On 2020-11-01 5:07 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 3:50:58 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 6:52:17 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>> songbird wrote:
>>>>> making an old fashioned rice pudding
>>>>> (with raisins, eggs, sugar, milk, etc.) ?
>>>>>
>>>>> i don't want instant rice, but some other
>>>>> type, preferably not terribly expensive. i
>>>>> have access to a number of places that sell
>>>>> various rices so a list of preferences is
>>>>> fine too.
>>>>>
>>>>> as a kid Mom made some rice pudding and i've
>>>>> not been eating much rice the past several
>>>>> years but once in a while i have a fond
>>>>> memory of this dish so i was saying to Mom that
>>>>> the next time she feels like making something
>>>>> we could try this. it was either this or
>>>>> cream puffs (or perhaps both)...
>>>>>
>>>>> personally, i think i just really like nutmeg
>>>>> and this was the dish that made me really like
>>>>> it the most. otherwise i've always been a fan
>>>>> of sweets, custards and such.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> songbird
>>>>>
>>>> How about Calrose rice? It's available everywhere, not an expensive
>>>> yuppie item reserved for snobs. I bet it would work.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't had rice pudding in a coons age, but it's good stuff.
>>>
>>> Calrose is fine for rice pudding, as long as you rinse it. Otherwise
>>> it will get gummy. I bought a 10# bag of it last Spring, during the
>>> panic buying, but then realized that I'd rather donate it than
>>> actually eat it. It's also good for rice soup, but 10 pounds is a
>>> lot of rice, and my family really prefers Basmati.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>> Rice pudding is supposed to be a bit gummy. Don't rinse.
>
> Don't rinse if you're using something like Basmati, but even rinsed the
> short grain stuff is gummy enough.
>

I use aborio rrice for rice pudding and never rinse it, and I make
really good rice pudding.