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Bigbazza

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Aug 4, 2010, 9:28:51 PM8/4/10
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My daughter asked me today if she can re-use rice that she used to blind
bake a pastry..... I didn't know!..... Can the rice be re-used as a normal
rice dish?

Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

Catmandy (Sheryl)

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Aug 4, 2010, 9:36:09 PM8/4/10
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I wouldn't. It's probably gone stale from all the heating and
reheating and exposure to air.

John Kuthe

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Aug 4, 2010, 9:46:31 PM8/4/10
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It's be better than no rice. Try it and let us know.

John Kuthe...

Food Snob®

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Aug 4, 2010, 9:49:23 PM8/4/10
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White rice is so cheap that if in doubt, just toss it. Got those
cassettes safely to Smith-Lee this afternoon.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

Mark Thorson

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Aug 4, 2010, 10:04:48 PM8/4/10
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White rice is almost pure starch, so I don't see
what's going to go stale. If it's browned, though,
it won't be the same anymore. Who knows, it might
be better.

Bigbazza

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Aug 5, 2010, 4:31:32 AM8/5/10
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"Bigbazza" <bigb...@spamless.net> wrote in message
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Thanks for the input....My daughter decided to throw it out after
baking.....This will be interesting though.....It is the first time she has
made her own pastry, as she always have used frozen packet pastry...She has
made a couple of mushroom, etc quiche's for the dinner tonight...

Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

Bob Terwilliger

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Aug 5, 2010, 5:30:54 AM8/5/10
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Bigbazza wrote:

>> My daughter asked me today if she can re-use rice that she used to blind
>> bake a pastry..... I didn't know!..... Can the rice be re-used as a
>> normal rice dish?
>

> Thanks for the input....My daughter decided to throw it out after
> baking.....This will be interesting though.....It is the first time she
> has made her own pastry, as she always have used frozen packet
> pastry...She has made a couple of mushroom, etc quiche's for the dinner
> tonight...

I hope they turn out well! For future reference she didn't need to throw the
rice away: If nothing else, she could have used it to make pie shells in the
future. Many home cooks have a jar of beans which serve that purpose.

Bob

Giusi

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Aug 5, 2010, 9:51:24 AM8/5/10
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"Bigbazza" <bigb...@spamless.net> ha scritto nel messaggio > My daughter
asked me today if she can re-use rice that she used to blind
> bake a pastry..... I didn't know!..... Can the rice be re-used as a normal
> > rice dish?

I wouldn't, but I do wrap it in the foil it sat in and re-use it for
blindbaking. I try not to waste anything.


James Silverton

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Aug 5, 2010, 10:18:17 AM8/5/10
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It sounds like false economy. How much does rice cost? It's a bit like
reusing the rock or kosher salt on which I have baked salmon. I suppose
I might leave it in the oven during a cleaning cycle but still!

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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Giusi

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Aug 5, 2010, 10:33:11 AM8/5/10
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"James Silverton" <not.jim....@verizon.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Giusi wrote on Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:51:24 +0200:
>
>
>> "Bigbazza" <bigb...@spamless.net> ha scritto nel messaggio > My daughter
>> asked me today if she can re-use rice that she>> used to blind>>> bake a
>> pastry..... I didn't know!..... Can the rice be>>> re-used as a normal>>
>> >> rice dish?
>
>> I wouldn't, but I do wrap it in the foil it sat in and re-use it for >>
>> blindbaking. I try not to waste anything.
>
> It sounds like false economy. How much does rice cost? It's a bit like
> reusing the rock or kosher salt on which I have baked salmon. I suppose >
> I might leave it in the oven during a cleaning cycle but still!

I wouldn't do fish salt again, but I do use the salt I roast potatoes in
again. Where's the falsity? I am going to need that rice or those beans or
those 2 kilos of salt again, so it just sits in a sack untiol I want it.


sf

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Aug 5, 2010, 12:35:26 PM8/5/10
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:31:32 +1000, "Bigbazza" <bigb...@spamless.net>
wrote:
If she decides to continue making her own pie shells, give her some
inorganic pie weights on the next gift giving occasion.
<http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=11928781>
<http://www.freshlyforked.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/x550/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/P/i/Pie-weights.jpg>


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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

Kate Connally

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Aug 5, 2010, 1:02:06 PM8/5/10
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She could always save it and reuse it for blind baking if she's
going to do that on occasion. I used to have a bag of dried
beans I did that with.

