Rice is ON! 9:15AM Brown rice in a cooking pot

[John Kuthe]

1 part brown rice
2.5 parts water
some salt and butter to taste

Bring to simmering boil for 30-45mins

Enjoy!

John Kuthe...

[Hank Rogers]

Yep, takes longer than white rice, but worth the wait.

[Cindy Hamilton]

If you say so. It has an astringent flavor that I don't care for. I
prefer white rice cooked without salt or butter. I'm always overruled
on that, so I usually eat it with salt and butter. Once in a while
we use sesame oil instead of butter. Either way, I often sprinkle
furikake on it.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 1:29:54 PM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 1:09:35 PM UTC-4, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> > John Kuthe wrote:
>
> > > 1 part brown rice
> > > 2.5 parts water
> > > some salt and butter to taste
> > >
> > > Bring to simmering boil for 30-45mins
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > >
> > > John Kuthe...
> > >
> >
> > Yep, takes longer than white rice, but worth the wait.
>
> If you say so. It has an astringent flavor that I don't care for.
>

> Cindy Hamilton
>
Heck, I always thought it was just me who thought brown rice was astringent.
Nobody else ever said anything about it so I just thought it was my taste
buds and just shied away from brown rice.

[Bruce]

Astringent? Maybe because of all the arsenic in American rice? I've
never had astringent brown rice.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Everybody's sensory equipment is different. Perhaps you are less sensitive
to that taste. Perhaps you enjoy it.

Cindy Hamilton

[Bruce]

Astringent makes you pull a face if it's strong. Brown rice doesn't
have that at all for me. It's not that I enjoy it.

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 07:19:46 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
<johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

>1 part brown rice
>2.5 parts water
>some salt and butter to taste

some salt and butter to taste??

[Cindy Hamilton]

I also find some aged cheeses astringent. It took me a long while to
warm up to Gruyere.

Cindy Hamilton

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 11:29:47 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:


>> Yep, takes longer than white rice, but worth the wait.
>
>If you say so. It has an astringent flavor that I don't care for.

I like several varieties of whole grain rice - but 'brown' rice isn't
one of them. Just can't get a good texture or flavour from it.
Riceberry is my favourite whole grain rice, and it also happens to be
the healthiest too.

[Bruce]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 13:09:06 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton

And you still don't like blue vein cheese, IIRC. I haven't yet met a
cheese I didn't like.

[Hank Rogers]

I like both types of rice occasionally, but end up using white
jasmine rice most of the time. Nothing in it as all mostly, but
sometimes a very small amount of gravy if there's any on the table.

[Hank Rogers]

Those goddamned americans find a way to ruin *everything* !!!

[Hank Rogers]

Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 13:09:06 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> <angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 3:59:11 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 12:28:19 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> <angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 2:59:16 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 11:49:03 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>>>>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Heck, I always thought it was just me who thought brown rice was astringent.
>>>>>> Nobody else ever said anything about it so I just thought it was my taste
>>>>>> buds and just shied away from brown rice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Astringent? Maybe because of all the arsenic in American rice? I've
>>>>> never had astringent brown rice.
>>>>
>>>> Everybody's sensory equipment is different. Perhaps you are less sensitive
>>>> to that taste. Perhaps you enjoy it.
>>>
>>> Astringent makes you pull a face if it's strong. Brown rice doesn't
>>> have that at all for me. It's not that I enjoy it.
>>
>> I also find some aged cheeses astringent. It took me a long while to
>> warm up to Gruyere.
>
> And you still don't like blue vein cheese, IIRC. I haven't yet met a
> cheese I didn't like.
>

Hows about *american* cheese Druce?

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 15:52:28 -0500, Hank Rogers <Nos...@invalid.com>
wrote:

What he really had in mind is dick cheese.

[Bruce]

Jebus, I don't know what I've done to you this time, but have fun.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 3:17:59 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> And you still don't like blue vein cheese, IIRC. I haven't yet met a
> cheese I didn't like.
>

Have you ever had smoked blue cheese? I made a mistake about two years
ago and picked up the wrong package. To me, it was terrible.

