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Yeah, I'm no gourmet, but I do have cooking skills, and leftover rice has many possibilities of nom. If rice is dried out, it's quick and easy to re-steam. Also, if you want fried rice, ideally the rice should be at least a day old. Of course, this means the rice has to be cooked properly originally, which is where any over/undercooking factors in to integrity.
Sandinmygum wrote:
Kaelesh wrote:
Iron Chef Driftwood wrote:
I am doing something involving rice, but that can change if I find good reason. Why no rice?
Because rice is something that needs to be served right away or it's either dry, or over done.
A professional would know this sh*t. You don't cater any event with rice.
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Mussy rice (over done) is gross, hard (under cooked)/Dry (old) rice is never that good either.
However, a casserole that uses rice oddly (to me) taste good when there are mussy and dry parts.
if you absolutely have to have a carb of that consistency, then Orzo is easier to work with (and looks fancier IMO), just remember to add extra oil/butter and keep it warm or you'll end up with a block of pasta rather than a pilaf.
Edited, Jul 30th 2010 1:34pm by shintasama
Oh man, I'm so binging on food in the next hour after reading this thread.
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Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Oh man, I'm so binging on food in the next hour after reading this thread.
...I'm definitely gonna' talk the Mr. into taking me out to dinner tonight after this thread... seafood preferably... dungeness stuffed flounder with a crab bisque to start... NOM-NOM-NOM!
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appetizers are the best... bacon wrapped scallops, bruschetta on toast, marinated asparagus, crudite, brie, pate. they had food at my wedding and they packed picnic basket but we got not any of the good stuff and wound up at McD's Love the hubby for that - i was starving!!!
Kaelesh wrote:
Iron Chef Driftwood wrote:
I am doing something involving rice, but that can change if I find good reason. Why no rice?
Because rice is something that needs to be served right away or it's either dry, or over done.
You say this only because you're married to an Asian. I'm the exact same way. Ray knows that I don't eat rice that's even 6 hours old. I have to eat freshly cooked steamed rice. If it's old, it must be made into fried rice and eaten right then. I don't eat old fried rice. But then again, rice of any sort doesn't last very long in my household.
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Kaelesh wrote:
Iron Chef Driftwood wrote:
I am doing something involving rice, but that can change if I find good reason. Why no rice?
Because rice is something that needs to be served right away or it's either dry, or over done.
You say this only because you're married to an Asian. I'm the exact same way. Ray knows that I don't eat rice that's even 6 hours old. I have to eat freshly cooked steamed rice. If it's old, it must be made into fried rice and eaten right then. I don't eat old fried rice. But then again, rice of any sort doesn't last very long in my household.
So do I have some weird coffee thing that can be understood? I will not drink coffee if it is more than 20 minutes old (and that is pressing it).
eiran wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Kaelesh wrote:
Iron Chef Driftwood wrote:
I am doing something involving rice, but that can change if I find good reason. Why no rice?
Because rice is something that needs to be served right away or it's either dry, or over done.
You say this only because you're married to an Asian. I'm the exact same way. Ray knows that I don't eat rice that's even 6 hours old. I have to eat freshly cooked steamed rice. If it's old, it must be made into fried rice and eaten right then. I don't eat old fried rice. But then again, rice of any sort doesn't last very long in my household.
So do I have some weird coffee thing that can be understood? I will not drink coffee if it is more than 20 minutes old (and that is pressing it).
No, that just means you're a coffee expert. For certain connoisseurs, once the coffee has been on the burner too long and it takes on that bitter burnt taste, it's gotta go. I knew people that have to have the office coffee brewed once an hour. I'm almost positive that DSD would agree with you on this.
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
You say this only because you're married to an Asian.
No, I say it because I was a sous chef for 2 years. I've cooked a ton of parties.
Ok, ok, it's also because I'm married to a Korean. She takes her rice seriously yo.
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
eiran wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Kaelesh wrote:
Iron Chef Driftwood wrote:
I am doing something involving rice, but that can change if I find good reason. Why no rice?
Because rice is something that needs to be served right away or it's either dry, or over done.
You say this only because you're married to an Asian. I'm the exact same way. Ray knows that I don't eat rice that's even 6 hours old. I have to eat freshly cooked steamed rice. If it's old, it must be made into fried rice and eaten right then. I don't eat old fried rice. But then again, rice of any sort doesn't last very long in my household.
So do I have some weird coffee thing that can be understood? I will not drink coffee if it is more than 20 minutes old (and that is pressing it).
No, that just means you're a coffee expert. For certain connoisseurs, once the coffee has been on the burner too long and it takes on that bitter burnt taste, it's gotta go. I knew people that have to have the office coffee brewed once an hour. I'm almost positive that DSD would agree with you on this.
Seriously 20 minutes, I prefer 10...
eiran wrote:
Seriously 20 minutes, I prefer 10...
The obvious choice for you coffee snobs is to rock it cup by cup.
If I remember right, DSD got a Keurig coffee maker and has been in Nirvana ever since.
eiran wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
eiran wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Kaelesh wrote:
Iron Chef Driftwood wrote:
I am doing something involving rice, but that can change if I find good reason. Why no rice?
Because rice is something that needs to be served right away or it's either dry, or over done.
You say this only because you're married to an Asian. I'm the exact same way. Ray knows that I don't eat rice that's even 6 hours old. I have to eat freshly cooked steamed rice. If it's old, it must be made into fried rice and eaten right then. I don't eat old fried rice. But then again, rice of any sort doesn't last very long in my household.
So do I have some weird coffee thing that can be understood? I will not drink coffee if it is more than 20 minutes old (and that is pressing it).
