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Skriven 2007-08-20 17:00:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Sacerdote
Ärende: SATURDAY 948  70820
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 -=> Quoting Dave Sacerdote to Ruth Haffly <=-

 JM> We never did the rice comparison, as far as I
 JM> know.
 
 ML> It was decided at some point that a huge side-by-side
 ML> rice tasting would lose its appeal rather quickly as
 ML> well as taking far too much stove space. So gradually
 ML> the idea evolved into what it became, which was perhaps
 ML> less instructive but perhaps more pleasant.
 
 JM>  Messed up Glen's idea of making an adobo as an
 JM>  automatic rice go-with, though. The 2 rices presented
 JM>  on Saturday were stand-alone rices, both your risotto
 JM>  and the Haffley multi-rice. Both were good, but neither
 JM>  asked "What goes with" as the adobo was meant to. I
 JM>  should have packed up my Canilla rice just as an
 JM>  acceptable base for the adobo!
 
 RH> I wish I'd realised it then. I had a couple of cups of 
 RH> "regular" long grain brown rice with me that I didn't 
 RH> cook up. It would have gone well with the adobo.  Oh 
 RH> well................

 DS> And we brought our rice cooker and several varieties of Japanese
 DS> short- and medium-grain rice as well, and could have cooked some
 DS> up to go with the adobo if anyone had said, "Hey, how come there's
 DS> no rice for the adobo?"

 DS> But early on, while your multi-grain yummies were cooking, and 
 DS> Michael was starting to prep for his risotti, we decided that 
 DS> there was enough rice as it was and we weren't going to cook up
 DS> any more.

 DS> For the record, though, your multi-grain rice was quite good
 DS> under the adobo - because I had some that way - and I imagine
 DS> that the adobo would have been quite excellent with the mushroom
 DS> risotto as well, since the meaty King Oyster mushrooms could 
 DS> easily have stood up to the adobo's spiciness.

That would have been OK.  During the period I was out of touch prior to
the picnic I missed the decision to omit plain rices.  As it was, I
also tried the adobo with the multi-grain, and found it quite
satisfactory, as its flavour was powerful enough to rise above the
other, more delicate rice taste.  The adobo was several days old when
eaten, but had been kept refrigerated for all of that time.  This
ensured that the flavours were very well blended.  The high vinegar
content acts as a preservative, so there was no danger of it going bad.
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