[Bruce]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:05:06 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
<itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:

No, I've never had it. It seems to me that they would be two overly
strong competing flavours. Is that why you didn't like it?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 6:25:20 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> No, I've never had it. It seems to me that they would be two overly
> strong competing flavours. Is that why you didn't like it?
>

I had bought blue cheese many times before I made that mistake and I
immediately wondered what was wrong. I choked it down then looked at
the package and saw "smoked." It was just overwhelmingly bad to me and
now I'm REALLY careful to make sure I don't get it again.

This past weekend I wanted to buy a package of Provolone and all they
had was smoked. I've never had it smoked but the blue cheese came to
mind so I opted for Swiss. It was a good choice!

[Hank Rogers]

I've had a couple of smoked cheeses (not bleu cheese).
I didn't care much for them. Some smoked chilies are pretty good
with mexican foods. Some lightly smoked fish are good.

I do like smoked dead pig, if it's not overdone.

Not everything has to be smoked.

[Bruce]

I've only ever had smoked Dutch cheese, which was ok. I know that I
don't like canned smoked fish very much. It's ok when I eat it, but
that smoky smells hangs around for hours.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 6:43:19 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> I've had a couple of smoked cheeses (not bleu cheese).
> I didn't care much for them. Some smoked chilies are pretty good
> with mexican foods. Some lightly smoked fish are good.
>
> I do like smoked dead pig, if it's not overdone.
>

Me, too!

>
> Not everything has to be smoked.
>

Agree.

[jmcquown]

I wouldn't add butter to the brown rice *while* it's cooking but that's
just me. Salt added to the water, yes. He's acting like he just
discovered something new. Oh wait, it is! Rice isn't part of his VSTD
meal! Did he give up on baked beans or garlic mashed potatoes as the base?

Jill

[Bruce]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 21:47:45 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Ask him. He's here.

[Hank Rogers]

<*SNIFF*>

[Pamela]

I draw the line a very low fat cottage cheese.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:46:24 +0100, Pamela <pamela...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Yes, it becomes a bit of a non event.

[Jeßus]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 21:47:45 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 8/4/2020 4:08 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 07:19:46 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 1 part brown rice
>>> 2.5 parts water
>>> some salt and butter to taste
>>
>> some salt and butter to taste??
>>
>I wouldn't add butter to the brown rice *while* it's cooking but that's
>just me. Salt added to the water, yes. He's acting like he just
>discovered something new.

Yes. He seems to think what's new to him is new to everyone else here.

> Oh wait, it is! Rice isn't part of his VSTD
>meal! Did he give up on baked beans or garlic mashed potatoes as the base?

I hope he bought American rice instead of that filthy communist rice.

[Leo]

On 2020 Aug 4, , Bruce wrote
(in article<ohgjifdeevis2lt5r...@4ax.com>):

> And you still don't like blue vein cheese, IIRC. I haven't yet met a
> cheese I didn't like.

If you eat Limburger cheese, you can eat raw sewage which smells better, and
you’re tougher than me.
I bought some Limburger and amontillado once to impress a date. We didn’t
eat the Limburger, and she avoided me thereafter. I blame the food.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 23:24:20 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

It's one of those cheeses that taste better than they smell. So don't
dilly-dally but eat!

[Jeßus]

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 23:24:20 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>If you eat Limburger cheese, you can eat raw sewage which smells better, and
>you’re tougher than me.

The only cheese that I couldn't take to. I bought some many years ago,
as I'd been wanting to try it. It was both runny and firm... and just
plain rank.

[Leo]

On 2020 Aug 5, , Bruce wrote
(in article<8u8nif5ubr3tic4ds...@4ax.com>):

> It's one of those cheeses that taste better than they smell. So don't
> dilly-dally but eat!

No! I’ve smelled cattle that have been dead for a month that smelled
similar to Limburger. Has anyone here eaten durian, Limburger and month-old
carrion as a meal? Or merely two of those at the same time?
I thought not.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:46:32 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

I've eaten durian. It was ok. Only problem was that the room smelled
of it for days after.

