Let's talk Rice..part 2

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by jadabug

Yum that sounds so good and just a little bit nasty

^^^ so does that!!

[jadabug]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

^^^ so does that!!

[Ahis_Mama]

This is one of my faves! As you know rice in Hawaii is a staple. It's like how the mainland loves their potatoes.

Gandule Rice Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Gandule rice can be made many ways. My Puerto Rican friend and neighbor makes THE BEST rice!

[jadabug]

Originally Posted by Ahis_Mama

This is one of my faves! As you know rice in Hawaii is a staple. It's like how the mainland loves their potatoes.

Gandule Rice Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Gandule rice can be made many ways. My Puerto Rican friend and neighbor makes THE BEST rice!

OMG that looks and sounds so good!! I doubt I could find several of the ingredients here in my little corner of the world though I couldn't even find fresh ginger yesterday

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by Ahis_Mama

This is one of my faves! As you know rice in Hawaii is a staple. It's like how the mainland loves their potatoes.

Gandule Rice Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Gandule rice can be made many ways. My Puerto Rican friend and neighbor makes THE BEST rice!

That looks delicious, Roni! Thanks! Another recipe to try out this weekend

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by jadabug

OMG that looks and sounds so good!! I doubt I could find several of the ingredients here in my little corner of the world though I couldn't even find fresh ginger yesterday

I'm pretty sure you could find all of those ingredients, with a little guidance

Most should be simple to find


Calrose rice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Ahis_Mama]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

That is exactly my method for "measuring" out the liquid.

LOL measuring up to the finger line is the way we are taught. I don't know any other way. But we use medium grain rice here. Also I love Jasmine rice it smells and tastes so devine!

Originally Posted by jadabug

Yum that sounds so good and just a little bit nasty

rofl

Originally Posted by jadabug

OMG that looks and sounds so good!! I doubt I could find several of the ingredients here in my little corner of the world though I couldn't even find fresh ginger yesterday

Is fresh ginger that hard to find there? I love the young ginger better than the old. Softer and not as fibery. Some people even grow it in their back yard. We even wash our hair with the Awapuhi (pronounced A-VA-POO-HE) Hawaiian ginger. It smells so good!

[jadabug]

Originally Posted by Ahis_Mama

LOL measuring up to the finger line is the way we are taught. I don't know any other way. But we use medium grain rice here. Also I love Jasmine rice it smells and tastes so devine!



rofl



Is fresh ginger that hard to find there? I love the young ginger better than the old. Softer and not as fibery. Some people even grow it in their back yard. We even wash our hair with the Awapuhi (pronounced A-VA-POO-HE) Hawaiian ginger. It smells so good!

How can you tell if it is young or old?? The size of the root?

[Ahis_Mama]

The skin on young ginger is much thinner. And the ginger flavor I would say is not as strong but still strong enough. Plus if you ever grated ginger you would know the difference. Older ginger is more dry also and harder to grate. Here are the comparisons on looks. Young vs. old. lol

[jadabug]

Originally Posted by Ahis_Mama

The skin on young ginger is much thinner. And the ginger flavor I would say is not as strong but still strong enough. Plus if you ever grated ginger you would know the difference. Older ginger is more dry also and harder to grate. Here are the comparisons on looks. Young vs. old. lol

The picture on the left looks like most ginger I have ever seen in the markets here. I am looking tomorrow at a different store. I know our markets carry it, because I have seen it before, just never bought any.

[capt_noonie]

Younger ginger is more yellow, and older is more brown. Funny this is over here, most at the markets we have are old.

[sugarmamma]

I totally forgot to update this before. When I went to Miami to visit Shinja and Priscilla and meet Dinolover, Shinja had arranges Shri Lankan cooking lessons for us

Anyway, Sharone had many new types of rice to introduce us to! One being BLACK RICE (no, not wild rice, it was just black rice). She also had red rice and Florida rice ~ who knew???!!!