One time on Usenet, Sheldon > said:
> On Oct 27, 8:47?pm, (Little Malice) wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, "James Silverton" > said:
> > > Steve wrote on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:41:50 +0000 (UTC):
> > > ??>> George > wrote:
> >
> > > ??>>> I find cooking a small quantity gives variable results.
> >
> > > ??>> You must not be doing it right.
> >
> > > SP> Possibly, but I find the same thing -- if I'm starting with
> > > SP> less than about 1/3 cup of rice, it is difficult to
> > > SP> determine the right amount of water to use. I attribute
> > > SP> this to the saucepan I'm using (6" Revereware) having a lid
> > > SP> that isn't quite completely tight (although nearly so), and
> > > SP> the boil-off is too much of a variable for that small of a
> > > SP> quantity.
> >
> > > Even with a rice cooker, about 1/3 cup rice, or possibly 1/4 is
> > > the low limit for me but you'd hardly want less than that for a
> > > person and discarding any excess is no big deal.
> >
> > Neither is saving it for another meal. Fried rice, or cold with milk
> > and vanilla...
>
>
> You mean just rice and vanilla flavored milk soup, not pudding?

Nope, not pudding. DH & DS like cold rice with some milk and vanilla
splashed on it. I don't care for it, but to each their own. We never
have leftover rice.

> I
> don't think it's worth the effort to make fried rice, or pudding, or
> even your soup for so small an amount or rice (50 cents worth of
> vanilla for one penny's worth of rice), certainly not worth the clean
> up... I mean like I'm not going to clean pots, bowls and utensils for
> 3 spoonsful (one penny's worth) of rice... it ain't even a lech n' a
> schmeck (a lick and a smell).

I meant that rather than figure out how to cook a small amount, he
could cook a bigger one and use it in different ways...

--
Jani in WA