On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:36:00 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> So... I put it all in my pot, filled the pot with water a couple of times
> then drained most of it off, restraining the rice with my hand. I did lose
> a few grains in doing this. Then to get the rice out, I just scooped it
> with my hand back into the measuring cup. I was rather astounded at how
> much liquid the rice had soaked up at that point because it totally
> overfilled the 2.5 cup, cup then! For the remaining bit that I added, I
> just sort of did the same thing with the rice in the measuring cup then used
> my hand to restrain it as I poured the water out. Again, lost a few pieces.
> There has got to be a better way!

Why are you measuring so much? The rice needed for paella isn't exact
and neither is the amount of water necessary to cook it.

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