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1. • Mazz
   • My boss is having a loud argument on the phone with his wife about RICE and how he likes it cooked. He’s insane
   • [16:59 on 25/03/09]
2. • mamba
   • My favourite overheard conversation of the day:
     
     "My name is VAL not WAL"
     
     I hate Wal.
   • [17:05 on 25/03/09]
3. • Mazz
   • He tried to talk to me about it afterwards to justify himself. I just said "yeah" while staring at my screen. She should have told him to make his own fucking dinner.
   • [17:20 on 25/03/09]
4. • Donny
   • I been experimenting with trying to cook perfect fluffy rice. It's a touchy subject.
     
     Best way I've found so far is to cook it in the over in a pyrex dish covered tightly with tin foil and an inch of water above the rice (regardless how much rice there is).
     
     Seems to work pretty well.
     
     Chris, how do you do your rice. If you say in a rice cooker I will be seriously disappointed.
   • [08:40 on 27/03/09]
5. • bad admiral
   • he boils in the bag or microwaves in a pouch i bet
   • [09:00 on 27/03/09]
6. • Ollie
   • Those microwave pouches are really good actually, especially the Uncle Ben's ones.
   • [09:05 on 27/03/09]
7. • bad admiral
   • i agree...yum.
     
     i fucking hate cooking rice.
   • [09:12 on 27/03/09]
8. • alan
   • I think my rent quite randomly includes rice. I really should learn to cook it.
   • [09:34 on 27/03/09]
9. • Hopkins
   • Easy
     
     1 cup of rice that has been washed and rinsed loads
     2 cups, or twice the volume, of boiling water
     
     Into hot pan, bring to boil, lid on, put on lowest hob heat possible
     Leave for 12 minutes, take lid off, turn off heat, fluff up and leave for a few minutes. Perfect rice
   • [09:51 on 27/03/09]
10. • Donny
    • Cheers. Will try this tonight.
    • [12:15 on 27/03/09]
11. • ms tinnitus
    • haha, love this!
      
      I too have tried various methods - and the one Hopkins describes works best for me too.
      Trick is to wash the rice thoroughly, remove excess starch. I find it quite Therapeutic washing the rice... and yes, I've got to get a life.
      
      
    • [13:50 on 27/03/09]
12. • noone
    • same method as described for me but start with cold water and bring to boil.
      Once it's at the boil , reduce to like 1 or 2 and weigh the lid down with a heavy bowl and don't take it off for about 12 to 14.
      Use half water , half coconut milk and the juice of 2 limes for nice sticky coconut rice , maybe chuck some frozen peas in for the last 5 mins.
    • [15:12 on 27/03/09]
13. • Podge
    • ultimatekev says:

      Use half water, half coconut milk and the juice of 2 limes for nice sticky coconut rice, maybe chuck some frozen peas in for the last 5 mins.
      i like the sound of this.
    • [15:20 on 27/03/09]
14. • Hopkins
    • If you want it sticky, don't wash/rinse the rice as that extra starch is gold. But yeah, absorption method wins
    • [18:22 on 27/03/09]
15. • Donny
    • No fluff. Just a wet lump of rice.
      
      Fucking rice.
    • [20:42 on 27/03/09]
16. • Hopkins
    • Probably needed a few more minutes
    • [21:56 on 27/03/09]
17. • Laddeth
    • Donny says:

      No fluff. Just a wet lump of rice.
      
      Fucking rice.
      
      Are you using cheap rice? I've finally used up all the cheap rice I got that smelled like porridge oats while it was cooking and got some better (reads: more expensive) rice and its miles better.
      
      I'm with you chris, however I use the double rinse, DOUCHE!
      Once before cooking and then when its finished, I get the hot tap on full and rinse it again. This might only work though because my hot tap shoots out liquid fire.
    • [09:31 on 28/03/09]
18. • Mazz
    • Hopkins says:

      Easy
      
      1 cup of rice that has been washed and rinsed loads
      2 cups, or twice the volume, of boiling water
      
      Into hot pan, bring to boil, lid on, put on lowest hob heat possible
      Leave for 12 minutes, take lid off, turn off heat, fluff up and leave for a few minutes. Perfect rice
      
      
      ha ha. I was just going to put that. I leave it to for cook for 15 mins
      
      
    • [09:50 on 30/03/09]
19. • Kev Hit Drum
    • 1. Go to Tescos
      2. Purchase Uncle Bens Microwavable Rice - "perfect results in two minutes"
      3. Go home
      4. Put rice in microwave
      5. Program full power for 2 minutes
      6. Wait for two minutes, curse loudly
      7. Press "start" and then wait for another two minutes
      8. Burn hands on plastic wrapping
      9. Pour rice onto plate
      10. Take mouthful, gag, throw rice away. And the plate.
      11. Order chinese.
      
      
      [Edited by Kev Hit Drum at 11:55 on 30/03/09]
    • [11:54 on 30/03/09]
20. • Tim Holehouse
    • Always nice with Pea.
    • [12:18 on 30/03/09]

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