http://www.recfoodcooking.com

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

I suppose for the winner there'll be a choice of coolie hats.

http://www.villagehatshop.com/asian-conical-hat.html

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com


We eat a lot at Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Thai restaurants. We eat
out less often at Italian restaurants. It follows logically that we're
more likely to make pasta at home than rice. We get our quota of rice
when eating out.


--Lia

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
Elaborating... I only eat rice every 2-3 months or so. Could live without
it, truly. I am thinking seriously about making some red beans & rice,
though. Got some andouille sausage

Jill

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
. ..
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy
>
> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?
>
Usually make rice ~ once a week and cous-cous once or twice a week. It's
easier to put cous-cous together for me and I'm always in a rush to get
dinner on the table (during the week).

Jon

> "ChattyCathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>>
>> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?


I keep all kinds of rice on hand (sticky, jasmine, brown, long grain)
but we don't eat it more than once a week - if that. Certain dishes
require rice - like green curry, ginger chicken (or shrimp), enchiladas
or tacos or burritos. I try to limit rice to once every week or so.

Tracy

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>

I have no idea how much rice we eat. We eat several kinds (white
sushi rice, brown rice, jasmine, basmati, etc.), and I don't keep
track of them in the aggregate or anything. We probably have rice
two or three times a week.

Serene

"jmcquown" wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
> >http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Elaborating... I only eat rice every 2-3 months or so. �Could live without
> it, truly. �I am thinking seriously about making some red beans & rice,
> though. �Got some andouille sausage

I think orzo is much nicer than rice.

"Tracy" > wrote in message
...
>
>> "ChattyCathy wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers
>>> Chatty Cathy
>>>
>>> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?
>
>
> I keep all kinds of rice on hand (sticky, jasmine, brown, long grain) but
> we don't eat it more than once a week - if that. Certain dishes require
> rice - like green curry, ginger chicken (or shrimp), enchiladas or tacos
> or burritos. I try to limit rice to once every week or so.

I know a couple of "carb sensitive" folks who use finely shredded sauteed
cabbage in place of rice for things like curries, etc.

TammyM

I eat rice a lot. Between rice I have with dinner, and lunch leftovers,
I'll probably have it in some form five times a week. It's almost
always in the form of "X over rice", where X is something with sauce.
Chili is very good that way. Tonight I'll probably be having chicken
curry. I also make jambalaya every few weeks or so.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Default User" > wrote in message
...
>
> I eat rice a lot. Between rice I have with dinner, and lunch leftovers,
> I'll probably have it in some form five times a week. It's almost
> always in the form of "X over rice", where X is something with sauce.
> Chili is very good that way. Tonight I'll probably be having chicken
> curry. I also make jambalaya every few weeks or so.

OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this rice
talk, I'm suddenly craving it. That jambalaya there is singin' my name.
And the folks who were talking about CalRose have got me craving California
rolls (hey, do they call 'em Texas rolls in Tejas?) It'll be fried rice
next.

The dangers of reading RFC!

TammyM

TammyM wrote:
> "Tracy" > wrote in message
> ...
>>> "ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Chatty Cathy
>>>>
>>>> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?
>>
>> I keep all kinds of rice on hand (sticky, jasmine, brown, long grain) but
>> we don't eat it more than once a week - if that. Certain dishes require
>> rice - like green curry, ginger chicken (or shrimp), enchiladas or tacos
>> or burritos. I try to limit rice to once every week or so.
>
> I know a couple of "carb sensitive" folks who use finely shredded sauteed
> cabbage in place of rice for things like curries, etc.
>
> TammyM
>
>
We aren't exactly at the Atkins level, but we realized recently that we
just ate too many carbs. We are just trying to eat more veggies and less
potatoes, rice and pasta and bread. We still eat them - just no way
near what we ate a year or two ago.

I think green curry would be good with cauliflower - but I haven't tried
it yet. Cabbage could be interesting.

