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

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> 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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