Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cindy Hamilton Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Risotto Last Night Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 14:54:54 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <8iusel-e6h.ln1@anthive.com> Reply-To: hamilton@invalid.com Injection-Date: Thu, 08 May 2025 16:54:55 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="133f53ae9c5e16217535893497cf9cdb"; logging-data="1990811"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18PPNoHIgIGzn3CoAXp0I/HKIiWgbhkZcs=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:y/4xb1jxBrqropG/Y6I55lX2qwk= Bytes: 2024 On 2025-05-08, Dave Smith wrote: > On 2025-05-08 5:13 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> On 2025-05-08, Hank Rogers wrote: > >>> It has almost no taste, unless there's added stuff, but it provides >>> carbohydrates, and can be a good food if you're feeling sickly. >> >> I like the taste of plain, white, unsalted rice. Not as an >> entire meal, but as a foil for other dishes. I don't get that >> at home, because my husband likes butter and salt in his rice. >> We eat at east Asian restaurants often enough to satisfy my >> desire for plain rice. >> > > > I find plain white rice pretty darned boring on its own. I like to have > it with a nice spicy dish that will add nice flavours to the bland rice. Everybody's different. I wouldn't want to make a meal of plain white rice, but as a side dish, I love it. I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't pile the stir fry or curry on top of the rice. -- Cindy Hamilton