/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Why does rice used in stir fry always have to be leftover rice? Why is old, refrigerated rice better?

how do I make this shit taste good?

Why am I incapable of cooking rice?

just found out there's bug eggs in rice... I guess this is goodbye...

>go to chinese restaurant
>order the rice
>its literally just normal fucking rice

>go to university
>have a roommate from korea
>he eats this shit no seasoning at all, not even salt
>he makes a whole bowl of unseasoned rice as a side whenever he cooks

Is he in the wrong or am I?

What food or drink has the highest calorie to dollar ratio? I was thinking either rice or vegetable oil

Has anyone had any luck cold brewing rice?
I want to get more of the natural flavors from the rice that cook out when boiling but I've found it tricky to get the right texture

I personally don't like rice

How do I actually make it taste like anything?

Its so easy to make, just need a pot and ten minutes, healthy, and keeps really really well

Also with some spices tastes really good

One of my favorite things to cook whenever I am tired

Can you cook it? or do you buy boil in the bag/instant/only ever have it at restaurants because you're scared to waste money on a big bag and just leave it sit in your cupboard until you just give up and startmaking rice pudding?

Rinse or no rinse?

Salt or no salt?

What do you prefer to serve it with?

Rice is cheap, but fuck carrying around utensils to lunch, I want to shove a pound of rice out of my pocket into my mouth and be done with it.
Is there a way to squish basic white rice in a tube to make it into a brick?
Mixing it with a little bit of flour and eggs to make rice pastries?

What's the best way to reheat rice?

What is the best species of rice? white rice, brown rice, jasmine... creole rice...

>can eat endless bowls of rice and still feel hungry
>eat two slices of bread and feel satisfied
what gives?

What shelf stable stuff can i put on rice other than soy sauce?
I live alone so im usually eating reheated rice so stuff like eggs is only good when its fresh.
Ive tried mixing sardines in but the taste gets bland pretty fast.

What do you guys like to add to your rice to make it tastier? Plain white rice with nothing added is pretty boring, isn't it?

Nothing is better than rice

How do we improve this?