"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 3/18/2018 6:14 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 3/18/2018 3:08 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 1:38:48 PM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>>> On 3/16/2018 5:23 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> On 3/16/2018 6:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>> I know. You'll probably say that you don't eat it. I also know that
>>>>>>>> you can usually sub it for things you would put white rice in but
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> some things, you'd have to cook it first.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd use it for the same things as white rice. Of course you have to
>>>>>>> cook it first. You're one of the few people I know who seems to want
>>>>>>> to use uncooked rice in things. You already know brown rice takes
>>>>>>> longer to cook. If you're going to use it raw the dish (whatever it
>>>>>>> is) will need to have a LOT of liquid and a very long cooking time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then what do you do with your white rice?
>>>>>
>>>>> When I cook rice (it's more often brown than white) I usually make
>>>>> pilaf, cooking it in broth or stock and adding sauteed vegetables. It
>>>>> can be a side dish for any number of things. The operative word here
>>>>> is
>>>>> *cook*.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> I don't think she has any objection to cooking brown rice. She just
>>>> doesn't want to precook it for dishes like stuffed peppers. Heaven
>>>> only knows why she seems resistant to that.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>> She certainly doesn't sound like she wants to cook the rice, for
>>> whatever reason.
>>>
>>> For all her posts about rice, brown, white, whatever, it appears she
>>> really has no idea what to do with it. Except for "mexican rice" and
>>> stuff like that. Lots of beans involved. Sorry but I don't live off rice
>>> and beans.
>>>
>>> I've already told her as did you and others about rice pilaf. It's
>>> futile but fun! 
>>
>> Pilaf is something I'm not too familiar with. I did have it in a
>> restaurant once. Not sure what made it pilaf. Seemed like regular rice
>> with perhaps some herbs in it. No veggies.
>
> Look it up. There are tons of recipes for rice pilaf.
>
> When it was suggested you cook rice and freeze it you wondered why. How
> about that stir-fry you mentioned? Stir-fried rice is *never* made with
> freshly cooked rice. Day old, refrigerated rice at best. If you want to
> use brown, whatever... it would still be similar to day old rice if thawed
> from frozen. Of course it is not normal to make stir-fry with brown rice.
Yes but since I am cooking rice nearly every day, I just cook extra when I
need to. I can put it in the fridge till the next day.
I did make a pilaf the other day. I couldn't eat it as it contained almonds.
I did try it for seasonings prior to the almonds and it was good. Was
chicken flavored with mushrooms and carrots. I used fresh mushrooms and far
fewer than it called for.
As for the "normal", do you really think I care? I once told someone that I
wouldn't know normal if it bit me. And that's true. Does anyone even really
know what normal is? I think it only matters when we are looking at
something to see if it might be dangerous or even unhealthy. Such as... It's
not normal to find rat poop in our container of rice. Or... It's not normal
for the cooked and refrigerated rice to be covered with fuzzy green mold.
AFAIK, nobody ever got sick from using brown rice in fried rice. In fact,
for this part of the country, that actually *is* fairly normal. Most of the
Asian restaurants offer brown rice now and will even make fried rice out of
it.
I forge my own way in the world. I do what is right for me and those around
me. I don't much care about normal.