Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker works fine
for white rice but has no directions for brown.

TIA

Ken



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>Ken Knecht writes:
>
>Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
>microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
>experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker works fine
>for white rice but has no directions for brown.

Brown rice requires about three times as much cooking time as white rice...
I've nuked white rice but not brown... somehow I don't think brown rice will
microwave very well.


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In article >,
says...
> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker works fine
> for white rice but has no directions for brown.
>
> TIA
>
> Ken
>
If you have a rice cooker, try cooking the brown rice in it, using the
liquid/rice ratio that appears on the rice package. It's my
understanding that the way they work is to measure the amount of the
moisture in the pot and to shut off automatically when it's been
evaporated. As it will take longer for brown rice to cook, your cooker
should factor that additional cooking time in.

I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm mistaken.
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Donna Rose > wrote in
k.net:

> In article >,
> says...
>> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
>> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
>> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker
>> works fine for white rice but has no directions for brown.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Ken
>>
> If you have a rice cooker, try cooking the brown rice in it,
> using the liquid/rice ratio that appears on the rice
> package. It's my understanding that the way they work is to
> measure the amount of the moisture in the pot and to shut
> off automatically when it's been evaporated. As it will
> take longer for brown rice to cook, your cooker should
> factor that additional cooking time in.
>
> I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm
> mistaken.

I fear that I used the wrong words to describe my rice cooking
device. This is not a fancy electric cooker, just a plastic dish
with two lids that cooks rice in the microwave.



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> Ken Knecht writes:
>
>>Donna Rose wrote:
>>> kenkknot writes:
>>>
>>> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
>>> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
>>> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker
>>> works fine for white rice but has no directions for brown.
>>>
>> If you have a rice cooker, try cooking the brown rice in it,
>> using the liquid/rice ratio that appears on the rice
>> package. It's my understanding that the way they work is to
>> measure the amount of the moisture in the pot and to shut
>> off automatically when it's been evaporated. As it will
>> take longer for brown rice to cook, your cooker should
>> factor that additional cooking time in.
>>
>> I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm
>> mistaken.
>
>I fear that I used the wrong words to describe my rice cooking
>device. This is not a fancy electric cooker.

You said make rice in the microwave with a microwave rice cooker... you
couldn't have been clearer.


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In article >,
says...
> Donna Rose > wrote in
> k.net:
>
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
> >> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
> >> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker
> >> works fine for white rice but has no directions for brown.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> > If you have a rice cooker, try cooking the brown rice in it,
> > using the liquid/rice ratio that appears on the rice
> > package. It's my understanding that the way they work is to
> > measure the amount of the moisture in the pot and to shut
> > off automatically when it's been evaporated. As it will
> > take longer for brown rice to cook, your cooker should
> > factor that additional cooking time in.
> >
> > I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm
> > mistaken.
>
> I fear that I used the wrong words to describe my rice cooking
> device. This is not a fancy electric cooker, just a plastic dish
> with two lids that cooks rice in the microwave.
>
Oops! I misunderstood (or, more accurately, didn't read carefully
enough). In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Neverrrrrrrrrrrrr
mind!"
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Donna Rose wrote:

> Oops! I misunderstood (or, more accurately, didn't read carefully
> enough). In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Neverrrrrrrrrrrrr
> mind!"


Emily Litella.



Brian Rodenborn

Default User wrote:
> Donna Rose wrote:
>
>> Oops! I misunderstood (or, more accurately, didn't read carefully
>> enough). In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Neverrrrrrrrrrrrr
>> mind!"
>
>
> Emily Litella.
>
>
>
> Brian Rodenborn

Yeah, Roseanne would have been saying "If it's not one thing its another!"


God bless Gilda Radner for creating such memorable characters.

In article >,
lid says...
> Donna Rose wrote:
>
> > Oops! I misunderstood (or, more accurately, didn't read carefully
> > enough). In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Neverrrrrrrrrrrrr
> > mind!"
>
>
> Emily Litella.
>
Of course! Thanks for clearing that up.

In article >,
Ken Knecht > wrote:

> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker works fine
> for white rice but has no directions for brown.
>
> TIA
>
> Ken

I have a 700 watt MW. 2 cups water, pinch of salt, 1 cup rice. bring the
water and rice to a boil in the MW and then cook for 32 minutes at half
power. Let it sit for 5-10 and it's great.

In rec.food.cooking, Donna Rose > wrote:
> In article >,
> lid says...
> > Donna Rose wrote:
> >
> > > Oops! I misunderstood (or, more accurately, didn't read carefully
> > > enough). In the words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Neverrrrrrrrrrrrr
> > > mind!"
> >
> >
> > Emily Litella.
> >
> Of course! Thanks for clearing that up.

Shouldn't the appropriate response to this revelation be "Oh. Never
mind"?


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Tamzen Cannoy > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Ken Knecht > wrote:
>
>> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
>> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
>> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker
>> works fine for white rice but has no directions for brown.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Ken
>
> I have a 700 watt MW. 2 cups water, pinch of salt, 1 cup
> rice. bring the water and rice to a boil in the MW and then
> cook for 32 minutes at half power. Let it sit for 5-10 and
> it's great.
>

Ah, exactly what I wanted! I'll try it out this morning on an
excellent black beans and rice recipe my sister emailed me.
Thanks much!

