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Katra said:

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I do love rice! And I'm so sick of low carb I can hardly stand it,

but

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it is working. Once I can get this weight off, I look forward to
re-adding more rice back to my diet.

I don't want to start anything with the diet faithful, but any diet
that thinks plain rice needs to be eliminated as part of a weight-loss
strategy is plain stupid.

-aem

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Sheldon said:

Katra said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Katra wrote:
> Thanks Sheldon! ;-)
>
> I've saved it with the others to the nutrition folder...
> It appears that my problem with past attempts at stovetop rice

was

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that
> I never brought it to a boil. Just a simmer which was not

initially

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hot
> enough.
>
> Now, what is YOUR timing for brown rice cooked in chicken broth
rather
> than water? One poster said to cook for twice as long as white

rice

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> which sounded about right.
>
> I have some saffron up in the cabinet and have never used it.

I'll

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have
> to give that a try. Does it really add flavor and not just

color???

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I'm not a big fan of brown rice but occasionally (like every 5 yrs)

I

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will give it another shot, brown rice (gack) always fails.

If brown rice always fails for you, you could try a pressure cooker!

I've no problem with the cooking, it's its flavor that fails
"(gack)"... I also don't like the aroma of brown rice (gack).

Sheldon

Oh! Ok, I understand...
To each their own!

To me, brown rice has a delightful "nutty" flavor.

But, if you've had trouble with Indian residents, that makes sense.
The smell can turn you off based on memory.

It was literally YEARS before I could appreciate the smell and taste of
curry again after living in hotels in Kansas for a couple of months when
I was 19.

Both hotels were run by Hindus and the places absolutely REEKED of
grease and curry mixed! :-P Nasty. And the hotels were only marginally
cleaned. We re-cleaned the rooms ourselves when we moved in.

Fortunately, it was winter so there were no roaches.

I learned to hate the smell of curry for a long time. It's only been in
the past couple of years that I've re-discovered how good it really can
be used in MODERATE amounts!

--
K.

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Arri London said:

Katra said:

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aem said:

Katra wrote:
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> Seriously, does anyone here cook white rice with water, and

then eat

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> it _plain_ with no salt, pepper, butter, gravy, etc.?????
> --
> K.

Well, yes, we eat plain white rice as the starch of our meals

more

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often than potatoes or pasta or pilaf or fried rice. It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but

that's

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incidental. Plain white rice cooked in water is very high on the

list,

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possibly even at the top, of the most eaten foods in the entire

world.

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You can't be surprised to hear this....

-aem

No....

But you made my point:

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It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but

that's

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incidental.

You don't eat it PLAIN! :-)
--
K.

But I *do* and so do a lot of other people.

Most of the world's people have rice as their staff of life and the
vast majority of them mostly eat their rice plain.

Sheldon

In article <[email hidden]>, Arri London <[email hidden]>

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Katra said:

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aem said:

Katra wrote:
[snip]
> Seriously, does anyone here cook white rice with water, and then eat
> it _plain_ with no salt, pepper, butter, gravy, etc.?????
> --
> K.

Well, yes, we eat plain white rice as the starch of our meals more
often than potatoes or pasta or pilaf or fried rice. It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but that's
incidental. Plain white rice cooked in water is very high on the list,
possibly even at the top, of the most eaten foods in the entire world.
You can't be surprised to hear this....

-aem

No....

But you made my point:

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It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but that's
incidental.

You don't eat it PLAIN! :-)
--
K.

But I *do* and so do a lot of other people.

<shrugs> It was not meant as a criticism, not at all!
I was just curious...

I personally find plain white rice cooked in water to have almost no
flavor, but I do like the way it works as a recipe ingredient, and I
also like it sorta plain but with butter and some fresh ground pepper.

--
K.

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aem' said:

Katra said:

[snip]
I do love rice! And I'm so sick of low carb I can hardly stand it,

but

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it is working. Once I can get this weight off, I look forward to
re-adding more rice back to my diet.

I don't want to start anything with the diet faithful, but any diet
that thinks plain rice needs to be eliminated as part of a weight-loss
strategy is plain stupid.

In the case of diabetics who are trying to lose weight, that's not the
case. We have to keep the carbs down in order to regulate our blood sugar
levels. Works well for diabetics even if they're at optimal weight.

That being said, we're having homemade chicken fried rice for dinner
tomorrow. I'll have a small serving as a side dish to a chicken breast
"half" and an enormous serving of buttered broccoli (Wow, that sounds like
the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet "CAD"😉. Crash loves the fried rice we make
at home so much, that it won't be much of a problem to stay away from
eating too much of it. It'll already be gone. LOL!

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Katra said:

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aem said:

Katra wrote:
[snip]

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Seriously, does anyone here cook white rice with water, and then eat
it _plain_ with no salt, pepper, butter, gravy, etc.?????
--
K.

Well, yes, we eat plain white rice as the starch of our meals more
often than potatoes or pasta or pilaf or fried rice. It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but that's
incidental. Plain white rice cooked in water is very high on the list,
possibly even at the top, of the most eaten foods in the entire world.
You can't be surprised to hear this....

-aem

No....

But you made my point:

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It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but that's
incidental.

You don't eat it PLAIN! :-)

I eat rice plain 🙂 Just rice cooked in water. Sometimes though I
like a little pat of butter on white rice but I seldom eat white rice
anyway. Other rice is just fine plain to me anyway.

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Serendipity said:

Katra said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

aem said:

Katra wrote:
[snip]

>Seriously, does anyone here cook white rice with water, and then eat
>it _plain_ with no salt, pepper, butter, gravy, etc.?????
>--
>K.

Well, yes, we eat plain white rice as the starch of our meals more
often than potatoes or pasta or pilaf or fried rice. It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but that's
incidental. Plain white rice cooked in water is very high on the list,
possibly even at the top, of the most eaten foods in the entire world.
You can't be surprised to hear this....

-aem

No....

But you made my point:

Quoted message said:

It's often
flavored with the gravy from the entree, whether that's a Chinese
stirfry or fried chicken or a steak with mushroom sauce, but that's
incidental.

You don't eat it PLAIN! :-)

I eat rice plain 🙂 Just rice cooked in water. Sometimes though I
like a little pat of butter on white rice but I seldom eat white rice
anyway. Other rice is just fine plain to me anyway.

What type of rice do you like?
Central Market carries a 4 grain wild rice mix that is very tasty with
just a little butter.

Overall tho', I prefer to cook rice (or pearl barley) in broth.....

Just a personal preference! :-)

Unless I want to make rice pudding of course! <lol>

--
K.

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