, what's the difference?

You must eat different boil in the bag rice to me. (Not that I’ve eaten any for a very long time)

The last boil in the bag rice I ate was tasteless rubbish, but perhaps things have changed....?

 

[[3889]]

White rice, boiled in a bag or boiled in a saucepan, what's the difference?

You need to boil about twice the volume of water as you cannot use the absorption method with BitB. Plus, I prefer to decide how much rice I wish to cook. Plus, Uncle Ben's directs to boil uncovered for 10-12 minutes. WTF? Boat full of steam and empty gas bottle. Heaven!

 

[scotty123]

You must eat different boil in the bag rice to me. (Not that I’ve eaten any for a very long time)

The last boil in the bag rice I ate was tasteless rubbish, but perhaps things have changed....?

Who knows?
When eaten with a curry etc, its simply there as a filler.

 

[Skylark]

My wife is Singaporean so we eat a lot of rice. We always buy Thai Jasmin Fragrant rice, 10kg bags from Manchester China Town.

We use rice cookers, decent ones bought in SE Asia not the £20 ones from Tesco.

I once watched Ken Hom on a cooking program and he said that it’s no longer necessary to wash rice. I passed this on to my wife and she replied “my grandmother told me to wash it”. In the interests of marital harmony, I’ve learned never to argue with grandmother guru.

 

[duncan99210]

We use “easy cook” rice, also know in Greece as “parboiled rice”. The grains are slightly yellower than normal rice. No idea how it’s been treated but you don’t need to rinse either before or after cooking, just sling in pan, cover with water plus the thumb nail mentioned above and cook until tender. Drain if needed, job done.