Cooking Rice

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QGYNO 3 July 2012 Cooking Rice
Cooking high density foods or poor conductors of heat like grains, nuts and creamed foodstuffs, and some similar types of food is inconvenient using a pot on a burner, since the bottom of the pot is easily burned even with constant stirring.I use a make shift convenient double boiler for cooking many foodstuffs.The inner pot never touches the bottom of the outer pot, and there is always a layer of water between the cooking pot and the burner.It appears double boiler cooking has almost disappeared, since it is difficult to find a double boiler of old. I like rice but don’t believe a rice cooker does adequate cooking,especially on whole grain brown rice. There is a wide variety of rice sold, parboiled, white and probably with many nutrients removed in the processing, hence my choosing unadulterated brown rice. The outer surface of the inner cooking pot is just below boiling and the middle can be considerably lower in temperature, so stirring and mixing is necessary depending upon heat conductivity of the ingredients being cooked.

My processing method is to cook beforehand a large quantity of rice and rolled oats, which are a portion of my diet. The cooked product is stored in the refrigerator and some is frozen until required. For serving it is heated in the microwave. Annotated photographs depict the process.

[Horsea]

Parboiled is as nutritious as brown rice. Have you ever read about how they make it? It is interesting reading. I don't consider parboiled to be "refined" at all.

[Durgan]

Originally Posted by Horsea

Parboiled is as nutritious as brown rice. Have you ever read about how they make it? It is interesting reading. I don't consider parboiled to be "refined" at all.

whole grain brown rice has more nutrients than white rice because it maintains its germ and bran.

http://voices.yahoo.com/what-earth-p...ce-846447.html

http://www.foodsubs.com/Rice.html All you ever wanted to know about rice.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/84779-nutrients-rice/ FOOD NUTRIENTS IN RICE

[pepperhead212]

Originally Posted by Horsea

Parboiled is as nutritious as brown rice. Have you ever read about how they make it? It is interesting reading. I don't consider parboiled to be "refined" at all.

The Indians use parboiled a lot, and I got some parboiled basmati the last time I needed basmati. It is great! I have always parboiled when I want a non-sticky rice - my favorite rice to use in jambalaya - and now I have a very good flavored parboiled rice, as well.

If only they had parboiled jasmine rice...

[shadetree]

I was always under the impression that parboiled rice loses some of its nutrition.

[brenda70546]

rice cookers work great if if u use the right amount of water long grain brown and wild rice uses 2 1/2 cups water for 1 cup of rice ... short grain rice is 1 1/2 cups water to 1 cup of rice

[Maternut]

For a processed rice I would agree that cooking on a burner is not the best way, but if you cook rice by adding hot or boiling water to a baking pan and putting in the correct amount of rice you can seal the pan with plastic film and cover that with foil you can pop it in the oven for an hour at 375, one can add onions, garlic, celery, carrots, tomatoes and various herbs for flavor. It is a much more simple process than the typical stove top methods.

[LarryS]

Originally Posted by Allington

That's seems to be delicious. I want something more than that. Actually,
I came to know about a recipe made with rice for pomeranian dogs. I was wondering
that how dogs can eat grains. But its was real. I couldn't get the recipe and here looking
for it.
Does anyone know?

I dont know the specific one, but dogs certainly can eat cooked rice and it is
easy on their stomachs. Used to have a mini Schnauzer that would have bouts
with his tummy, and I fed him (according to Dr. George Luquette*, DVM) cooked
rice with a little milk and bits of COOKED egg (boiled egg...Never give them raw
eggs) You can add other things if you wish, like little bits of tender cooked chicken or meat.

Note: George was one heck of an animal doctor and worked at the Houston
Zoo until he became a lawyer some years later. He is no longer alive, having
been a victim of Houston morning traffic.

[MVNewf]

Originally Posted by bell002

The cooking rice is the very difficult task but the rice is very good for our health and our body, its include vitamin which is very necessary to our body and my health, and the rice is make to be the person strong and powerful.

Cooking rice is a "difficult task"...........cooking SPAM is much harder!!!!!!

[Hairy Moose Knuckles]

Making Spam fit to eat is even HARDER