jmcquown wrote:
> Jack Strickland wrote:
>> I love rice. I've tried different methods (cookers, pressure
>> steamers, plain old pot) and have never come up with a method that
>> maximizes good results of full cooking with a minimum of mess from
>> boil over or burned pot bottoms.
>>
>> Any good cookers or good methods?
>>
>> thanks
>
> (snipped cross-postings)
>
> If you are getting boiled over rice or burned pots then you have the heat
> too high, plain and simple.
>
> Bring 3 cups water to a boil with a little salt (optional) and a Tbs. butter
> (also optional). Stir in 1 cup raw white rice. Turn down the heat to LOW.
> Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Do not remove the lid, do not stir it while
> it's cooking. Remove the pot from the heat, stir and serve.
>


Three cups of water? I use 2 cups. After 15 minutes, I turn off the heat
and (without lifting the lid) let it sit for 5 minutes.

Bob