Call for Recipes - Rice

[neadods]

Long story short, bags of white rice are used to weigh down the raffle ticket bags at the pirate feast. The Rafflemistress was tired of staring at the same 5 lbs of rice and started throwing it out at the end of the evening, so I rescued it, because rice is filling and that's a heck of a lot of free food going there.

So... aside from making rice pudding, sticking it under curries and into soups, what would *you* do with rice?

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[steviesun.livejournal.com]

Just last night I served rice instead of potatoes with veg and fried eggs for dinner.

You can cook rice, freeze it and reheat it, but you have to be careful because it can be a source of food poisoning. I tend to put the container in the microwave, having added a bit more water, with a small plate as lid and microwave for 5 minutes or until the rice is hot through. It's then a useful standby in the freezer.

I also use rice instead of pasta with various sauces.

Also, I thought it was a different kind of rice that was used in rice pudding? Certainly it's anther kind that's sold for the purpose here in the UK. (although if it works, hmm, rice pudding mixed up with butter, cinnamon, dark brown sugar, and clotted cream . . .)

But know, I tend to throw together ingredients and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Usually it's edible even if it doesn't taste great.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

There are rices that are better for rice pudding, but any white rice will more or less do. And there's a medieval version where there's no custard, but you bake the rice right in milk and honey and add apples which is rather nice.

[steviesun.livejournal.com]

Rice pudding without custard? But with honey and apples. I'm drooling - how do I make it?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Apple Moyle, from "How To Cook Forsoothly" (Society of Creative Anachronisms)

Cook on medium heat for 45 minutes, stirring often:
1 cup rice
4 cups milk
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 sm. package ground/slivered/chunked almonds (whatever you've got)

Add more milk if it starts to stick

When it's cooked, stir in:

6-8 chopped apples
very liberal coatings of pumpkin pie spice (or a homemade blend of 1 part ginger, 1 part nutmeg, 2 parts cinnamon, 1 part cloves)

Good hot or cold.

It's not a proper pudding; it's very sweet rice. Good for breakfasts, come to think of it.

[swallowedbysky.livejournal.com]

...I think I might need to blow my plans for breakfast tomorrow morning in favor of this.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking of trying it in the steamer to speed things up. Or seeing what happens if I do it in a crock pot overnight (aside from the rice crusting at the edges). Mostly because I'm way too impatient to wait 45 minutes for breakfast.

ETA: OTOH, it's just as fabulous cold. Come the summer months, I may make a big vat of it at night and just take some out of the fridge every morning.

[swallowedbysky.livejournal.com]

It's funny, my first thought was that it might work in the crockpot. On the other hand, my roommate doesn't drive and after I drop her at work I have two hours before my day starts so I do have 45 minutes to make breakfast.

I need to play with this. I wonder how it would work with brown rice, considering that's what I buy and have in bulk. Dammit I just put dinner dishes in the dishwasher, I so don't need to be thinking about food right now.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I don't see why it wouldn't work with brown rice. I'd definitely crock it then, to make sure the rice is done.