Rice Poll

niceness of rice-cooking typified by & at its apex w risotto making, btw

the endorphin-release elicited by watering plants, constantly, for an hour

i laziest on planet but vacuum pack individual rice packs? c'mooooon.

schlump otm re risotto making -- it's my favorite kind of cooking

What the microwave provides is uniform temperature water/steam, vs the gradients in a stovetop pan. But if like me you've struggled to get the pilaf like constency of Indian restaurant basmati (they use pressure steamers where the rice vessel doesn't directly contact the heat source), then the microwave is a godsend. That it saves a burner/pot for the accompanying dal or whatever is a bonus.

all I eat is brown rice from our rice cooker

hi
a question for ilx
could you / do you eat rice on its own
no accompaniments at all
regards

Yah, short or medium grain japonica

Has to be really good quality tho

I could for survival but I would not by choice, but I don't even know what "japonica" is, so.

i think in japan this would not be uncommon but i imagine they would have a drink with it
rice with no drink or just water would be too minimal but good rice with a drink is fine
if i had to spend £2 a week on food i would probably just eat rice though

Yes. Not for an entire meal, but yes, sometimes as a plain dish of its own, with perhaps a side veg + some fish. Must be good quality rice, as noted above. I find that a brown rice works better as an unvarnished plain dish than polished, white rice. More tooth & a nutty flavor of its own.

lol you bring in fish you are disqualified, might as well have a rib of beef and a crate of champagne with it

i do this sometimes

why is "brown" its own option? brown rice does rule though

man, aero really doing some important work in this thread

i think brown is its own option, even if it also identifies as basmati
i can't imagine voting brown other than as an act of aspirational self-improvement but it's nice to feel like it's in reach, nice to see it presented as viably everyday by the internet

&: yeah slyly complementing your rice with anything is not answering the question 'do you eat rice on its own', but, if any concession can be made - like, adding uncooked red or green onion, adding sumac or spices, &c - then i have probably had some pretty bare rice plates

On its own with Maggi liquid seasoning

dash of cumin or something

brown rice is tasty, don't see the ish with it. wdn't eat it by itself for jollies, tins of e.g. kidney beans can be had for pennies too if you're doing the austerity diet

I eat bowls of plain white rice as a snack sometimes.

As noted above, beans & rice is tastier and more nutritious than plain rice.

It does sound as if nakh is not in funds atm. Ben Jonson, in Drummond of Hawthornden's book of table talk, said he 'did often eat his library', meaning selling his books to afford food. If it was good enough for Ben...

Having sold my books in the past, the exchange rate for food would blow goats.

can't believe this wasn't posted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKJ7uGNeIZ4

does rice with soy sauce count as rice on its own important question

no condiments!

and no it's not sudden parsimony but i) i don't really cook and ii) i tend towards the minimal in food anyway and iii) i used to have a weakness for tilda pure basmati microwave rice, therefore i have had plain rice quite a lot in the past, although not so much recently

it's in rice's favour that it can be eaten on its own without condiments, i would probably choose potatoes over rice nowadays but i couldn't eat potatoes on their own without butter and salt

you're doing this on purpose to wind me up now

then my answer is yes but rarely, if good soy sauce was an option it would be all the damn time

i have had plain rice quite a lot in the past

So, your making this query was intended to gauge the exact degree of your own peculiarity? A noble endeavor that should be undertaken more frequently by all!

guys I mixed a little mirin in with my rice and then ate a big old bowl of rice with avocado slices in it a while ago and it was so good

^^ postings by people who have figured out how to live

sounds like it xp

damn son.

Between the toast thread and mh talking about avocado in this one, I was reminded of the (Alton Brown?) recipe of mashed avocado and sardines on toasted sourdough, and now that's what I really want.

tinned sardines in olive oil on their own is another minimal food tour de force

My friend who worked in Japan for three years said the best rice he had ever had was fresh grown japonica, around harvest season

Most of the domestic, high quality rice isn't exported at all, if you find any it's usually at a high price

A bowl of rice will cost at least $5 but what a bowl

if i had rice that was just okay and wanted to eat it plain, boil it into porridge, maybe add salt or not

Side-note: I was in Seoul earlier this year and even though our tour guide only brought us to low-end places each place we went to had really good rice in metal bowls

mashed avocado and sardines on toasted sourdough, and now that's what I really want.

...and it was perfect, really hit the spot.

btw i made risotto tonight

what kind?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/health/nutrition/19recipehealth.html

v easy to make, came out pretty well

Polishing off a bowl of straight up congee right now. No fucks given

rice cookers are amazing, would love to hear some cool rice cooker recipes. My current default one is basically equal grams of basmati rice to ml water ratio then add sauteed cabbage/onions/bell peppers/brocolli/ginger garlic/chillis and spices and oil. Then just leave that thing doing it's work for 30 mins plus.

use it to put anything else but rice in it.

ricist!

fp’d for ricism

Damn it xp

Would also be interested in non-rice meal uses for a rice cooker!

my mom always puts a yam/sweet potato in it with the rice

do you mean just to sweat in there with the rice? that sounds like a good idea.

to cook it ( i think she cuts it into chunks first)and have it for the nutrition.