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Skriven 2008-02-18 15:39:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2596 av Carol Shenkenberger (8568.cooks)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Carol,

 >  CS> Even us cooks turn total 'eat' at times!

 > Especially when our health is taking a hit. (G)

 CS> That too!  Brown rice is healthy and easy for you to make just now.

Yes, I did some Saturday night.  Just a quick rinse, put into the cooker
and hit the "Start" button. Nothing more to do for 45 or so minutes.


 >  CS> It;s like if GA Ruth can make it this time, she HAS to make me her
 >  CS> brown rice or I will bug her the whole time, whimpering gently.  I do
 >  CS> not do brown at home and she needs to make some for me.
 >  CS> /me insists

 > If I get there--and right now, we're waiting on a date from Steve's
 > family to be confirmed--I will make brown rice in your rice cooker. I'll
 > bring up some rice too, probably not the blend I brought last year but
 > either straight brown or brown basmati.

 CS> Your call!  I'll happily try either one.  Oh, and I'd expect a brown
 CS> rice to be fairly separatist.  Thats ok when it's brown (nature makes
 CS> it that way).

Yes, I gave you a few more tips about cooking it in this packet. It
still has lots of the good stuff in it, not cleaned off like white rice.
What makes the white rice stick together so much is that there's lots of
exposed starch.

 >  CS> Basmati works on stove as well as rice maker.  Brown rice, not so well
 >  CS> in a rice maker so I seldom try but GA Ruth has the trick of it.
 CS>  >
 CS>  >
 > Basically, I do a bit over 2:1 liquid to rice ratio. Instead of 2 cups
 > of liquid I'll put in about 1/4-1/2 cup extra (not measured exactly).
 > Brown rice does not get all mushy like white rice; maybe you are
 > expecting it to.  It also has a much more complex taste, yet compliments
 > everything that goes with it.

 CS> More complext taste suits me and separatist is fine with that type
 CS> <g>.

We enjoy it.  Some of the places we went to in HI would give us a choice
of brown or white rice.

 >  CS> DEpends! My Mom may be visiting same time. Yes, Mom is alive and well.
 >  CS> She;'s a spring chicken since she wont hit 80 til 2010.  Likes to
 >  CS> plant strange flower bulbs for the neighbors then snicker as they come
 >  CS> up.  Cool lady.

 > So bring your mom along. She would probably have fun at a gathering like

 CS> I bet she would!  We'd need to stay in a hotel then.  (which we might
 CS> do anyways).

We haven't decided yet. Janis is only about 90 minutes from where my
parents live but most of the roads we have to use to get there aren't
the best at night.


 >  > all my cookbooks back then.. but the list of books has recovered quite we
 >  > Anyway, when I don't use my Wok, I use one of my cast iron pots for
 >  > stir-frying.. it's nice to use for stir-frying as well.

 > I have a couple of woks; the larger one is the traditional round bottom
 > style, the smaller one is flat bottom.  Both are carbon steel.  I've not
 > used an electric one but I've read that they can't be heated as high as
 > what's needed to do a good stir fry.  Rachel got one as a wedding
 CS> I can't remember for sure but I think Janice said she has a wok.
 CS> You'd be flying up I presume?

Probably driving so we could visit both Steve's family in western NY and
mine in the Catskills. It's easier to drive now that we're on the east
coast.  Last year it took about 7-8 hours to get to Dale's from my
parents and then about 12-13 to drive from Dale's back to Savannah.  I
know, we could have done the 2nd leg in 2 days but I had a pre-op
appointment and needed the day between to recouperate.


 >  CS> Memory note for me, bring the fav of all time book of mine.  Hari
 >  CS> Kojima. It's not big, but I love that book.

 > How worn out is it? (G)

 CS> You will laugh!  Food stained with notes scribbled all in the margins.

Sounds like some of mine. (G) Not so many notes but definately stained;
thing is, I don't remember spilling on them while cooking! (G)

 >  CS> he's mostly used to stove top style but i can get him in the right
 >  CS> direction for
 >  CS> crockpot easy enough.  If he cant come, we kibitz it.

 > I usually do mine on the stove top.

 CS> Many do.  I tend more to the load and forget it for that.

I can put more into a bigger pot on the stove; my biggest crock pot is
only about 4 quarts.


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Ruth
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