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On 6/26/2015 2:26 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> 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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