Before we even touch a stove — what's your rice situation?
Quick poll before week one. Do you currently: A) own a rice cooker, B) cook rice on the stovetop and feel fine about it, or C) avoid rice because it always comes out wrong. Be honest. This matters for how I plan the first lesson. Write your answer below, no wrong answer here, just curious.
B, but honestly a beat up rice cooker from a DI run. works great. no shame in secondhand appliances 😂
Bailey, zero shame, a DI rice cooker that still works is a win. Half my early kitchen was secondhand too!! If it holds temp and steams right, it's a keeper.
B, stovetop, forty plus years now! I never rinsed the rice till clear before this class, oh my heck, just dumped it in and went. Curious to see if Caroline's rinsing method Tuesday actually makes a difference or if it's one of those steps everybody insists on but doesn't change much.
Honestly C, and I am not proud of it. Kevin bought me a rice cooker two Christmases ago that I have used maybe four times. It always seems to either scorch or turn to porridge. No worries at all, I am hoping week two fixes me.
Dianna, four times in two years made me laugh, bless. rinsing really does help, promise.
Kristy, forty years stovetop and you're still asking good questions, that's the whole class right there! Honest answer: it changes more than people expect. You're rinsing off surface starch, so the grains cook separate instead of gluey. Not "insisted on for tradition", it's texture, plain and simple. Tuesday, do one batch rinsed and one not if you want proof. My mom made me do that exact side-by-side once. She was right.
Rinsed vs not side by side??? okay I'm SO trying that 😩
kyra same, doing the side by side saturday morning before liam and brody are up asking for cereal...
Kyra, do the side by side and report back, heck yes. I own a rice cooker and still cannot promise mine will behave either way.
Dianna, that's the spirit, report back either way. And honestly a rice cooker misbehaving usually just means the ratio's off, not you. We'll troubleshoot yours specifically this week, bring your exact model in your head.
B) stovetop, feel fine, mostly!! rice was a whole win the last week of class 😂 already miss tuesdays 😅
Bailey, "mostly" is doing a lot of honest work there and I respect it!! A win's a win. Keep tightening up the mostly at home, that's the whole assignment now!
C, avoid rice, it always comes out mushy or crunchy, never in between. Send help Caroline.