previously in rfc, "elaine" > wrote:

> I've read that rice should be cooked the day ahead, then refrigerated
> for frying the next day. But I want to make it now and add onions,
> mushrooms, veggies etc. I could make it and put it in the fridge for
> an hour or so..........or maybe not............d'you think it really
> matters?
>
> Elaine
>


I have made fried rice with fresh rice (when my son asks for it and I've
forgotten to make extra the night before or somebody, [husband] has thrown
out instead of refrigerated the leftovers) and it is a different animal.
It's fluffier and can get wetter and mushy or broken down like a porridge
or risotto or pilaf.

Not the same dish. Tasty, but different.

-Claudia