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During the previous round of shirkflation I warned people about knowing what year a recipe was from because "a can" means something different in 2004 than in 2010. And now it means something different again in 2025.

Now boxes are getting the shrink treatment too.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/618032

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

One scoop of rice. Rinsed a few times until the water is mostly clear. Throw it in the pot I always use for rice. Add water to the lower line that has developed over the years of making rice in the same pot. The upper line is from making mac and cheese so don't use that one. Some salt. Maybe some oil or butter depending on the final dish. Place the lid on.

Bring to a boil, reduce to low. Wait until the lid harmonics change to tell you there isn't any liquid water in there anymore. Use a fork to check the bottom of the pot for water. Done.

No one else here knows how to make rice. Everyone thinks a rice cooker would make my life easier. I had one. I tossed it because it kept scorching the rice.

[–] LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The crispy rice at the bottom of your pot is tahdig in Persian, tutong in Tagalog. In some cultures and families, they fight over the crispy rice, lol.

i can never get tahdig right, pressure cooker or stovetop. we used to have a kebab place around the corner that included it in their rice and i did everything i could to keep them in business. they closed march 2020 and left the country. good for them.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but it kinda messes up fried rice

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You don't use that part for the fried rice. You just eat it.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

But then I don't have all the rice I should for fried rice

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

There's a pretty easy fix to that.

[–] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

the lower line that has developed over the years of making rice in the same pot. The upper line is from making mac and cheese

Maybe you need to scrub your pots more thoroughly. If they're stainless steel or something similar there shouldn't be any permanent stains forming unless you don't use enough elbow grease.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

once we got an electric pressure cooker it got a lot easier, but now i miss my rice pot that's in a box somewhere in the garage.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have five pressure canners/coolers. None electric. I don't trust electronic devices designed to turn electricity into heat and be sold as cheap as possible to be a buy it for life item.

zojirushi Would probably be the only buy it for life rice cooker brand

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i mean, neither did i. someone bought it for us. i feel like such a luddite sometimes. we mostly use it for rice and making budder, which it does a fantastic job at. we've had ours for 8 years which i had to look up and shocks me that it's been working that well that long.

i keep wanting to make hummus, i just never do. it makes the smoothest hummus (we put the beans in for 45 minutes, no pre-soak), but you don't exactly need it to be electric. you got the pressure canner already.

also the lemon curd is so easy. godsdammit i gotta make lemon curd with my budder i am so lazy