I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work

Janet US

On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

>
>I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>
>Janet US

1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
essentially all liquid.

On 7/1/2016 1:41 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>
> Janet US
>
The measurements are usually on the package of rice. Not that I cook a
lot of rice anymore. But in a saucepan it's a 1:2 ratio, rice to liquid.

Sorry you had a problem with it, Janet.

Jill

On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 7:41:21 AM UTC-10, Janet B wrote:
> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>
> Janet US

I add water by feel and intuition. Sometimes I want the rice drier or mushier. I don't want to be aware of what the proper water measurements are when cooking rice because that would really mess me up.

After conferring with other esteemed Asians, we have decided that the Koreans make the best rice.

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:42:26 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/1/2016 1:41 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>>
>> Janet US
>>
>The measurements are usually on the package of rice. Not that I cook a
>lot of rice anymore. But in a saucepan it's a 1:2 ratio, rice to liquid.
>
>Sorry you had a problem with it, Janet.
>
>Jill
Oh, I know all that. It's been a long time since I had to look up a
recipe for rice or for that matter for hummingbird food. I just
screwed up this morning. And did it again, And almost again. As I
said, multi tasking too many things this a.m.
Janet US

On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:18:14 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
>wrote:
>
>>
>>I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>>third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>>attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>>1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>>paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>>recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>>to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>>
>>Janet US
>
>1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
>liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
>water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
>essentially all liquid.

yes, I know. Sorry my post wasn't clear that I wasn't thinking.
Janet US

On Friday, July 1, 2016 at 1:18:21 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> >third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> >attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> >1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> >paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> >recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> >to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
> >
> >Janet US
>
> 1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
> liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
> water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
> essentially all liquid.

Depends, For my brown rice in large batches I use ABOUT 2.5 cups H2O for 1 cup brown rice. Comes out great every time. Oh, and about 2TBS Butter and 2tsps salt in the water, boil, then throw in the rice and cook covered for about an hour.

John Kuthe...

On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:28:46 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

> On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:18:14 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> >>third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> >>attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> >>1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> >>paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> >>recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> >>to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
> >>
> >>Janet US
> >
> >1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
> >liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
> >water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
> >essentially all liquid.
>
> yes, I know. Sorry my post wasn't clear that I wasn't thinking.
> Janet US

Sometimes I don't feel like measuring or guesstimating, so I use the
boil + steam method. This example is pretty close, except I put the
rice into cold water. Timing for regular rice is about 10 minutes to
boil and another 10 to steam. Don't remember who used that method
first, but it was either The Galloping Gourmet or The Frugal
Gourmet... and I'd pick Graham Kerr if I had to chose between them.
http://www.thekitchn.com/cooking-tip...method-f-62364

--

sf

On 7/1/2016 10:41 AM, Janet B wrote:
>
> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>
> Janet US
>

Don't be sad - you just invented congee!

On 2016-07-01 22:20:09 +0000, sf said:

> On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:28:46 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:18:14 -0400, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:41:13 -0600, Janet B >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>>>> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>>>> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>>>> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>>>> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>>>> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>>>> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>>>>
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> 1 cup rice to 2 shy cups water... for one cup of rice I use 14 ounces
>>> liquid. When adding veggies (onions, celery, tomatoes, etc.) I add
>>> water to the veggies to make 14 ounces of liquid. Raw veggies are
>>> essentially all liquid.
>>
>> yes, I know. Sorry my post wasn't clear that I wasn't thinking.
>> Janet US
>
> Sometimes I don't feel like measuring or guesstimating, so I use the
> boil + steam method. This example is pretty close, except I put the
> rice into cold water. Timing for regular rice is about 10 minutes to
> boil and another 10 to steam. Don't remember who used that method
> first, but it was either The Galloping Gourmet or The Frugal
> Gourmet... and I'd pick Graham Kerr if I had to chose between them.
> http://www.thekitchn.com/cooking-tip...method-f-62364

That's pretty intereting. If I didn't love my Zojurushi rice-cooker,
I'd try it.

Hell I may try it anyway!

On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 13:47:39 -0700, gtr > wrote:

> That's pretty intereting. If I didn't love my Zojurushi rice-cooker,
> I'd try it.

I have a rice cooker, but it doesn't live on the counter - so
sometimes it's just easier to make rice on the stove since I'm cooking
there anyway.

--

sf

On 2016-07-02 21:31:20 +0000, sf said:

> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 13:47:39 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
>> That's pretty intereting. If I didn't love my Zojurushi rice-cooker,
>> I'd try it.
>
> I have a rice cooker, but it doesn't live on the counter - so
> sometimes it's just easier to make rice on the stove since I'm cooking
> there anyway.

I guess that's one of the reasons we're so quick to use it--ours does
live on the counter.

In article >, Janet B
> wrote:

> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>

The things that I've done wrong in my life stand out. The things I've
done right are soon forgotten and not worth a story and remembrance. I
love to post my food screw-ups here. Well... until I burn the house
down.

leo

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, Janet B
> > wrote:
>
>> I just spent the morning cooking rice wrong. Twice and going on the
>> third time. By the second time I figured that I wasn't paying
>> attention and did it wrong the first time. So I carefully measured
>> 1/2 cup rice to 2 cups of water and set it on to cook again. Wallpaper
>> paste. What the heck? Then it dawned on me. The hummingbird food
>> recipe is 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water and rice is 1 cup of rice
>> to 2 cups of water. Arrgh! Old brain trying to multi task don't work
>>
>
> The things that I've done wrong in my life stand out. The things I've
> done right are soon forgotten and not worth a story and remembrance. I
> love to post my food screw-ups here. Well... until I burn the house
> down.

Oh dear ...

--
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On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 4:31:20 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 13:47:39 -0700, gtr > wrote:
>
> > That's pretty intereting. If I didn't love my Zojurushi rice-cooker,
> > I'd try it.
>
> I have a rice cooker, but it doesn't live on the counter - so
> sometimes it's just easier to make rice on the stove since I'm cooking
> there anyway.
>
> --
>
> sf

I have a rice cooker! It's also called a soup pot, and it has many uses. Your rice cooker?

John Kuthe....

John Kuthe wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 4:31:20 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 13:47:39 -0700, gtr > wrote:
> >
> > > That's pretty intereting. If I didn't love my Zojurushi
> > > rice-cooker, I'd try it.
> >
> > I have a rice cooker, but it doesn't live on the counter - so
> > sometimes it's just easier to make rice on the stove since I'm
> > cooking there anyway.
> >
> > --
> >
> > sf
>
> I have a rice cooker! It's also called a soup pot, and it has many
> uses. Your rice cooker?
>
> John Kuthe....

Ours is making rice for dinner and 2 steamed pork buns. The 'soup pot'
is making Gai Lan, Carrots, Mushrooms, Daikon in a chicken stock with
garlic. In a bit we steam salmon for the dogs up in the top part.

The usefulness of a rice maker is based on 2 things:

1- how often you make rice. If daily or near it, it is very useful.
2- how creative you are.

Sorry, but you do not come off as creative enough to even make juk in
one, much less steam in the top at the same time as making rice.

The pork buns are done and the salmon just went up in the steamer top,
a treat for the dogs. One just turned 14 so it's a sort of birthday
dinner