moonpiedumplings@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoWhat's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they?message-squaremessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWhy do people wash rice? Never really bothered with it. 2:1 usually works pretty nicely, get the water boiling add the rice and put it on low. Come back when ready. Or like 4-5 to 1 with milk and have it as rice pudding/porridge.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoWashing rice makes the final texture better. Unwashed rice has a coating of starch that causes the grains to stick together in a gooey mess.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNever really found it gets gooey unless I stir it lots.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, gooey is the wrong word. I was trying to avoid using sticky twice in one sentence and chose… poorly.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWashing the rice reduces the starchiness which makes it less sticky.
Why do people wash rice? Never really bothered with it. 2:1 usually works pretty nicely, get the water boiling add the rice and put it on low. Come back when ready.
Or like 4-5 to 1 with milk and have it as rice pudding/porridge.
Washing rice makes the final texture better. Unwashed rice has a coating of starch that causes the grains to stick together in a gooey mess.
Never really found it gets gooey unless I stir it lots.
Yeah, gooey is the wrong word. I was trying to avoid using sticky twice in one sentence and chose… poorly.
Washing the rice reduces the starchiness which makes it less sticky.