Entries Tagged as 'Grains'

Rice: it’s not just for throwing at people at weddings anymore

June 25th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Dear Home-Ec 101,
I need help cooking rice. I can’t do it-brown rice, white rice, minute rice, not-minute rice. I just can’t seem to get it to the right texture. Help me?
Signed,
Riceless in Reno
Ivy says:
Rice can be tough. I cannot begin to tell you how much rice I have messed up in [...]

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Extreme Makeover: White Rice Edition

April 15th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Dear Home-Ec 101,
Is there any way to keep rice good in the fridge? I love that nice and sticky rice they give you from take-out Chinese places, and I’ve never been able to recreate it, so I usually keep it in the fridge for the next day or so. When I heat it back up [...]

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