Rice

[Liketobake]

Today I had an adventure in the kitchen. I made rice for the first time in my life. No it was not one of those minute rice packages, or anything of the sort it was the real stuff. I used the rice cooker I bought yesterday. I made a minor judgement error though. I thought to use half as much water as rice. Well I did come to realize that this is certianly not the case. I don't know how much water I added to correct the problem, but it did get solved Once the rice was cooked enough, I turned it into fried rice. All in all for a first time it was good. However for next time I have learned two things:
1) Use much more water
2) Use two spice packages and or add more spices from the cupboard.

[Tyler]

A basic rule of thumb is 2 parts water, 1 part rice. This depends on various things such as type of pot and size as well as rice, but usually it's around 2.5 cups of water to 1 cup of rice.

[Liketobake]

Thanks for clarification Tyler:)

[Liketobake]

Does anyone put any kind of nuts in the rice they make? I have been thinking about making rice with slivered almonds in the sauce that I would make with it. Has anyone tried anything like this?

[PigsnieLite]

Rice should be pure! I think its weird when Americuns put butter in their rice. WTF! Thats bizarre! Rice should be placed in the rice cooker, once cup rice to one cup water. You cant go wrong! But then I like my white rice on the sticky side, not that loose stuff Americuns like. Fried rice mixed wid minced pork & peas & bits of spring onion can be eaten not sticky though.

[Liketobake]

Fried rice is by far the best way to prepare rice!:D

[Tyler]

Rice should be pure! I think its weird when Americuns put butter in their rice. WTF! Thats bizarre! Rice should be placed in the rice cooker, once cup rice to one cup water. You cant go wrong! But then I like my white rice on the sticky side...

You sir, deserve a kiss.

Rice should indeed be pure... there are exceptions though of course.. such as risotto and fried rice.

As for butter.. haha, I know that's weird. I remember one time like... 9 years ago we were baby sitting my cousins for a few days and my cousin Aaron, who was probably around 4 or so, would only eat the rice with butter on it. I had never heard of this before, and so we put it on for him, and he absolutely gobbled it up with butter on it.. and it was sooo sickening because he never even let it melt properly.. he would take a spoonful of rice with a big piece of butter on it and eat it.. Ugh!!

And I make really good sticky rice Arch. You'd then return the kiss.

[pilgrim30]

Hello!

I eat rice just about any way you can fix it. And butter on hot rice is very good. My children loved to eat it like hot cereal, with butter, cream (or evaporated milk), brown sugar and cinnamon. Very good.

Rice pudding is good too. But, even then, I prefer brown rice to the devalued white rice.

I like it fried, baked or any other way you can think to fix it. My daddy (long departed from this earth) used to like a sunny side egg over a bed of white rice.

If I have left over rice, I'll frequently have it for breakfast heated with cheddar cheese melted over the top of it. My hubby says I eat the strangest things for breakfast - even leftover pizza or some of that Apple Pan Doughty! LOL Or even soup with buttered toast.

Rice and Chicken Casserole

Chop up some cooked chicken, add mushroom soup with half a soup can of evaporated (canned) milk. Add some chopped onion (green or otherwise) and a couple of dashes of Ms Dash and topped with a heavy coating of shredded cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for about half an hour (or longer if you have a large dish). Serve with a green salad and garlic bread and you have a full meal. Nummmmmm

Speaking of Apple Pan Doughty here is my recipe. Since I do not measure, suggestions for amount of use is just that, suggestions.

Iona’s Apple Pan Doughty

Peel and slice about 6 firm apples. Granny Smith or Gala’s will do quite nicely. Or if you live where you can get your hands on some Gravenstein apples in season, they are much better. [Gravenstein apples are grown in the Pacific North West of our USA and in Sonoma County, CA. Go to: http://slowfoodusa.org/ark/gravenstein.html to learn about the Gravenstein apple.]

Place the apple slices in the bottom of a baking dish, about 8 x 10 inches. If the apples do not cover the dish with a good layer, add a couple more apples. Sprinkle with about half a cup of sugar right away so the apples do not turn brown. Generously sprinkle with cinnamon (to taste). Mix well.

For the dough, I sometimes use Bisquick. I take a couple of cups of Bisquick, add about ¾’s cup of sugar (stir into flour mixture before adding milk and egg), then add milk to make it about the consistency of cake batter so it can be poured from the container. Add and stir in well 2 eggs. I’ve sometimes added a dash of nutmeg to the batter.

If not using Bisquick, I make up biscuit dough and then add the milk and sugar as per above.

Pour over the apples and bake at 350 degrees for about an hour. Serve hot with cream (or even ice cream), or cold with a little bit of powdered sugar sifted over the top. I’ve eaten it cold with some evaporated milk added and stirred in. Any way it is served it is delicious.

[NOCHEF&JUSTLOVESFOOD.YUM]

Ok so if I told you that I love to add spring onions, garlic and soy or Worchestshire sauce to my rice I would be booted off? :)

and brown rice is my favorite.....