Arborio Rice

[leleboo]

Currently being put to use in the attempt to dry out an iPhone that had an unfortunate encounter with a body of water.

Let's just say I don't have high hopes, but hey, at least it's getting the top-shelf treatment.

[KMango]

Currently being put to use in the attempt to dry out an iPhone that had an unfortunate encounter with a body of water.

Let's just say I don't have high hopes, but hey, at least it's getting the top-shelf treatment.

You'd think there'd be an app for that...

OK, back on topic...arborio rice. Could feature prominently in a slapstick scene on a sidewalk near you?

Also, pudding. OMG the pudding.

[lperry]

Currently being put to use in the attempt to dry out an iPhone that had an unfortunate encounter with a body of water.

Let's just say I don't have high hopes, but hey, at least it's getting the top-shelf treatment.

Got any kitty litter?

On topic - this thread reminded me of rice in salt shakers.

[leleboo]

And then, just to prove the electronics in my house are in cahoots and have sick senses of humor, my TiVo just recorded the Barefoot Contessa episode, "Cooking with Rice."

To be fair, I do kind of want to make rice pudding now.

[zoramargolis]

Got any kitty litter?

On topic - this thread reminded me of rice in salt shakers.

yeah, I was just thinking that minute rice would probably be more immediately absorbent than arborio. but kitty litter trumps that, she says, having spent the past 3 months dealing with 2 indoor cats and their respective litter boxes.

rice pudding is good, though. especially kheer, made with a little bit of rice and a lot of milk, on the stovetop. with cardamom and rosewater.

[leleboo]

rice pudding is good, though. especially kheer, made with a little bit of rice and a lot of milk, on the stovetop. with cardamom and rosewater.

Funnily enough, arborio was all I had. I now have acquired some long-grain rice, though -- the phone has transitioned.

No kitty litter. I think the dog would have my head if I had kitty litter around. :-)

Rice pudding is definitely on the menu this week. Not, of course, with any of the rice that has been doing phone duty. (Mmmm...apple-y...). Zora, I adore kheer, but I'm curious: do you think it would work with rice milk or almond milk? And I'm assuming basmati would be the grain of choice?

[zoramargolis]

I adore kheer, but I'm curious: do you think it would work with rice milk or almond milk? And I'm assuming basmati would be the grain of choice?

I've never experimented with long-cooking almond or rice milk, although I have succesfully substituted almond milk for part of the milk in pastry cream. Unless you absolutely can't stand the thought of having something you cook not turn out well, I'd say try it and see what happens. And let us know...

and yes, basmati is best, but if you don't have any, use what you've got.

[The Hersch]

Anybody make Marcella Hazan's rice with butter, cheese, and basil? It's in Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, which I'm too lazy to go pull off the shelf and open, but from memory, you boil arborio rice in plenty of salted water, then drain when done and add butter, then mozzarella, parmigiano, and basil. It makes a gooey, rich, luscious dish, of which I am completely in favor.

[Anna Blume]

I swear by British method of baked rice pudding. Heed sage advice of A Cook from Washington, D.C. and smack the smarty pants who basically said what I said only later in cute, perky manner that implies originality.