Tracy

TammyM wrote:

>
> "Default User" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > I eat rice a lot. Between rice I have with dinner, and lunch
> > leftovers, I'll probably have it in some form five times a week.
> > It's almost always in the form of "X over rice", where X is
> > something with sauce. Chili is very good that way. Tonight I'll
> > probably be having chicken curry. I also make jambalaya every few
> > weeks or so.
>
> OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't
> got nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all
> this rice talk, I'm suddenly craving it.

Give in. You know you want to.





Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

TammyM wrote:

> I know a couple of "carb sensitive" folks who use finely shredded sauteed
> cabbage in place of rice for things like curries, etc.
>
> TammyM

While I like cabbage just fine.... I just don't think some things are
interchangeable? I want RICE when I want rice!!
We eat rice about twice a week? We like it..a lot

Default User wrote:

> I eat rice a lot. Between rice I have with dinner, and lunch leftovers,
> I'll probably have it in some form five times a week. It's almost
> always in the form of "X over rice", where X is something with sauce.
> Chili is very good that way. Tonight I'll probably be having chicken
> curry. I also make jambalaya every few weeks or so.
>

I usually cook rice for myself once every 2-3 weeks. My wife does not eat
it, or only in small doses because of allergies. I usually have some
leftovers for another meal. I just made a batch of nice creamy rice
pudding with some arborio rice and added some coconut milk that was
leftover from last week's curried chicken.

"ChattyCathy" wrote

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

Hehe just threw the scales off. 5 lbs a week, 3 people (guessed 2-3 since 3
got duplicated). Daily. In fact, averages twice a day and may hit 3 times
a day.

"TammyM" wrote

> OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
> nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this rice

Snicker. Don't worry though. Those of us who eat lots of rice, normally
eat almost no pasta or potatoes.

> talk, I'm suddenly craving it. That jambalaya there is singin' my name.
> And the folks who were talking about CalRose have got me craving
> California rolls (hey, do they call 'em Texas rolls in Tejas?) It'll be
> fried rice next.

;-) I love Calrose! Best one out there.

cshenk wrote:

> ;-) I love Calrose! Best one out there.
>
>
Calrose is a short or medium grain rice, right? Sticky, right?
I think I've only seen it sold in huge bags, not smaller bags or boxes,
so I have never tried it. Five pound bags of rice are about my size
limit to buy at one time.

"Goomba38" wrote
> cshenk wrote:
>
>> ;-) I love Calrose! Best one out there.
>>
>>
> Calrose is a short or medium grain rice, right? Sticky, right?
> I think I've only seen it sold in huge bags, not smaller bags or boxes, so
> I have never tried it. Five pound bags of rice are about my size limit to
> buy at one time.

Medium and comes in 5lb bags plus bigger sizes. 10/25/50/100 are what I've
seen.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:00:24 -0400, cshenk wrote:

> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Hehe just threw the scales off. 5 lbs a week, 3 people (guessed 2-3
> since 3 got duplicated).

It did? Never mind...

> Daily. In fact, averages twice a day and may hit 3 times a day.

Your family eats rice two to three times a *day*? Wow. And yet you laugh
about 3.5 people about eating 3 measly kgs of spuds per week...
<extremely evil grin>

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

l, not -l wrote:
> I prefer to use Orzo (rice shaped pasta) or pearl barley in place of
> rice, there for rarely cook rice. My son likes the occasional "boxed
> meal" containing rice, such as Zataran's Red Beans and Rice,
> Jambalaya, or some of the Asian specialty meals.
>
I love pearl barley! Also couscous. Pretty much any pasta, and potatoes
for sure Maybe it was living in Bangkok, I don't know. I just got
really tired of rice. It was the first thing I learned how to cook from
scratch (and I don't understand why people need a special cooker for it). I
could live the rest of my life without rice.

Jill

cshenk wrote:
> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> Hehe just threw the scales off. 5 lbs a week, 3 people (guessed 2-3 since 3
> got duplicated). Daily. In fact, averages twice a day and may hit 3 times
> a day.

