"cshenk" > wrote
>
> Oh yes! From 2001 to 2007. Sasebo Japan specifically.

Wow. Where are you from originally?

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>
> BTW, I wouldnt try to make chicken soup with that basmati leftover. It
> will work, but I normally use a crockpot and it wont 'hold well enough'
> for that sort of cooking.

I got rid of my crock pot, and really don't have a use for one, as
everything they
do I can do just slow cooking in a regular pot. One less thing to store.
When I had
one I was always too paranoid to leave it on when I went out, anyway.

>Also, ignore directions in future to wash and soak rices. Thats to make
>'asian sticky rice' which from the sounds of things, you arent partial to
><g>.

You know, I think that was just a reflex, I am so used to "nonsticky" rice
being
desirable. I can definitely see this sticky rice being eaten as my
Phillipina friends
do, with the fingers. It is delicious.

You're right, too, because the first time I made it, I did not rinse it and
it came
out perfectly separate.