On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:25:34 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
> On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 5:21:22 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > 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!
> > This is an 'instant rice' (you can tell from the water proportions).
> > >
> > > 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.
> > This is a regular rice. Generally it will be 1 cup rice to 2 cups
> > water. You'll see dsi1 and I always talking that amount. Minor
> > variations based on special things like sushi, congee/juk etc.
> > > 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.
> > Such is apt to be either more than 2 cups broth (you just made a basic
> > congee/juk/rice porridge) or it was an instant rice made with 2 cups
> > broth. Don't despair, it's supposed to do that if the proportions lead
> > to it.
> > > 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..
> > In this case, I suspect it was very old rice but also, it may be ok but
> > work better in a rice maker than a stove top. That doesn't matter
> > since you only stove top. Donate unopened bags to local food kitchen.
> I don't know how to cook anything other than Japanese medium grain rice.
> White people think it's weird that Asians wash their rice but that's the way
> I learned it. I also let the rice soak for 20 minutes before cooking. During
> that time, the rice turns from translucent to opaque. This is done to
> prevent the inside of the grain from being uncooked. I'll pretty much add
> water to the rice so that the level is about an inch or so above the rice,
> regardless of how much rice is in the pot. It doesn't make much sense but
> that's the way I learned it. My induction range allows me to make perfect,
> scorch-free, rice. I don't need no stinkin' rice cooker. If I had any other
> stove, I'd just buy an automatic rice cooker.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wHe9KdmrQ
> =====
>
> I wash my rice!!! Why do you think it is weird for people to do that??
> Oh I don't let it soak though. I will try it next time)
>
> Oh yes. I have a rice cooker too))) I will try that way of measuring
> the water with my finger LOL Do you really do that??))
A lot of people will say that you don't need to wash rice before cooking but for a lot of Asian type folks, that's a horrible notion. You probably don't need to soak for 20 minutes unless you tend to make rice that's not cooked in the center. I don't like to take chance with my rice though. The finger method was the way my mom taught me back in the 60's. I must confess that I never really understood the concept so I always just eyeball the water levels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53me-ICi_f8