When I grew up, we ate rice almost every day. I think everybody did,
here in southern Louisiana. When I spent a week with Aunt Reba, she
would feed us rice for breakfast, at least once. Loved it.

What puzzles me, are the stick thin people here in Louisiana, who eat
rice and gravy, or beans and rice, every day without gaining weight. I
am just over 5' tall, but there are Cajun women in the supermarket who
are shorter than I am, and I bet they do not weigh 90 pounds. Now that
I think about it, I just described my own mother. lol Funny how that
sneaked up on me.

Becca

jmcquown wrote on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:24:22 -0500:

j> l, not -l wrote:
??>> I prefer to use Orzo (rice shaped pasta) or pearl barley
??>> in place of rice, there for rarely cook rice. My son
??>> likes the occasional "boxed meal" containing rice, such as
??>> Zataran's Red Beans and Rice, Jambalaya, or some of the
??>> Asian specialty meals.
??>>
j> I love pearl barley! Also couscous. Pretty much any pasta,
j> and potatoes for sure Maybe it was living in Bangkok, I
j> don't know. I just got really tired of rice. It was the
j> first thing I learned how to cook from scratch (and I don't
j> understand why people need a special cooker for it). I
j> could live the rest of my life without rice.

A rice cooker is just a convenience. Measure the water and rice
and then forget about it. However, IMHO, much the easiest starch
to prepare is cous-cous. Boil the water or stock, throw in the
cous-cous, wait until it reboils and then set it someplace warm
for 20 minutes.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> TammyM wrote:
>
>> I know a couple of "carb sensitive" folks who use finely shredded sauteed
>> cabbage in place of rice for things like curries, etc.
>>
>> TammyM
>
> While I like cabbage just fine.... I just don't think some things are
> interchangeable? I want RICE when I want rice!!
> We eat rice about twice a week? We like it..a lot

I hear ya. But ... I did the cabbage thing in deference to their eating
issues when I had them over to dinner. I made my not-yet-world-famous
Makahni Chicken (they have carb issues, not fat issues!). And it was pretty
darned good on the cabbage Surprised me.

TammyM, never met a carb she didn't like

Becca wrote:
>
> What puzzles me, are the stick thin people here in Louisiana, who eat
> rice and gravy, or beans and rice, every day without gaining weight.


Would you hear about thin people in the third world with a subsistence
diet of beans, rice and a few vegetables and conclude that their thin
figures were puzzling? You don't say how much beans and rice they eat.
If they're not getting too many calories, they're not going to gain
weight.


Every body is different. For some people, cutting down on carbs will
help them lose weight. For others, the only relevent factor is total
calories. That's calories in (food) and calories out (exercise).


There are more variables including metabolism, menopause, previous
history of weight gain and loss, hereditary body type. Only looking at
the components of the diet (beans and rice) without taking the other
factors into account is going to puzzling.


--Lia

ChattyCathy wrote:

> Your family eats rice two to three times a *day*? Wow. And yet you laugh
> about 3.5 people about eating 3 measly kgs of spuds per week...
> <extremely evil grin>
>

We don't eat much of either. My wife is allergic to potatoes and rice and I
have a problem with potatoes too. As much as I like potatoes, I only eat
them once or twice a week and cook rice only once every two weeks or so. I
know it is a lot more expensive to buy individual potatoes than buying them
in 5-10 kg bags, but they end up sprouting seeds and withering before I get
around to eating them. The lady at the local vegetable stands has become
used to me buying one potato at a time.