[Gary]

I saw it in the grocery store once and smelled it. I didn't buy
it. I've always wondered who was the very first person brave
enough to try it.

[Dave Smith]

I had one experience with Limburger and that was enough. A friend was
eating cheeses from a Christmas basket. He cut off a piece and handed to
me saying to try it. As I popped it into my mouth he had a strange look
on his face. I asked him what was wrong. As soon as I spoke I realized
what the problem was. It was the stink of the cheese we could smell when
we spoke. It was horrible.

[Taxed and Spent]

Sounds like just what we need these days, what with social distancing
and all.

[Bruce]

As the B-52's sing:

Why don't you dance with me?
I'm not no Limburger

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRuRKirloQ8>

[Bruce]

Clearly a Dutchman (don't call Limburgers Dutchmen to their face.)

[Hank Rogers]

Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:06:04 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>

>> "Jeßus" wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 23:24:20 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you eat Limburger cheese, you can eat raw sewage which smells better, and

>>>> you’re tougher than me.

>>>
>>> The only cheese that I couldn't take to. I bought some many years ago,
>>> as I'd been wanting to try it. It was both runny and firm... and just
>>> plain rank.
>>
>> I saw it in the grocery store once and smelled it. I didn't buy
>> it. I've always wondered who was the very first person brave
>> enough to try it.
>
> Clearly a Dutchman (don't call Limburgers Dutchmen to their face.)
>

That figures. May just be why the dutch are predisposed to butt
sniffing. A poor replacement for smelly cheese though.

Go forth, young Druce and sniff ass!

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:06:04 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

I would assume hungry people first tried it. Somebody's got to be
first, much like the discovery of using salt or spices to preserve
food.

[Hank Rogers]

Dutch were probably the first to embrace the rancid smell, and
ventured forth to eat the stinking stuff.

[cshenk]

Durian yes. Hot and sun warmed. I think with a Tiger beer? Some local
to the place beer at least.

Durian is a love it or hate it thing. Smells bad, tastes divine!

[Hank Rogers]

cshenk wrote:
> Leo wrote:
>
>> On 2020 Aug 5, , Bruce wrote
>> (in article<8u8nif5ubr3tic4ds...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>> It's one of those cheeses that taste better than they smell. So
>>> don't dilly-dally but eat!
>>

>> No! I’ve smelled cattle that have been dead for a month that smelled

>> similar to Limburger. Has anyone here eaten durian, Limburger and
>> month-old carrion as a meal? Or merely two of those at the same time?
>> I thought not.
>
> Durian yes. Hot and sun warmed. I think with a Tiger beer? Some local
> to the place beer at least.
>
> Durian is a love it or hate it thing. Smells bad, tastes divine!
>

Popeye found that same smell at the donkey shows in mexico, and
brought an old broad back to new york! Smells like a rotting
corpse, but perfect in a jewish neighborhood.

[jmcquown]

I couldn't bring myself to eat Durian. I hear it tastes quite sweet but
I couldn't get past the stench. My father brought home a small crock of
limburger cheese once. I couldn't bring myself to taste it.

Jill

[Jeßus]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 20:46:50 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On 8/6/2020 3:46 AM, Leo wrote:
>> On 2020 Aug 5, , Bruce wrote
>> (in article<8u8nif5ubr3tic4ds...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>> It's one of those cheeses that taste better than they smell. So don't
>>> dilly-dally but eat!
>>
>> No! I’ve smelled cattle that have been dead for a month that smelled
>> similar to Limburger. Has anyone here eaten durian, Limburger and month-old
>> carrion as a meal? Or merely two of those at the same time?
>> I thought not.
>>
>>
>I couldn't bring myself to eat Durian. I hear it tastes quite sweet but
>I couldn't get past the stench.

The smell has never bothered me. I love Durian, to me it's neither
sweet nor sour. I've found the quality can vary greatly though, and a
really good one is really something special.

>My father brought home a small crock of
>limburger cheese once. I couldn't bring myself to taste it.

I bought some to try, can't say I liked it.