On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:18:14 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
>wrote:
>
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>>I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>>third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>>attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>>1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>>paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>>recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>>to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>>
>>Janet US
>
>1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
>liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
>water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
>essentially all liquid.

yes, I know. Sorry my post wasn't clear that I wasn't thinking.
Janet US