On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 08:43:50 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 08:20:55 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:36:00 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> >
>> >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.?

Put the strainer in a pot. Take the floaters out, lift strainer, then
rinse.