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Originally Posted by sugarmamma  For the basic American palette that would be long grain enriched white rice. No variety specified. |
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Originally Posted by capt_noonie So that means Uncle Ben's or what? Put that on the list of foods I've never tried, along with peanut butter and jelly and key lime pie. |
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Originally Posted by sugarmamma The packaging always just says long grain enriched rice. Doesn't give a variety. But yes, like Uncle Ben's or Minute Rice.
And I understand you not having PB&J but you are really missing out on the Key Lime Pie! |
Long grain rice is "plain ole white rice" ...Americans tend to cook it with two cups of water to one cup rice. Hispanics cook it more often with a one to one ration of rice to water. My sil method is to put rice in rice cooker put water until it come upto first joint in finger when touching to the top of the rice. Of course it is most often mixed with beans.
Uncle bens and minute rice is either parboiled or precooked and dehydrated. "plain ole" white rice takes 20 minutes or so to cook... Instant rice more like 5.
I "learned" the difference when cooking for my ex sil who was from Japan. That is when I got a rice cooker! Couldn't live without one now
