On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 08:20:55 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:36:00 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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> >
> >But... I just wonder about the washing part. If you wash your rice... How
> >do you do it? I had read somewhere to put it in a colander and rinse it but
> >mine has holes that are far too large for this. I used to have a big wire
> >one but no longer do.
>
> Wash it in a screen type strainer. Basmati is one of the dirtier
> rices and needs rinsing more than most.

How does that get rid of what floats, like the stems she says were in
there.?

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