Tracy wrote:

> TammyM wrote:
> > "Tracy" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>> "ChattyCathy wrote:
> >>>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Chatty Cathy
>
> >>>> Is that chip on your shoulder edible?
>
> >> I keep all kinds of rice on hand *(sticky, jasmine, brown, long grain) but
> >> we don't eat it more than once a week - if that. Certain dishes require
> >> rice - like green curry, ginger chicken (or shrimp), enchiladas or tacos
> >> or burritos. *I try to limit rice to once every week or so.
>
> > I know a couple of "carb sensitive" folks who use finely shredded sauteed
> > cabbage in place of rice for things like curries, etc.
>
> > TammyM
>
> We aren't exactly at the Atkins level, but we realized recently that we
> just ate too many carbs. We are just trying to eat more veggies and less
> potatoes, rice and pasta and bread. We still eat them *- just no way
> near what we ate a year or two ago.
>
> I think green curry would be good with cauliflower - but I haven't tried
> it yet. Cabbage could be interesting.


Cauliflower is *great* for serving with such things as curries...

I've been trying to cut down on carbs and I've been substituting
bamboo shoots for noodles...in fact my dinner tonight is a Thai
chicken curry with bamboo shoots.

And cauliflower can be substituted for the potatoes in potato salad,
amongst it's many other uses...



--
best
Greg

"TammyM" > wrote in message
...
>
<snippage>
>
> I hear ya. But ... I did the cabbage thing in deference to their eating
> issues when I had them over to dinner. I made my not-yet-world-famous
> Makahni Chicken (they have carb issues, not fat issues!). And it was
> pretty darned good on the cabbage Surprised me.
>
> TammyM, never met a carb she didn't like

Tammy, Tammy, Tammy. I just don't understand. If you were a newbie or
something then maybe I could understand. But how can you post about a
recipe, especially one prefaced with the expression "not-yet-world-famous",
and then NOT post the recipe??? It will obviously never become world famous
if you are the only one who is privvy to it.

Boli ... waiting with buttered breath

cshenk wrote:
> "TammyM" wrote
>
>> OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
>> nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this rice
>
> Snicker. Don't worry though. Those of us who eat lots of rice, normally
> eat almost no pasta or potatoes.

I'm not normal, then. I eat a starch-based diet (and did even when I
was eating meat), so I eat lots of rice, potatoes, pasta, sweet
potatoes, bread, polenta, popcorn...

Serne

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:01:48 -0700, Serene >
wrote:

>cshenk wrote:
>> "TammyM" wrote
>>
>>> OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
>>> nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this rice
>>
>> Snicker. Don't worry though. Those of us who eat lots of rice, normally
>> eat almost no pasta or potatoes.
>
>I'm not normal, then. I eat a starch-based diet (and did even when I
>was eating meat), so I eat lots of rice, potatoes, pasta, sweet
>potatoes, bread, polenta, popcorn...
>
>Serne

If it looks good, I eat it. Much to the detriment of my not so girlish
figure anymore...dammit.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:

> If it looks good, I eat it. Much to the detriment of my not so girlish
> figure anymore...dammit.

I have always been fat (yes, even as an infant), and I will likely
always be fat. I can eat a little or a lot and I'm still fat, so I
eat with an eye to taste and healthfulness, usually in that order.

Serene

ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
Neither of us can eat rice because of health reasons.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:57:17 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>Cheers
>Chatty Cathy
>
>Is that chip on your shoulder edible?

no, but the dip between my legs is.

your pal,
some gurl

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:38:18 -0700, "TammyM" >
wrote:

>
>"Default User" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> I eat rice a lot. Between rice I have with dinner, and lunch leftovers,
>> I'll probably have it in some form five times a week. It's almost
>> always in the form of "X over rice", where X is something with sauce.
>> Chili is very good that way. Tonight I'll probably be having chicken
>> curry. I also make jambalaya every few weeks or so.
>
>OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
>nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this rice
>talk, I'm suddenly craving it. That jambalaya there is singin' my name.
>And the folks who were talking about CalRose have got me craving California
>rolls (hey, do they call 'em Texas rolls in Tejas?) It'll be fried rice
>next.
>
>The dangers of reading RFC!
>
>TammyM
>

just about all the rice i cook at home is for fried rice. cheap,
long-grain store-brand rice, bought one or two pounds at a time.

maybe i need to branch out.

