Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:32:23 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Normally, my go to white rice is any cheap stuff I can find. I
>>>>> am trying to
>>>>> stay out of stores right now so no more bulk stuff from Winco.
>>>>> Other than
>>>>> that, I generally buy the store brand. I use the proportions
>>>>> of 1 cup rice
>>>>> to one cup water or broth. Might add a little salt, butter or
>>>>> olive oil,
>>>>> depending on what I make. Bring to a boil, cook on low.
>>>>> covered, for 20 min.
>>>>> Perfect!
>>>>>
>>>>> But I only recently was able to get the Walmart brand. I'm
>>>>> trying to use up
>>>>> the older rice. It's Blue Ribbon brand. Looks like any other
>>>>> rice when raw.
>>>>> I failed to read the package directions. For some reason, it
>>>>> uses 2 cups of
>>>>> water for each cup of rice. Cook time still 20 min.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will add that I had another rice fail recently for the same
>>>>> reason, but
>>>>> that was minor. It was a small bag and I added it to some
>>>>> chicken broth. I
>>>>> was having stomach issues then and didn't pay a lick of
>>>>> attention to the
>>>>> texture, which was mush by the time it finally cooked.
>>>>>
>>>>> This time it was worse! I used 3 cups of rice. At 20 minutes,
>>>>> it was dry and
>>>>> raw. I kept adding more water, cooking more. Nope. At 2.5
>>>>> hours of cooking,
>>>>> I had some soupy, gummy, rice that was still hard in the
>>>>> middle. Argh! I
>>>>> give up. I transferred it to my big pasta pot and after it
>>>>> cools, I'll toss
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying again now using the correct proportions of rice and
>>>>> water, but if
>>>>> this is another fail, I'm going to toss the rest of it which
>>>>> unfortunately
>>>>> is several large bags. We have had such a long grain rice
>>>>> shortage here that
>>>>> when I did find it, I bought several bags.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do know that not all rices cook the same way. Such as brown
>>>>> rice, light
>>>>> brown rice, Basmati, Jasmine, short grain, medium grain, instant,
>>>>> converted,etc. But from the way the front of the package
>>>>> looks, it's an
>>>>> ordinary long grain white rice. Why the big difference?
>>>>>
>>>>> Update on next batch. Followed directions to a tee. It did say
>>>>> to cook for
>>>>> 20 min. or until water was absorbed. At 20 min. Very little
>>>>> water was
>>>>> absorbed and the rice was hard. At 38 min., the rice was
>>>>> slightly gummy but
>>>>> cooked through. Certainly not worth the price I paid for it.
>>>>> Grr..
>>>>
>>>> No matter which white rice I bring 1 cup of rice (with a pinch of
>>>> kosher salt and a small pat of unsalted butter) and 2 scant
>>>> cups of
>>>> water to a boil (a wee bit less than 2 cups water), turn down
>>>> the heat
>>>> to a low simmer, stir, and let cook (covered) for 20 minutes...
>>>> turn
>>>> off the heat and let sit covered for 20 more minutes, then
>>>> fluff with
>>>> a fork and eat. Always perfect! I don't do brown rice, I hate it,
>>>> makes me gack. I sometimes do the same but with 50/50 rice and
>>>> orzo.
>>>> I regularly use Goya rice, been a long time since I've used
>>>> others. I
>>>> don't buy any imported/Asian rice, those are ALL grown
>>>> fertilized with
>>>> raw sewage. Rice grown in the US needs no washing, in fact most
>>>> are
>>>> enriched, washing removes the added vitamins.
>>>
>>> I can't get Goya here unless I send away for it. And it's very
>>> expensive!
>>
>> Natcherly. it costs more because it's the finest rice in the
>> universe.
>>
>> The asian rice is not only grown in sewers, but it also has rat
>> turds in it.
>
> I once bought rice with rat turds in it. I couldn't remember where
> I bought it. Found out later it was Central Market. I wrote to the
> company. Even sent them pics. No response. The bag wasn't even
> open. They were clearly visible at the bottom of the stand up bag.
> Angela was sick at the time and I ran to the grocery store for a
> few items. Had I not been in such a hurry, I might have noticed.

Those are put in to flavor the rice, but you can pick them out if
you don't like that flavor.

If you do, do it BEFORE cooking!