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My family is lily white, and I definitely grew up with my dad making white rice in the *gasp* microwave...

DH and kids and I lived on a Pacific island for about 5 years and “discovered” the wonder that is Calrose, short-grained rice. It’s our go-to rice, and tastes as great with traditional East Asian style dishes, as it does topped with chili or chicken and gravy. One of my favorite smells is that first whiff of perfectly cooked rice when you open up the rice cooker...*drool*

Rice also plays well with other carbs. So you can do rice with pasta as a pilaf or rice with roasted potatoes.

Anonymous wrote:I am from a family of DARs and I love rice! It makes most meals more complete. I would always pick rice over pasta. I even happily eat a bowl of plain rice with a little soy sauce or other condiment for breakfast.

I know that's right! Rice needs nothing. It is the flavor.

Anonymous wrote:Rice consumption in the US has some regional bias. DH is Creole and rice is a bayou staple. I grew up in the Carolinas where we boil then toast the rice. People gravitate toward what is grown or raised in their area. My Midwestern family eats corn and wheat based carbs because that’s what’s grown there.

My DH is also Creole and says rice was the first thing he learned to cook as a child. It’s usually rice cooked from the start in a sauce though. But I grew up eating a lot of rice with beans or chicken added later because one side of my family is Afro-Cuban. I love rice and could eat a bowl with just salt, pepper, and butter. I just can’t cook it in a pot on the stove top to save my life.

I could eat rice and beans every day-Brazilian here.

My one kid loves rice- will eat it alone as a snack with soy sauce. My other kid is a pasta kid- will eat it alone as a snack with red sauce. My other kid is a bread kid- eats it with butter as a snack. I just think people have different tastes and preferences for their preferred comfort carb. I am Team Bread, fwiw. (Of course there are cultural differences in all this- I just am here to point out that even in American culture, in one family, people prefer different things, and nobody is ANTI-rice or bread or pasta, it’s just less well loved)

Rice consumption in the US has some regional bias. DH is Creole and rice is a bayou staple. I grew up in the Carolinas where we boil then toast the rice. People gravitate toward what is grown or raised in their area. My Midwestern family eats corn and wheat based carbs because that’s what’s grown there.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m Pakistani and I introduced my American husband to rice. We eat a small side of it every night at dinner with protein and vegetables.

His family will eat hot dogs and spaghetti but no rice as it’s “unhealthy”

Why did you marry him?

+1. I don’t understand these posters who marry into trashy families and then wonder why they don’t do this or that. If OP had married a Pakistani guy, she wouldn’t have even had to do the work of introducing traditional foods to him-unless he’s one of those older POCs who hates or is embarrassed of his culture.

Anonymous wrote:His family is weird and possibly poor white.

How do I know? My family consists of poor white people who are also weird and raised on poverty food.

Yeah, I remember the spegetti-Os with hot dog chunks in it. Ew..

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Anonymous wrote:Do you people who toast rice do it before or after washing it? Or do you not wash it at all?

Not sure if this is what the PP means by “toast”, but, before adding water or broth, I put butter in the pan and cook the rice, sometimes adding spices. Then I add boiling water or broth to the pan or rice cooker.

I rinse the rice if the package calls for it or if I got it from a bulk bin. If I’m in a hurry, I use Uncle Ben’s brown rice, which I don’t rinse.

I was the PP hispanic who brought up toasted rice in a prior post. Honestly, I don't wash it because it's never been done in my family. Keep forgetting to try it.

But, a little evoo, rice and garlic cloves - toast that and get some browning of the rice and then pour the water in. Now and then I'll add cumin for some extra flavor (and of course salt). Cover and cook for 15-16 mins.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you people who toast rice do it before or after washing it? Or do you not wash it at all?

Not sure if this is what the PP means by “toast”, but, before adding water or broth, I put butter in the pan and cook the rice, sometimes adding spices. Then I add boiling water or broth to the pan or rice cooker.

I rinse the rice if the package calls for it or if I got it from a bulk bin. If I’m in a hurry, I use Uncle Ben’s brown rice, which I don’t rinse.

This response provides no clarity at all as to whether you're toasting dry rice or rice that you have first cleaned.

I’m sorry that the last sentence was not clear. - When I use Uncle Ben’s , I am toasting dry rice out of the package.

- When I use brown basmati rice, I rinse it, as per the package directions. I then toast the rinsed, drained rice.

Hope this helps.

It’s not unhealthy if you eat a healthy sized portion balanced with protein/veggies. Many Americans don’t know how to moderate serving size or balance their meals.