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To think rice manufacturers should tell the truth

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Partypoppers · 30/03/2024 19:38

Boiling some rice. Says 10 mins. It's been on a boil for 20 and still not done. FFS this is why I buy microwave rice. Just needed to rant. They lie on the packets

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haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 30/03/2024 21:17

Bumpinthenight · 30/03/2024 21:13

Nope!

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It will be full of arsenic

Meowandthen · 30/03/2024 21:15

People actually choose to eat that pre-cooked rice that you microwave? I tried some once and it was disgusting. Far better and cheaper to cook your own.

Londonscallingme · 30/03/2024 21:14

Ourshoddyhouse · 30/03/2024 19:41

Add oven chips to that OP

i'm with you on this.

Bumpinthenight · 30/03/2024 21:13

WittiestUsernameEver · 30/03/2024 20:55

You don't wash your rice???

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Nope!

PonyPatter44 · 30/03/2024 21:02

I've now read the word arsenic so many times it has lost all meaning. How have India and China got to billion+ populations if they're all dying from arsenic poisoning?

I buy rice in the big 5kg or 10kg bags because we eat a LOT of rice. The bag just goes in the cupboard. I cook it in the steamer because it's easy and I never mess it up. If I cook too much, what we don't eat just goes in the freezer and gets used for fried rice.

MaybeDonkey · 30/03/2024 21:01

No problem with rice and to the person worrying about hoiking big bags of rice up onto the counter, you don't, you use a mug and scoop it out. The Really Useful Company make big storage boxes that are food safe.

If we are talking oven chips, then they are swines, more swinish than rice. Never brown within the allotted time, in fact some never brown at all.

Kalevala · 30/03/2024 20:58

Jc2001 · 30/03/2024 20:56

I never understood why these are necessary. Microwave bowl, cup of rice, cup and a bit of water. Microwave for 14 mins. Done.

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14 minutes at what wattage?

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 30/03/2024 20:58

Jc2001 · 30/03/2024 20:56

I never understood why these are necessary. Microwave bowl, cup of rice, cup and a bit of water. Microwave for 14 mins. Done.

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Your rice will reabsorb the arsenic

Jc2001 · 30/03/2024 20:56

Summerhillsquare · 30/03/2024 19:41

A million people will now pile on to say get a rice cooker...but seriously, get a rice cooker 😄

I never understood why these are necessary. Microwave bowl, cup of rice, cup and a bit of water. Microwave for 14 mins. Done.

mitogoshi · 30/03/2024 20:55

@soupfiend

We get through a 5kg bag brown rice in 2-3 months, well worth buying in bulk

Mrssheepskin · 30/03/2024 20:55

Crumpleton · 30/03/2024 20:23

Mine always ended up looking like a sugar puff...gave up buying it.

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I bought it once to try and be healthier thinking it was like white rice. Ruined our dinner as took bloody ages to cook which I didn’t realise so I chucked it and never bought it again 😆

WittiestUsernameEver · 30/03/2024 20:55

Bumpinthenight · 30/03/2024 20:45

I do the Delia method.

Vegetable oil to fry off one mug of rice. Two mugs of boiling water and leave.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/easy-entertaining/how-to-cook-perfect-rice%3famp

You don't wash your rice???

AdoraBell · 30/03/2024 20:54

It’s never taken 20 minutes this cook white rice for me. Is the rice you are cooking white or brown rice OP

TooBigForMyBoots · 30/03/2024 20:53

YANBU OP.

See also frozen chips or any other potato cooked in the oven.Hmm

WittiestUsernameEver · 30/03/2024 20:52

IcouldbutIdontwantto · 30/03/2024 20:11

I always read these threads and wonder if my rice is actually bad - I just boil some water, plonk rice in, leave to simmer for the amount of time on the packet (stirring occasionally), drain, eat. Always turns out fine 🤷‍♀️

If your rice is wet when it's cooked... You've fucked up. /Uncle Roger.

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 30/03/2024 20:51

mitogoshi · 30/03/2024 20:51

Brown rice is best cooked in a pressure cooker

Brown rice is high in arsenic

mitogoshi · 30/03/2024 20:51

Brown rice is best cooked in a pressure cooker

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 30/03/2024 20:49

TroysMammy · 30/03/2024 20:35

Microwave pouch rice contains oil and other stuff. Rice cooked on the hob contains ...

Arsenic

mitogoshi · 30/03/2024 20:49

Rice takes 10 minutes once boiling, then turn off the heat and let it steam for at least 5 minutes (or use a rice cooker.)

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 30/03/2024 20:48

MereDintofPandiculation · 30/03/2024 20:38

Rice in layer at bottom of pan, water to twice the depth, bring to boil and simmer until there’s no water layer above the rice, turn heat off and put lid on. Leave till all water absorbed. Works for me every time. And it doesn't take 20mins.

It reabsorbs all the arsenic that way

haveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain · 30/03/2024 20:47
  1. Soak your rice overnight – this opens up the grain and allows the arsenic to escape
  2. Drain the rice and rinse thoroughly with fresh water
  3. For every part rice add five parts water and cook until the rice is tender – do not allow it to boil dry.
  4. Drain the rice and rinse again with hot water to get rid of the last of the cooking water.
  5. Serve your reduced-arsenic rice – it’s as simple as that!

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2F1MDzyW55pg97Tdpp7gqLN/should-i-be-concerned-about-arsenic-in-my-rice#:~:text=cancer%20in%20humans.-,Levels%20of%20arsenic%20in%20rice,arsenic%20than%20other%20cereal%20crops.

susiedaisy1912 · 30/03/2024 20:43

I have a microwave rice cooker it's fab. Rinse the rice several times before cooking

CorvusPurpureus · 30/03/2024 20:43

One mug rice into two mugs boiling salted water, 7 minutes (cover, turn it down so it doesn't boil over).

Another 7 minutes off the heat. Sorted.

I had a rice cooker & it was great, to be fair, but I haven't felt the need to replace it once it went to Silicon Heaven.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 30/03/2024 20:42

TroysMammy · 30/03/2024 20:35

Microwave pouch rice contains oil and other stuff. Rice cooked on the hob contains ...

And it comes in a plastic pouch and it's extremely expensive.

I wouldn't have a rice cooker as I don't cook rice every day and it would just take up space. I cook basmati rice the way @MereDintofPandiculation describes and it always turns out fine.