Ken



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Ken Knecht wrote:
>
> >> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in the
> >> microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter? My
> >> experiments did not work very well. The MW rice cooker
> >> works fine for white rice but has no directions for brown.
>
> I fear that I used the wrong words to describe my rice cooking
> device. This is not a fancy electric cooker, just a plastic dish
> with two lids that cooks rice in the microwave.

Is it a hard plastic dish that almost looks like a small
pressure cooker without a lid? I had one like that made by
Viking at one point. It built up pressure to the point it
hissed as it steamed the rice. Worked fine but I never saw
another one in the store.

If you have one of those, the usual approach of using more
water and less rice will work just like in a regular pan.

If the dish is flat, maybe just use a thinner layer of brown
rice before adding the water.

(Doug Freyburger) wrote in
m:

> Ken Knecht wrote:
>>
>> >> Can someone give me directions for making brown rice in
>> >> the microwave? Or does the brand of rice cooker matter?
>> >> My experiments did not work very well. The MW rice
>> >> cooker works fine for white rice but has no directions
>> >> for brown.
>>
>> I fear that I used the wrong words to describe my rice
>> cooking device. This is not a fancy electric cooker, just a
>> plastic dish with two lids that cooks rice in the
>> microwave.
>
> Is it a hard plastic dish that almost looks like a small
> pressure cooker without a lid? I had one like that made by
> Viking at one point. It built up pressure to the point it
> hissed as it steamed the rice. Worked fine but I never saw
> another one in the store.
>
> If you have one of those, the usual approach of using more
> water and less rice will work just like in a regular pan.
>
> If the dish is flat, maybe just use a thinner layer of brown
> rice before adding the water.
>

I think ours are different. Mine has a lid with a hole in the
middle, and over that a solid lid that is clamped down by the
main pot's handles. I have no idea why two lids.

I tried it at 1:2 rice:water, boil first, and 32 min. at 50%
power. The rice was a bit underdone to my taste. But I like soft
rice and perhaps the brown doesn't get as soft as I think it
should. I noticed yesterday that the rice package says 1:2, boil
first, and 45 min at 30% power. I may try that next.

Ken


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In article >,
says...
> That reminds me. Has anyone ever found a way to make brown rice any
> quicker? What about pre-soaking or something. I much prefer the
> brown over the white, but I am just not willing to wait for it to
> cook, and I wont leave any cooking apparatus turned on when someone is
> not in the house, not even a crock pot. It's just too risky.
> I sure wish they'd make Minute Brown Rice.
>
>
Have you tried a pressure cooker? It's probably not worth purchasing one
if that's the only thing you'll do with it, but I find mine invaluable
for a host of things. I haven't tried it with rice, however, as I rarely
eat rice.
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>spamfree beeps:
>
>That reminds me. Has anyone ever found a way to make brown rice any
>quicker? What about pre-soaking or something. I much prefer the
>brown over the white, but I am just not willing to wait for it to
>cook, and I wont leave any cooking apparatus turned on when someone is
>not in the house, not even a crock pot. It's just too risky.
>I sure wish they'd make Minute Brown Rice.

You can make brown rice in a pressure cooker but hardly worth it unless you
need a large quantity.


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wrote in
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> On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:48:17 GMT, Donna Rose
> > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
says...
>>> That reminds me. Has anyone ever found a way to make brown rice any
>>> quicker? What about pre-soaking or something. I much prefer the
>>> brown over the white, but I am just not willing to wait for it to
>>> cook, and I wont leave any cooking apparatus turned on when someone
>>> is not in the house, not even a crock pot. It's just too risky.
>>> I sure wish they'd make Minute Brown Rice.
>>>
>>>
>>Have you tried a pressure cooker? It's probably not worth purchasing
>>one if that's the only thing you'll do with it, but I find mine
>>invaluable for a host of things. I haven't tried it with rice,
>>however, as I rarely eat rice.
>
> Actually i do have one and never used it. Its missing the little
> pressure thing that sits on top. I suppose they can be bought. How
> long would it take, and how do i know how much heat to use so it sont
> blowup. My mother had one of them blowup once. I was a little kid
> and i still remember the food all over the ceiling. I got put in bed
> in the middle of the afternoon. i think mom was real angry. She did
> use the pressure cooker after that though.

A quick search with Google will yield thousands of references for "brown
rice" "pressure cooker"


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In article >,
says...
> Actually i do have one and never used it. Its missing the little
> pressure thing that sits on top. I suppose they can be bought. How
> long would it take, and how do i know how much heat to use so it sont
> blowup. My mother had one of them blowup once. I was a little kid
> and i still remember the food all over the ceiling. I got put in bed
> in the middle of the afternoon. i think mom was real angry. She did
> use the pressure cooker after that though.
>
>
Yes, you can buy spare parts. If you no longer have a manual you might
try contacting the manufacturer and see if they have a copy. Many
manufacturers today have .pdf files of instruction booklets on their
websites.


Each pressure cooker comes with its own set of instructions - that's why
most recipes for pressure cooking will tell you to check the owner's
manual for specific cooking directions. Having said that, my booklet
says to cook brown rice at high power for 15 to 20 minutes, and long
grain rice on high power for 5 to 7 minutes.

Today's pressure cookers are much safer than those our mothers and
grandmothers used, although they should still be used with care.
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