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On Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 11:45:34 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> I normally make Texmati rice or something cheap in a bag, either long grain
> or Asian with the cheap stuff usually reserved for times when someone is
> sick and doesn't want to eat much rice to begin with or I just plain can't
> get my hands on the Texmati. Seems only one store around here sells the
> stuff now. Anyway...
>
> I made the Jasmati and served Angela her dinner. Husband came in not long
> after. The food was still warm but he likes his piping hot so I nuked it
> for 40 seconds. No complaints from either of them on the food and the rice
> looked perfect when I served it to her but... I had left it in the pan with
> no lid and by the time I plated his, it had gone kind of hard. Like it was
> super dry. What could have caused this? Could it be our nasty heat wave?
> I didn't time it but it couldn't have sat there for any longer than 15
> minutes. Probably more like 5-10 minutes. I don't recall ever having rice
> do this before.


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