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To think no one seems to know what ground rice is?!!!!

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SlB09 · 01/09/2024 22:40

So I LOVE a ground rice pudding, ground rice biscuits etc but whenever I mention this or someone sees me eating eat they literally have never heard of it! I'm from N Yorkshire, it is a regional thing?!!! I just thought it was a 'thing', seems not!!!

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Potaytocrisps · 02/09/2024 00:01

Never heard of it, I grew up in NI and southern England. Would be happy to try it especially if made by someone who is good at it. Have had many iffy rice pudding dishes…

Talipesmum · 01/09/2024 23:58

I’ve never heard of it outside of Indian rice pudding type dishes with cardamom, rose water etc. I had that for the first time at a friends house when I was 18 and begged a portion to take home to my massive-rice-pudding-fan mum. We would have “normal” rice pudding loads but never heard of ground rice pudding. Grew up in Manchester and mum from midlands (and a gigantic milky puddings fan, and I’m pretty sure she never had it as a “thing”)

Renamed · 01/09/2024 23:57

PickAChew · 01/09/2024 22:56

It's very much a 70s thing, like tapioca (yum) sago (hmm) and semolina (bleurgh)

And now costs a bloody fortune as it's sold mostly as gluten free.

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Really, 70s? I would have placed them 1930s (when more people started to get stoves, I think) and versions much much earlier than that.. I am sure Hannah Glasse has a recipe… (goes to check)

Justwantosay · 01/09/2024 23:50

I used to love ground rice pudding growing up! Either with a dollop of jam or controversially, that chocolate sauce you put on ice cream.

Dencar · 01/09/2024 23:26

It’s a thing!!
Our shortbread recipes growing up in Australia were made with ground rice. Tastes so different to short bread made with flour.

MrsAvocet · 01/09/2024 23:16

We used to have a ground rice pudding called Creamola when I was a kid. (NW England) It was yellow, so I guess it contained custard powder too. It was a staple in our house in the 70s/early 80s and I absolutely loved it. I have searched for it to no avail since then - I don't think they make it anymore.

Lilyhatesjaz · 01/09/2024 23:11

My mum used to use ground rice.
In the south west, no not just a North of England thing

PickAChew · 01/09/2024 23:11

There are recipes out there for brown rice pudding but I would want to parboil it for 10-15 minutes, first, to soften the husk.

MiaFeysImprobableBosom · 01/09/2024 23:11

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 23:03

So while all the retro rice experts are assembled, is there any brown rice version of pudding rice, please?

Pudding rice isn't a specific variety, it's just any shortgrain rice being sold as pudding rice. So any brown shortgrain rice could, I suppose, be considered brown pudding rice, but I bet it would cook very differently and the texture would come out a bit strange. Chewy or something.

Pixiedust1234 · 01/09/2024 23:11

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 23:03

So while all the retro rice experts are assembled, is there any brown rice version of pudding rice, please?

Put in google - rice pudding with brown rice. Loads of webpages come up. Can't vouch for any of them as I was raised a semolina or bread n butter pudding gal.

bestbefore · 01/09/2024 23:10

My mum used to make it, delicious with a massive spoon of jam on top!

MiaFeysImprobableBosom · 01/09/2024 23:09

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 22:58

Flaked Rice Pudding

So pretty 😍

https://thericechick.com/flaked-rice-pudding/

So many American rice pudding recipes seem to have egg in them, like that one. It's probably really nice, maybe kind of custardy? but I've never eaten a British rice pudding that had egg in it, so I'm guessing the egg version would just taste somehow wrong to me 😅 Also many American recipes seem to be stovetop-only (no lovely skin! Grin) or using precooked rice (the texture has to end up pretty different, I'd think) or both. I guess stovetop could still turn out pretty nice, maybe more like the tinned RP experience… I suppose that either our rice pudding cultures originated somewhat separately, or they've diverged at some point.

helloisitmeyourelookingfor · 01/09/2024 23:08

Ground rice tarts -absolute classic

Essentially jam tarts with a sponge mix on top made using ground rice

Lovely hot with custard or cold with a cuppa

Kirstyshine · 01/09/2024 23:07

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 23:03

So while all the retro rice experts are assembled, is there any brown rice version of pudding rice, please?

I bought brown arborio for risottos once, and we were all very pleased when we finished the bag. It just wasn’t the same. I wouldn’t bother.

Bemusedandconfusedagain · 01/09/2024 23:06

Grew up in the SE. I had no idea such a thing existed.

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 23:03

So while all the retro rice experts are assembled, is there any brown rice version of pudding rice, please?

Thistooshallpass24 · 01/09/2024 23:03

@SlB09 eaten with a dollop of jam?

Petitchat · 01/09/2024 23:02

Is it the same as baby rice? That must be ground rice?

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 23:00

MiaFeysImprobableBosom · 01/09/2024 22:58

It's rice pudding, but rather than whole polished rice grains, I think it's made with squashed rice grains, a bit like rolled oats maybe? It's quicker to make than ordinary rice pudding, but not as unpleasantly mealy-textured as ground rice pudding.

IMO, of course.

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Wow. Life-changing stuff. I would have homemade rice pudding every day for breakfast if it didn't take so long to cook.

Thank you very much!

EsmaCannonball · 01/09/2024 23:00

It's very much something my mum would buy circa 1979.

PickAChew · 01/09/2024 23:00

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 22:56

Flaked rice pudding, @MiaFeysImprobableBosom ?

What's that?

This is the best Sunday night ever.

Quicker than whole rice, mostly and very sticky and slimy without the unctuousness of ground rice.

hellywelly3 · 01/09/2024 22:59

Never heard of it, I’m in North Yorkshire

MiaFeysImprobableBosom · 01/09/2024 22:58

Oftenaddled · 01/09/2024 22:56

Flaked rice pudding, @MiaFeysImprobableBosom ?

What's that?

This is the best Sunday night ever.

It's rice pudding, but rather than whole polished rice grains, I think it's made with squashed rice grains, a bit like rolled oats maybe? It's quicker to make than ordinary rice pudding, but not as unpleasantly mealy-textured as ground rice pudding.

IMO, of course.

PickAChew · 01/09/2024 22:56

It's very much a 70s thing, like tapioca (yum) sago (hmm) and semolina (bleurgh)

And now costs a bloody fortune as it's sold mostly as gluten free.