do you wash your rice before cooking it?
By jHoEn16
@jHoEn16 (2043)
Australia
36 responses
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
8 Oct 07
I dont wash my rice before cooking it. I never really thought about rinsing it. Why do you rinse yours? Is there a certain benefit to rinsing the rice?
@jHoEn16 (2043)
• Australia
9 Oct 07
well my grandpa has farm and we used to plant rice.. and everytime we harvest that we will bring that to the city and bring it to the machine that used to get the shell off? and there were some dust on it... and when we sell it to buyers i dont know if they will pack it right away or they clean it first...
so if you will try to wash the rice once you will see that the water was not that clear...
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@Sharon38 (1912)
• Jamaica
8 Oct 07
Lightning I dont know but I was taught that.. I guess it is our culture too. For me alot of things pass through it and I beleive for hygienic purpose it should be washed. It cooks alot quicker when it is washed too. Atleast for me.
I share a kitchen so you knwo I dotn cook as often but whenever I put on my post of cie to steam it finishes quicker than my neighbour's. She washes hers too but not as often as I do. I saw her watching me yesterday in the kitchen and her eyes popped open when she saw the maoutn of times I washed my rice.
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@leah_ramirez (35)
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
i wash rice 3 times or more before cooking. We always eat rice so we make sure that it is clean. Like in vegetables we wash it first before cooking to wash away all the chemicals that is being sprayed on it.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
11 Oct 07
Well my friends, in-case you still don't know I also love to cook aside from reading Xerex!;)LoL
Cooking rice is really difficult, as it may look easy when you're just watching. There are different variations of rice, some need more water, some are just exact and some needs less. I've learned cooking rice when I was still in grade school, it's the very first food I learned preparing.
As for washing the rice, I only wash it twice since my third is the water that is needed for the rice to get cooked. Sometimes if I'm cooking our meal, I also use the second-washed water for soups or as a stock!;) Others say that the food would taste good, but I don't see any difference at all. But I think it does serve a purpose, that is to conserve water and use it wisely!LOL
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
13 Oct 07
I do love to sing, but sometimes I still have problems reaching the exact pitch since my long-time smoking affected by vocal chords in a way!:( I used to sing in falsetto, but it's impossible for me to do that now. I'm a pure music-lover and a fan of great songs althrough the years, I just hope that my former vocal talent would return again as I've already stopped from smoking.
As for cooking, I don't read zerez while I'm in the kitchen. I don't do this, because I observe "safety first!" LoL Wehehe!
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@jHoEn16 (2043)
• Australia
15 Oct 07
hahahaha... safety first? hahahaha thats good!:)
hmmmmm... thats why i didnt make smoking as a habit coz its not good for my voice (brokenhearted before thats why i tried to smoke hehehe)... i noticed that everytime i smoke i cant sing 3 songs properly...so i stop it coz singing is my first priority...
my goodness pal! what have you done to your talent!!!!! hmmp! e2 batuhin kita kalabasa!!! imagine u do falceto? that was hard!!! you must have a good talent!!...
oh wekk, since you stop smoking already i think its not that hard to get that voice again... you just have to practice.. i stop singing for almost 2 years now, nangangalawang na me but i do practice everyday to make it better... practice makes perfect...
so you can practice singing and at the same time reading xerex
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@jHoEn16 (2043)
• Australia
13 Oct 07
hahahaha... so you mean, while youre cooking, you're reading xerex at the same time?!!! hahahahaha...
hmmm you learned how to cooked rice earlier before ive learned it... but i didnt do it so often coz i spend more time on my cousin's house and it was my grandma who do it...:)
you know what you are funny? are you a singer? we can be a good mate on stage!!!!!!! wahahahaha
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@exclusively_rinku (891)
• India
8 Oct 07
hello jHoEn16,
its a genuine thing to wash those that are used for edible purpose as a precaution.because we don't know how much dirt and germs they have.and rice is no new to it.
rice is our main food here.we take it atleast once a day or may be in all meals.and here the way grains are packed is disgusting.even if they come sealed,they contain all kinds of dirt and wastes.sometimes they contain colored stones also.ofcourse that is done intentionally by the manufacturers.
so before cooking we have to separate those stones,then wash it several times until it is confirmed that they are clean now.then we cook it into rice.
@exclusively_rinku (891)
• India
9 Oct 07
hmmmmmm then it seems both of us are in the same boat and have to deal with those colored stones.anyways its always a good practice to wash everything before eating.have a nice day.
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
8 Oct 07
Now this is interesting. I have never even thought about washing rice before cooking it but it does make sense. I do pick through and wash my dry beans before cooking them. I do love to eat rice, I like the white rice better than the brown rice.
@veenakh (24)
• Singapore
11 Oct 07
I think you need wash anything that goes into your body, escpecially the food. I wash my rice 2-3 times or until the water runs transparent after the wash. You need to wash esepecially the brown rice which has lot of dust and other waste particles.
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
15 Oct 07
We Bengalis are famous for our boiled rice and Indians in general love rice too. Personally speaking, at home we wash our rice 5 to 6 times before putting it in boiling water. Rice has many impurities and it takes several washes before we think it clean enough for consumption.
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@recycledgoth (9894)
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9 Oct 07
My Nan always taught me to wash rice under cold running water for a moment or so, apparently to cleans the grains of excess starch and helps to stop the rice sticking together
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@sugarbabe (114)
• Fiji
11 Oct 07
Yup, my mum always washes the rice 4x before cooking it. People should be more hygenic, that rice might contain dirty particles which could enter our body :-)
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
Hi jHoEn16! Yes, i do wash the rice before I cooked it and I washed it for about two to three times. Someone told me not to overwashed it because the nutrients that are in teh rice are being washed away so we just have to be careful on washing. But I guess I still wash my rice twice or thrice so as to just to content myself that I have cleaned it thoroughly. Take care and have a nice day.
@ericajoyce (1746)
• Philippines
11 Oct 07
Yes, I do wash our rice before cooking it. I wash it two times and put clean water for cooking it.
@sreejithsreenivas (10200)
• India
9 Oct 07
Rice is our favourite food and we eat rice daily twice that is in the evening and in the night.It is a good practice to wash the rice before cooking.My mother wash many time before putting it in to the cooker.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
rice has to be washed of course. in our house we do it only twice. my mother said too much washing can make the rice lose its nutrients. i dont know if there's a scientific basis for it. LOL
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
Yes, here in our country Philippines, people rinsed their rice 2 times, my mother do it 2 times only, she don't want the nutrients from rice be rinsed and the cook on the rice cooker.
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@kellyalex (151)
• China
9 Oct 07
yeah,rice should be washed before cooking.natural rice is not healthful.We wash it two times generally.
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@ailema4ever (2668)
• Finland
9 Oct 07
Back in Indo, we always wash our rice first...3 times as well.
But now here in Finland I don't need to wash rice 'coz it's packed in boxes and it's clean already. ;-D