No, that just means you're a coffee expert. For certain connoisseurs, once the coffee has been on the burner too long and it takes on that bitter burnt taste, it's gotta go. I knew people that have to have the office coffee brewed once an hour. I'm almost positive that DSD would agree with you on this.
Seriously 20 minutes, I prefer 10...
but I also prefer Turkish coffee or chai if it's available
If I have coffee, it has to be decaf since I'm so sensitive to caffeine. And it must be Filipino-style.
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Filipino-style.
Lady Bardalicious wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Filipino-style.
Lots of flavored cream with a dollop of coffee. Ray always asks if I would like some coffee with the cream I have in my cup.
If you can't float a horseshoe in your coffee, it's not strong enough.
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One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
Smoked salmon on toast points always good, spinach dip, bruschetta (did I already say that?), sweet and sour meatballs, pate, MINI QUICHES, marinated asparagus, brie and any cheese... I can go on. Mmmmm appetizers, my favorite way to eat.
I can tell you a quick and tasty appetizer but its not visually very pretty to look at. Take 1 block of cream cheese, 16 oz of Salsa, small can of Chili Peppers, and 1 cup grated Colby cheese. First warm the cream cheese up so it will blend better, about 1 minute in the microwave should be more then enough. Mix it all together and then chill for awhile. You can vary the spiciness of it as needed between the type of salsa and amount of chilies you use.
It tastes really good however it looks like vomit lol, so it might not work for your situation.
It tastes really good however it looks like vomit lol, so it might not work for your situation.
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I make my coffee one cup at a time, generally with a french press.
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For you Coffee people look into getting one of These. While I don't drink coffee Mom and some of her friends do, they may not be connoisseurs but I guess the last cup tastes just as good as the first.
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For you Coffee people look into getting one of These. While I don't drink coffee Mom and some of her friends do, they may not be connoisseurs but I guess the last cup tastes just as good as the first.
That is currently sitting on my kitchen counter. I haven't tested it past the 10 minute mark because I make the coffee and then drink my one massive cup. The hubby drinks it later, but he will drink old coffee.
About a year ago, when I started at this job, I had to make coffee, something I never had to really do before at a job. The first time I made coffe, I started stressing because the grounds were mixing in with the coffee for some reason (bad filters and crappy machine). I have now realized that I shouldn't have worried because these guys in the office will drink coffee 9 hours old.
With the right rice cooker you can get rice to last. Of course you have to recover from the heart attack after you find out how much your wife spent on said rice cooker.
Can you make beef stroganoff? I have made tons of it using a pressurer cooker and chuck roasts. Get chuck steaks if you are not comfortable triming that much meat or pressed for time. (Yes I know it isn't real stroganoff made that way.) Secret is you don't add the sour cream until right before serving it. It goes really well with made from scratch pasta.
Slow cooker chicken is good since after you get everything in the cooker you can go work on other dishes. Just remember to brown the chicken and saute the vegetables before adding them to the cooker.
Vegetarian go with a good layered ratatouille stuffed in a crepe.
Dinner rolls go well with the dishes to soak up juices from the above dishes.
My favorite multigrain bread follows
Soaker
.25oz wheat bran
.75oz oats
1oz quinoa or amaranth
2oz water
Dry
13.5oz bread flour
1.5oz brown sugar
.38oz salt
1Tbsp yeast
Wet
2oz cooked brown rice
1.5 oz honey
4oz buttermilk
water as needed say 6oz
Since you are a cook I will skip the mixing, proofing, window pane test, and just go to the roll into balls and cook at 350 until done around 20 minutes. If you are making loaf it would be 20min turn and then 20-40 min more. Make sure you cool them for at least an hour. Two hours for loaves.
Vegetables
Roma green beans are hard to ***** up and look fancy since they are different. (large flat green bean)
Broccoli, rice, and cheese casserole made from scratch is easy, tastes great and people remember it. If you are going to use canned soups with it then please don't make it.
Desert
In season betty's cobblers crips are all good. Make a couple of different fruit based ones. Coconut cake is easy to make. You can add some rum to the coconut cream soaker and make it a rum cake.
Can you make beef stroganoff? I have made tons of it using a pressurer cooker and chuck roasts. Get chuck steaks if you are not comfortable triming that much meat or pressed for time. (Yes I know it isn't real stroganoff made that way.) Secret is you don't add the sour cream until right before serving it. It goes really well with made from scratch pasta.
Slow cooker chicken is good since after you get everything in the cooker you can go work on other dishes. Just remember to brown the chicken and saute the vegetables before adding them to the cooker.
Vegetarian go with a good layered ratatouille stuffed in a crepe.
Dinner rolls go well with the dishes to soak up juices from the above dishes.
My favorite multigrain bread follows
Soaker
.25oz wheat bran
.75oz oats
1oz quinoa or amaranth
2oz water
Dry
13.5oz bread flour
1.5oz brown sugar
.38oz salt
1Tbsp yeast
Wet
2oz cooked brown rice
1.5 oz honey
4oz buttermilk
water as needed say 6oz
Since you are a cook I will skip the mixing, proofing, window pane test, and just go to the roll into balls and cook at 350 until done around 20 minutes. If you are making loaf it would be 20min turn and then 20-40 min more. Make sure you cool them for at least an hour. Two hours for loaves.
Vegetables
Roma green beans are hard to ***** up and look fancy since they are different. (large flat green bean)
Broccoli, rice, and cheese casserole made from scratch is easy, tastes great and people remember it. If you are going to use canned soups with it then please don't make it.
Desert
In season betty's cobblers crips are all good. Make a couple of different fruit based ones. Coconut cake is easy to make. You can add some rum to the coconut cream soaker and make it a rum cake.
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