Kate

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Cheryl

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Aug 5, 2010, 2:09:10 PM8/5/10
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Now I see what you guys are doing. Cassettes? Alert Homeland Security,
they're talking in code here!

sf

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Aug 5, 2010, 2:36:41 PM8/5/10
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:09:10 -0400, "Cheryl" <jlhs...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Now I see what you guys are doing. Cassettes? Alert Homeland Security,
> they're talking in code here!
>
I found this today -
http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=4477&cat=309&page=1

Nancy2

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Aug 5, 2010, 3:47:40 PM8/5/10
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On Aug 5, 11:35 am, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:31:32 +1000, "Bigbazza" <bigba...@spamless.net>
> wrote:
>
> > "Bigbazza" <bigba...@spamless.net> wrote in message

> >news:8buiej...@mid.individual.net...
> > > My daughter asked me today if she can re-use rice that she used to blind
> > > bake a pastry..... I didn't know!..... Can the rice be re-used as a normal
> > > rice dish?
>
> > > Bigbazza (Barry) Oz
>
> > Thanks for the input....My daughter decided to throw it out after
> > baking.....This will be interesting though.....It is the first time she has
> > made her own pastry, as she always have used frozen packet pastry...She has
> > made a couple of mushroom, etc quiche's for the dinner tonight...
>
> If she decides to continue making her own pie shells, give her some
> inorganic pie weights on the next gift giving occasion.
>


I just use cheap dried beans - they can be used forever for this
purpose, and they're cheap. I line the pie crust first with a
buttered or spray-oiled piece of baking parchment, though.

N.

gloria.p

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Aug 5, 2010, 3:58:02 PM8/5/10
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I think she's wise. Like dried beans used for blind baking, I imagine
rice would get hard and dry and take very long, wet cooking to be edible.

gloria p

gloria.p

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Aug 5, 2010, 4:00:41 PM8/5/10
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Bob Terwilliger wrote:

>
> I hope they turn out well! For future reference she didn't need to throw the
> rice away: If nothing else, she could have used it to make pie shells in the
> future. Many home cooks have a jar of beans which serve that purpose.
>
>
>
>


I have used beans and aluminum pie weights but am wondering if smooth,
well-washed pebbles (~1/2 inch to penny-size in diameter) wouldn't work
better. I usually have to dig some of the weights out of the baked dough.

gloria p

sf

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Aug 5, 2010, 4:02:15 PM8/5/10
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:47:40 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
<nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
>
> I just use cheap dried beans - they can be used forever for this
> purpose, and they're cheap. I line the pie crust first with a
> buttered or spray-oiled piece of baking parchment, though.
>
My thinking is if you're going to be storing them anyway, you might as
well use inorganic pie weights not varmint lures.

merryb

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Aug 5, 2010, 5:28:03 PM8/5/10
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Line with foil first, then remove when almost done...

Bob Terwilliger

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Aug 6, 2010, 1:09:37 AM8/6/10
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Gloria wrote:

>> Thanks for the input....My daughter decided to throw it out after baking.

<snip>


>
> I think she's wise. Like dried beans used for blind baking, I imagine
> rice would get hard and dry and take very long, wet cooking to be edible.

If you cooked it like "normal" rice that would possibly be the case, but
there are quite a number of Thai recipes in which you toast rice in a dry
pan until it browns, grind it, and sprinkle it on a dish as garnish. I'm
sure something like that could have been done.

Bob

Bob Terwilliger

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Aug 6, 2010, 1:13:50 AM8/6/10
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Gloria wrote:

> I have used beans and aluminum pie weights but am wondering if smooth,
> well-washed pebbles (~1/2 inch to penny-size in diameter) wouldn't work
> better. I usually have to dig some of the weights out of the baked dough.