your pal,
blake

"bolivar" > wrote in message
news
>
> "TammyM" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
> <snippage>
>>
>> I hear ya. But ... I did the cabbage thing in deference to their eating
>> issues when I had them over to dinner. I made my not-yet-world-famous
>> Makahni Chicken (they have carb issues, not fat issues!). And it was
>> pretty darned good on the cabbage Surprised me.
>>
>> TammyM, never met a carb she didn't like
>
> Tammy, Tammy, Tammy. I just don't understand. If you were a newbie or
> something then maybe I could understand. But how can you post about a
> recipe, especially one prefaced with the expression
> "not-yet-world-famous", and then NOT post the recipe??? It will obviously
> never become world famous if you are the only one who is privvy to it.
>
> Boli ... waiting with buttered breath

My apologies, Boli <hangs head in shame> See, the thing is, it's really not
a recipe, more of a suggestion. I tinker with it all the time. But for
you, my dear, I shall dig out the suggestion and post it. Victor will, of
course, deride me mercilessly, for it is not a particularly authentic
suggestion/recipe. But for YOU, I will endure.....

:-)

TammyM, been around the rfc block for quite awhile now

"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:01:48 -0700, Serene >
> wrote:
>
>>cshenk wrote:
>>> "TammyM" wrote
>>>
>>>> OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
>>>> nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this
>>>> rice
>>>
>>> Snicker. Don't worry though. Those of us who eat lots of rice,
>>> normally
>>> eat almost no pasta or potatoes.
>>
>>I'm not normal, then. I eat a starch-based diet (and did even when I
>>was eating meat), so I eat lots of rice, potatoes, pasta, sweet
>>potatoes, bread, polenta, popcorn...
>>
>>Serne
>
> If it looks good, I eat it. Much to the detriment of my not so girlish
> figure anymore...dammit.

I'm pretty much of the same mind. I try to keep things in balance. And
biking helps me a LOT with that girlish figure thang!

TammyM, polenta and pasta and RICE (OH MY!)

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:38:18 -0700, "TammyM" >
> wrote:
>>OK, this is getting annoying ;-) I rarely eat rice. RARELY. Ain't got
>>nothin' against it, just don't eat much of it. But now with all this rice
>>talk, I'm suddenly craving it. That jambalaya there is singin' my name.
>>And the folks who were talking about CalRose have got me craving
>>California
>>rolls (hey, do they call 'em Texas rolls in Tejas?) It'll be fried rice
>>next.
>>
>>The dangers of reading RFC!
>>
>>TammyM
>>
>
> just about all the rice i cook at home is for fried rice. cheap,
> long-grain store-brand rice, bought one or two pounds at a time.
>
> maybe i need to branch out.
>
> your pal,
> blake

I buy Lundberg's rice sometimes. Lundberg Farms is a NorCal thing. I like
their brown blend quite a lot; also the wild rice blend.

I usually keep small amounts of basmati, Calrose and arborio in the freezer
in case I get a yen for a particular ricey thing. It just doesn't happen
very often.

TammyM

"blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> just about all the rice i cook at home is for fried rice. cheap,
> long-grain store-brand rice, bought one or two pounds at a time.
>
> maybe i need to branch out.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Hmmph! Maybe. No risotto, pilaf, fluffy piles under cheesy sauces or
curries? No rice to cool the heat of Thai dishes? What a bore.

James Silverton wrote:
However, IMHO, much the easiest starch to prepare is
> cous-cous. Boil the water or stock, throw in the cous-cous, wait until
> it reboils and then set it someplace warm for 20 minutes.
>
>


Couscous is SO much better if you steam it.
Just a suggestion. ;-)

Tracy

Gregory Morrow wrote:
..
>
> I've been trying to cut down on carbs and I've been substituting
> bamboo shoots for noodles...in fact my dinner tonight is a Thai
> chicken curry with bamboo shoots.
>
> And cauliflower can be substituted for the potatoes in potato salad,
> amongst it's many other uses...
>
>

I never thought of bamboo shoots. Sounds really good.

-Tracy