Do you wash rice?

[Anonymous]

I always wash rice. Never pasta. With pasta, you want to reserve a little bit of the starchy cooking water to add to your finished product to loosen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I wash rice. And never pasta. I don’t understand the comparison.

Same. Rice is a grain and needs to be washed for most uses.

+1
Nominate for dumbest OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I wash rice. And never pasta. I don’t understand the comparison.

Same. Rice is a grain and needs to be washed for most uses.

+1
Nominate for dumbest OP.

That’s unfair. She’s not lightly fried tuna lady.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I wash it. I’m not a monster.

[Anonymous]

Um what? "Washing" pasta? You mean cooking it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um what? "Washing" pasta? You mean cooking it?

I think OP meant running water after boiling

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, washing rice three times before cooking removes arsenic.


Boiling rice in lots of water (like pasta) and draining the liquid out reduces arsenic even more, and it reduces a significant amount of starch. Making it more suitable for giving to babies and people who want to lower their carbs.

Can you tell me more about this? How does cooking rice that way lower the carbs in rice? And also, how do you do it? Cook for the same amount of time, but then just drain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice is supposed to be washed. Ask any Asian.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice is supposed to be washed. Ask any Asian.

This.

I wash rice because my parents do but I have no idea why. I’ve never actually asked!

[Anonymous]

Of course I wash rice. Washing pasta would be stupid. The two aren’t comparable.

[Anonymous]

For a long time, I did not wash my rice and it came out fine. But then I started washing and oh my, what a difference!

[Anonymous]

Yep - depends on rice: https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/italian-food/hacks/why-should-you-rinse-rice-for-some-recipes?refresh_ce=

[Anonymous]

I’m so confused by who OP is equating rice and pasta. It would make as much sense to ask “If you wash rice, do you also wash Cheerios?” And yes, I wash rice if I’m not making risotto, both to avoid a gummy end product and hopefully get rid of some of the arsenic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I wash rice. And never pasta. I don’t understand the comparison.

Same. Rice is a grain and needs to be washed for most uses.

+1
Nominate for dumbest OP.

That’s unfair. She’s not lightly fried tuna lady.

She was more inconsiderate and rigid than actually dumb.

[Anonymous]

Is this a “carb” issue? Like because you’ve heard that rice should be rinsed before cooking, the same must be true for all carbs? What about bread, OP? Do you wash that?