Goomba38 wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Mine is always a 1:2 ratio of rice to water. I learned to cook using
> Uncle Ben's converted rice. It never failed me. I have since learned
> to use other types of rice, other liquids and ingredients and
> procedures for making rice or pilaf and it still rarely varies by
> that 1:2 ratio except for risotto.

You're right, my mistake. The thing is when I went to write it down I wrote
2 cups to 1 cup, then I thought that sounded wrong. See, I don't have a
written recipe for making rice, it's just something I've known how to do
since I was a child. I don't know why people think rice is difficult.

> I've never burned rice, nor had any problems cooking it. I don't use a
> rice cooker, steamer or any cooking vessel other than my standard
> pots. When people talk about having trouble making rice... I just
> don't get it?

Other than excessive heat there's no reason for rice to boil over or rice to
burn to the bottom of a pot. I've even cooked rice (Jambalaya, actually) on
a charcoal grill in a cast iron kettle when I was out of electricity for a
week. Rice is easy!

Jill