Donna & Tully I made Yellow Submarine Soup hi Tully

[Guest guest]

It was enjoyed even on a hot day like today. It was 88 here today, but

getting down to 68 tonight. You know me, I love soup year around. Thanks

for sharing this great recipe. It sure doing no prep time much at

all........... So good.

 

Oh Tully remember and rinse your Basamti rice before you cook. Just wanted

to pass on that special tip about that rice in case you didn't know about

it.

 

Judy

 

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<thelilacflower

" Vegetarian Group "

Sunday, October 07, 2007 2:37 PM

Re: Judy Re: I made Yellow Submarine Soup hi

Tully

 

 

> Happy you enjoyed my recipe. It is one of my favorite soups for a cold

> day.

> Donna

> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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> TullyApplebottom

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> Sun, 7 Oct 2007 20:10:38

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> Judy Re: I made Yellow Submarine Soup

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> I hope you like it as much as I did!

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> I swear, this soup just made me so happy. As a novice cook, I just feel

> like

> I've accomplished so much. :-)

>

> Please post how the green split peas worked in the soup.

>

> Tully

>

> In a message dated 10/7/2007 7:41:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> jtwigg (AT) frontiernet (DOT) <jtwigg%40frontiernet.net> net writes:

>

> I was looking for something to make tonight and decided your review of

> this

> was a good reason to make it. LOL Thanks for the inspiration and to Donna

> for the recipe. I used some green split peas since I didn't have any

> yellow

> ones. Hope it tastes about the same. It will be thru cooking soon. Can't

> wait to eat it.

> Judy

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[Guest guest]

Oh Tully remember and rinse your Basamti rice before you cook. Just wanted

to pass on that special tip about that rice in case you didn't know about

it.

 

After reading the above stastement I just had to ask!! Why rinse the Basmati

rice????????? I have used it for the past 15 years and have never rinsed it!

The Basmati rice I use is organic.

Jeanne

 

 

[Guest guest]

They say if you want the best quality Basmati cooked rice, then washing helps

remove the surface starch, which will reduce excess stickiness. I just pour the

desire amount into a strainer bowl and put under running water. I use my hands

to swish it around under the water for about a minute.

 

Washing rice is a personal preference, but the general rule is to wash or rinse

imported rices and do not wash domestic rices, which are well cleaned and dried

before packaging. Imported rices have starch left over from processing and the

result could be very sticky if not rinsed off.

 

Guidelines from their book:

Arborio and other Italian-style risotto rices-do not rinse because the starch

makes the risotto creamy

Asian rices are traditionally washed

Domestically produced Japanese-style rice- it's coated with powdered glucose or

rice powder, which is safe to eat, but washing off improves flavor.

New to the US Market is Japanese-style rice labeled " Musenmai " and " Rinse free

rice " which does not have to be rinsed. This rice takes more water to cook,

though, because the rinsed rice usually absorbed some of the water during

washing.

Indian basmati -must be rinsed. Recipes call for 9-10 rinsings.

Boxed and packaged rices- usually do not need washings or maybe just one rinse.

Converted rice does not need rinsing.

" Some recipes call for soaking rice in cold water after washing and before

cooking to soften the outer cell walls. This is a traditional technique in

Turkish, Persian and Indian cuisines. "

 

THE ULTIMATE RICE COOKER COOKBOOK (2002)

 

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Jeanne Driese

Monday, October 08, 2007 6:31 AM

Re: Donna & Tully Re: I made Yellow Submarine Soup

hi Tully

 

 

Oh Tully remember and rinse your Basamti rice before you cook. Just wanted

to pass on that special tip about that rice in case you didn't know about

it.

 

After reading the above stastement I just had to ask!! Why rinse the Basmati

rice????????? I have used it for the past 15 years and have never rinsed it! The

Basmati rice I use is organic.

Jeanne

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info an washing or not washing rice, very informative, I have

printed it out to save for future reference!

Thanks again,

Jeanne