Do you wash your rice?

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

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I was raised to wash it but I don't anymore. I never noticed a difference

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In the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the apprentices had to wash rice for three years before moving onto the next step.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Yes, but I thought there’s more to it than that. White rice is milled to strip off the coat, and washing it before cooking removes “dust” (starch) from milling. Brown rice isn’t milled and has no dust. When I wash brown rice the water isn’t cloudy, not like white rice anyway. One might wash brown rice because, as you said, it comes from a farm not a pristine factory.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Exactly. Many contaminants come from the factory machines and workers.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Yes, but I thought there’s more to it than that. White rice is milled to strip off the coat, and washing it before cooking removes “dust” (starch) from milling. Brown rice isn’t milled and has no dust. When I wash brown rice the water isn’t cloudy, not like white rice anyway. One might wash brown rice because, as you said, it comes from a farm not a pristine factory.

DP but you mistake the reasons for it being cloudy when washed.

White rice has B vitamins added to help prevent malnutrition from eating a lot of white rice. When you wash it, you also wash off the B vitamins in addition to the microplastics, toxic oils, contaminants, etc. So it's more cloudy due to the added vitamins.

Brown rice typically doesn't have B vitamins added to it. So the rinse water looks more clear.

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Anonymous wrote:In the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the apprentices had to wash rice for three years before moving onto the next step.

I remember that was where they lost me, lol. Too stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:In the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the apprentices had to wash rice for three years before moving onto the next step.

I remember that was where they lost me, lol. Too stupid.

Becoming a traditional sushi chef was serious business in Japan and considered a very honorable profession at one time. Might still be, but western influence has dampened and cheapened it a lot in recent years due to the rising interest among Americans.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

It can be coated in microplastics to prevent sticking during time in the package.
Customers who complained years ago about pastas sticking together while on the shelf got their solutions. Microplastic dusting/coating! Yay!

Wash it.

You need to be on meds.

So you want to medicate people who speak the truth and share factual information. Very telling.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Exactly. Many contaminants come from the factory machines and workers.

By that logic you'd be washing your cornflakes. You do cook your pasta in boiling water.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Yes, but I thought there’s more to it than that. White rice is milled to strip off the coat, and washing it before cooking removes “dust” (starch) from milling. Brown rice isn’t milled and has no dust. When I wash brown rice the water isn’t cloudy, not like white rice anyway. One might wash brown rice because, as you said, it comes from a farm not a pristine factory.

DP but you mistake the reasons for it being cloudy when washed.

White rice has B vitamins added to help prevent malnutrition from eating a lot of white rice. When you wash it, you also wash off the B vitamins in addition to the microplastics, toxic oils, contaminants, etc. So it's more cloudy due to the added vitamins.

Brown rice typically doesn't have B vitamins added to it. So the rinse water looks more clear.

Rice packaging says to wash it. It doesn’t make sense that they’d add vitamins in a form that washes off, and then tell you to wash.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Yes, but I thought there’s more to it than that. White rice is milled to strip off the coat, and washing it before cooking removes “dust” (starch) from milling. Brown rice isn’t milled and has no dust. When I wash brown rice the water isn’t cloudy, not like white rice anyway. One might wash brown rice because, as you said, it comes from a farm not a pristine factory.

DP but you mistake the reasons for it being cloudy when washed.

White rice has B vitamins added to help prevent malnutrition from eating a lot of white rice. When you wash it, you also wash off the B vitamins in addition to the microplastics, toxic oils, contaminants, etc. So it's more cloudy due to the added vitamins.

Brown rice typically doesn't have B vitamins added to it. So the rinse water looks more clear.

Rice packaging says to wash it. It doesn’t make sense that they’d add vitamins in a form that washes off, and then tell you to wash.

Since when do you expect government regulations to make sense?

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Anonymous wrote:I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product. I grew up not washing. I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.

I feel the same way. I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so.

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right? And not to improve its taste. Same thing with rice.

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse.

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries?

omg what.

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces).

NP. Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use.

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a processed product that comes from a factory, just like a cookie.

Exactly. Many contaminants come from the factory machines and workers.

By that logic you'd be washing your cornflakes. You do cook your pasta in boiling water.

I mean you could if you wanted. I wouldn't eat that garbage to begin with though.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on the rice. If I want the rice to cook up with the individual grains separated (like basmati) then I wash until the water runs clear, to get rid of the excess starch. But if I'm cooking a risotto, I won't rinse the rice.

Rice is dirty. You have to wash it before cooking no matter what kind it is.

If you are cooking Japanese rice, you must wash it 7 times, period.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I don’t think I have the right kind of colander to do it.

You don't use a colander

You fill the pot with water above the rice line, swirl it around with your hand, then drain the water slowly over a cupped hand to catch any stray grains.

Repeat 6 more times.