Text 2596, 103 rader
Skriven 2008-02-17 13:01:52 av Carol Shenkenberger (8568.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 2535 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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 >  > Just make sure you get Arborio rice and the box should have at least one 
 >  > on it.. if not, you probably have a number of them here in the echo (g).
 > 
 >  CS> Oh dear!  I phrased that wrong.  I dont want to make it, I want you to
 >  CS> make it and me to be a total 'eat'. {whimper- feed me!}
 > 
 >  CS> Even us cooks turn total 'eat' at times!


 > Especially when our health is taking a hit. (G)

That too!  Brown rice is healthy and easy for you to make just now.

 >  CS> It;s like if GA Ruth can make it this time, she HAS to make me her
 >  CS> brown rice or I will bug her the whole time, whimpering gently.  I do
 >  CS> not do brown at home and she needs to make some for me.
 >  CS> /me insists
 > 
 > If I get there--and right now, we're waiting on a date from Steve's
 > family to be confirmed--I will make brown rice in your rice cooker. I'll
 > bring up some rice too, probably not the blend I brought last year but
 > either straight brown or brown basmati.

Your call!  I'll happily try either one.  Oh, and I'd expect a brown rice to
be fairly separatist.  Thats ok when it's brown (nature makes it that way).

 >  CS> Basmati works on stove as well as rice maker.  Brown rice, not so well
 >  CS> in a rice maker so I seldom try but GA Ruth has the trick of it.
 > 
 > 
 > Basically, I do a bit over 2:1 liquid to rice ratio. Instead of 2 cups
 > of liquid I'll put in about 1/4-1/2 cup extra (not measured exactly).
 > Brown rice does not get all mushy like white rice; maybe you are
 > expecting it to.  It also has a much more complex taste, yet compliments
 > everything that goes with it.

More complext taste suits me and separatist is fine with that type <g>.

 >  CS> Oh I wanna play! I lack counter space and need for that top end gear
 >  CS> but it su re would be nice to see in action!
 > 
 >  > > Ohh!  I wanna come play at your house!  Think my Mom will let me?
 >  CS>  >
 >  > haha I hope so :)
 > 
 >  CS> DEpends! My Mom may be visiting same time. Yes, Mom is alive and well.
 >  CS> She;'s a spring chicken since she wont hit 80 til 2010.  Likes to
 >  CS> plant strange flower bulbs for the neighbors then snicker as they come
 >  CS> up.  Cool lady.
 > 
 > So bring your mom along. She would probably have fun at a gathering like
 > this.

I bet she would!  We'd need to stay in a hotel then.  (which we might do
anyways).

 >  > A lot of the cookbooks I have for chinese cooking use them to deep-fry, o
 >  > stir-fry.. well, you'll see all the cookbooks I have.. quite a collection
 >  > me a while to recover from that move from NY to KY where the Moving co. l
 >  > all my cookbooks back then.. but the list of books has recovered quite we
 >  > Anyway, when I don't use my Wok, I use one of my cast iron pots for
 >  > stir-frying.. it's nice to use for stir-frying as well.
 > 
 > 
 > I have a couple of woks; the larger one is the traditional round bottom
 > style, the smaller one is flat bottom.  Both are carbon steel.  I've not
 > used an electric one but I've read that they can't be heated as high as
 > what's needed to do a good stir fry.  Rachel got one as a wedding
 > present and, to be honest, it looked like a thin aluminum with a non
 > stick interior.  She has used it a few times but said that David doesn't
 > really like stir fry. He will eat Panda Express style Chinese; maybe she
 > just needs to get a better wok and some other recipes.

I can't remember for sure but I think Janice said she has a wok.  You'd be
flying up I presume?

 >  CS> Memory note for me, bring the fav of all time book of mine.  Hari
 >  CS> Kojima. It's not big, but I love that book.
 > 
 > How worn out is it? (G)

You will laugh!  Food stained with notes scribbled all in the margins.

 >  > > recipes unless I just make you up a big batch of stock.  If you want on
 >  > > all them organic meats and can save the bones, just eat up the meats th
 >  > > freeze the carcass bones til we get there. I believe 3 of us at least m
 >  > > our own stock as a common thing.  Perhaps Mloo could bring some annato 
 > 
 >  > Sounds good.  There should be plenty of chicken bones :)
 > 
 >  CS> Got a spare freezer if i recall?  Then yes!  Perhaps Mloo might be a
 >  CS> better stock maker and we let him use 'momma crock' to do it? I think
 >  CS> he's mostly used to stove top style but i can get him in the right
 >  CS> direction for
 >  CS> crockpot easy enough.  If he cant come, we kibitz it.
 > 
 > I usually do mine on the stove top.

Many do.  I tend more to the load and forget it for that.
                xxcarol
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