As merryb noted, you can line the dough with foil or parchment to keep that
from happening. If you use pebbles, you ought to be sure of their mineral
content; you wouldn't want lead or arsenic in the pie! (Many of the rocks in
the Sierras contain either or both of those elements; I don't know about the
Rockies.) Come to think of it, sulphur is pretty common, too, and you
wouldn't want that on your dough.

Bob

Nancy2

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Aug 6, 2010, 11:54:03 AM8/6/10
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I never put anything "nekkid" into the pie crust - I always line it
with an oil-sprayed piece of baking parchment. There isn't any reason
you couldn't use pebbles.

N.

Nancy2

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Aug 6, 2010, 11:54:43 AM8/6/10
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On Aug 5, 3:02 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:47:40 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2<nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> > I just use cheap dried beans - they can be used forever for this
> > purpose, and they're cheap.  I line the pie crust first with a
> > buttered or spray-oiled piece of baking parchment, though.
>
> My thinking is if you're going to be storing them anyway, you might as
> well use inorganic pie weights not varmint lures.
>
> --
>
> Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

I've never had any varmints in my cupboards, ever. That's an odd
thing to say.

N.

sf

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Aug 6, 2010, 1:59:33 PM8/6/10
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:54:43 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
<nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:

> On Aug 5, 3:02 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:47:40 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2<nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > I just use cheap dried beans - they can be used forever for this
> > > purpose, and they're cheap.  I line the pie crust first with a
> > > buttered or spray-oiled piece of baking parchment, though.
> >
> > My thinking is if you're going to be storing them anyway, you might as
> > well use inorganic pie weights not varmint lures.
> >
>

> I've never had any varmints in my cupboards, ever. That's an odd
> thing to say.
>

Never had mice or bugs?

sf

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Aug 6, 2010, 2:00:57 PM8/6/10
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:54:03 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
<nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> I never put anything "nekkid" into the pie crust - I always line it
> with an oil-sprayed piece of baking parchment. There isn't any reason
> you couldn't use pebbles.
>

Why do you spray it? I use foil and the shortening in the crust is
all I need.

George Shirley

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Aug 6, 2010, 8:18:12 PM8/6/10
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We use glass marbles, purchased just for that job.

Leonard Blaisdell

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Aug 6, 2010, 11:09:26 PM8/6/10
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In article <D6KdnZK8Re_WO8HR...@giganews.com>,
George Shirley <gmsh...@suddenlink.net> wrote:

> We use glass marbles, purchased just for that job.

Yes, but can you reuse them to play, for instance, pots?

leo

sf

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Aug 6, 2010, 11:37:23 PM8/6/10
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You played marbles? Kids didn't by the time I was a kid. We tried
because our grandparents talked about it, but we didn't know what to
do. We just pretended.

Leonard Blaisdell

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Aug 7, 2010, 12:04:18 AM8/7/10
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In article <t4lp569vodk4sra3r...@4ax.com>,
sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:

> You played marbles? Kids didn't by the time I was a kid. We tried
> because our grandparents talked about it, but we didn't know what to
> do. We just pretended.

I played marbles poorly. I played mumblety-peg poorly. I was especially
poor at root-the-peg but always successfully rooted the peg out of the
ground with my teeth. I was poor at kick-the-can and am still looking
for the last SOBs I played hide-n-seek with. I wasn't too bad at Jacks.
Hmmmm.
Personally, I miss those games in today's culture. Oh, and yoyos.

leo

sf

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Aug 7, 2010, 1:29:06 AM8/7/10
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I was pretty good at hop scotch and Jacks... and I rocked at Red
Rover. :)

George Shirley

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Aug 7, 2010, 7:53:18 AM8/7/10
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Well sure, I never put my taw in the pie crust though.

George Shirley

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Aug 7, 2010, 7:55:11 AM8/7/10
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Ye Gods Leo, you must be as old as me. I played all those games with
great fervor and some skill, never had to root out the peg though, I was
always good with a knife. My BIL was a yo yo professional for Duncan in
the early fifties, he was a whiz. Of course he sucked at everything else
he ever tried.

brooklyn1

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