On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

>
>I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>
>Janet US

1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
essentially all liquid.