rice

[franksolich]

Okay, my being a guy and all that, and not fussy about food, other than that I need to know what's all in it before I eat it, many years ago I contrived the most excellent way to have rice, and I dine on this stuff circa 3 times a week, or once out of every seven meals.

I go to the grocery store, and pick up a bag of brown rice--brown rice only, no white refined stuff--a can of real beef or turkey gravy, and some frozen corn and peas.

I return home, open the can of gravy, dumping it into a pot, and boiling it.

And lots of salt and pepper added.

Then I dump in some of the brown rice and frozen corn and peas; enough so that the mixture is somewhat more solid than liquid, and when the brown rice is half-cooked and the vegetables still crisp, I dine on it.

No muss, no fuss, and only three dishes that need cleaned.

By the way, I never thought about it until recently, and so I checked.  Real beef gravy, or real turkey gravy, the whole can, has.....25 calories.  I wasn't aware it was near calorie-free.

[Lord Undies]

Rice is one of my favorite foods.  I too like it undercooked a tad.

One of my favorite ways to prepare rice (brown or white) is to put one cup dry in a pan with a pat of butter and a splash of olive oil to let the rice "toast" up.  Then add a little less than two cups of chicken broth, salt, pepper, and a dash or two of Louisiana Hot Sauce.  Bring it to a boil until the rice is almost done and nice 'n fluffy.

I like to eat it as is, or this can be the beginning of any dish your imagination can conceive.   

[CactusCarlos]

Okay, my being a guy and all that, and not fussy about food, other than that I need to know what's all in it before I eat it, many years ago I contrived the most excellent way to have rice, and I dine on this stuff circa 3 times a week, or once out of every seven meals.

I go to the grocery store, and pick up a bag of brown rice--brown rice only, no white refined stuff--a can of real beef or turkey gravy, and some frozen corn and peas.

I return home, open the can of gravy, dumping it into a pot, and boiling it.

And lots of salt and pepper added.

Then I dump in some of the brown rice and frozen corn and peas; enough so that the mixture is somewhat more solid than liquid, and when the brown rice is half-cooked and the vegetables still crisp, I dine on it.

No muss, no fuss, and only three dishes that need cleaned.

By the way, I never thought about it until recently, and so I checked.  Real beef gravy, or real turkey gravy, the whole can, has.....25 calories.  I wasn't aware it was near calorie-free.

Frank, you should name your recipe.  Something like "Frank's Primitive Goulash". 

[DixieBelle]

Yum! I'll have to try that frank. I do a variation - I make rice with beef broth instead of water and then throw in ground beef that's been cooked with onion/garlic. I'll also add a packet of lipton's dry beef soup mix.

I also do a chicken version and use chicen stock for the rice and I just throw in whatever chopped veggies I happen to have.

[Lord Undies]

Okay, my being a guy and all that, and not fussy about food, other than that I need to know what's all in it before I eat it, many years ago I contrived the most excellent way to have rice, and I dine on this stuff circa 3 times a week, or once out of every seven meals.

I go to the grocery store, and pick up a bag of brown rice--brown rice only, no white refined stuff--a can of real beef or turkey gravy, and some frozen corn and peas.

I return home, open the can of gravy, dumping it into a pot, and boiling it.

And lots of salt and pepper added.

Then I dump in some of the brown rice and frozen corn and peas; enough so that the mixture is somewhat more solid than liquid, and when the brown rice is half-cooked and the vegetables still crisp, I dine on it.

No muss, no fuss, and only three dishes that need cleaned.

By the way, I never thought about it until recently, and so I checked.  Real beef gravy, or real turkey gravy, the whole can, has.....25 calories.  I wasn't aware it was near calorie-free.

Frank, you should name your recipe.  Something like "Frank's Primitive Goulash". 

How about Frank's Pot 'O Pig Poop?  Too misleading?

[franksolich]

Yum! I'll have to try that frank. I do a variation - I make rice with beef broth instead of water and then throw in ground beef that's been cooked with onion/garlic. I'll also add a packet of lipton's dry beef soup mix.

I also do a chicken version and use chicen stock for the rice and I just throw in whatever chopped veggies I happen to have.

What surprised me--and even though I've been dining on this for years, I never checked--was that a whole can of real beef gravy or real turkey gravy (the real stuff, the 100% pure stuff, circa 79 cents a can) has.....25 calories.

I had always assumed it was much more than that, but as calories have never been an issue to me, I never thought much about it.

[Lord Undies]

Yum! I'll have to try that frank. I do a variation - I make rice with beef broth instead of water and then throw in ground beef that's been cooked with onion/garlic. I'll also add a packet of lipton's dry beef soup mix.

I also do a chicken version and use chicen stock for the rice and I just throw in whatever chopped veggies I happen to have.

What surprised me--and even though I've been dining on this for years, I never checked--was that a whole can of real beef gravy or real turkey gravy (the real stuff, the 100% pure stuff, circa 79 cents a can) has.....25 calories.

I had always assumed it was much more than that, but as calories have never been an issue to me, I never thought much about it.

Frank, gravy by definition is fat and starch.  Are you sure that colorie count isn't per serving?  With maybe ten servings per can?

[franksolich]

Yum! I'll have to try that frank. I do a variation - I make rice with beef broth instead of water and then throw in ground beef that's been cooked with onion/garlic. I'll also add a packet of lipton's dry beef soup mix.

I also do a chicken version and use chicen stock for the rice and I just throw in whatever chopped veggies I happen to have.

What surprised me--and even though I've been dining on this for years, I never checked--was that a whole can of real beef gravy or real turkey gravy (the real stuff, the 100% pure stuff, circa 79 cents a can) has.....25 calories.

I had always assumed it was much more than that, but as calories have never been an issue to me, I never thought much about it.

Frank, gravy by definition is fat and starch.  Are you sure that colorie count isn't per serving?  With maybe ten servings per can?

No, the stuff I buy says 25 calories for the whole can.

I know most things give a "per serving" calorie-count, and expected it to be the case here, but the cans say "25 calories per can," or 16 ounces.  It's an Affiliated Foods brand.

[Lord Undies]

Yum! I'll have to try that frank. I do a variation - I make rice with beef broth instead of water and then throw in ground beef that's been cooked with onion/garlic. I'll also add a packet of lipton's dry beef soup mix.

I also do a chicken version and use chicen stock for the rice and I just throw in whatever chopped veggies I happen to have.

What surprised me--and even though I've been dining on this for years, I never checked--was that a whole can of real beef gravy or real turkey gravy (the real stuff, the 100% pure stuff, circa 79 cents a can) has.....25 calories.

I had always assumed it was much more than that, but as calories have never been an issue to me, I never thought much about it.

Frank, gravy by definition is fat and starch.  Are you sure that colorie count isn't per serving?  With maybe ten servings per can?

No, the stuff I buy says 25 calories for the whole can.

I know most things give a "per serving" calorie-count, and expected it to be the case here, but the cans say "25 calories per can," or 16 ounces.  It's an Affiliated Foods brand.

I looked up "HEINZ Home Style Savory Brown Gravy, canned".  They claim 25 calories per cup.  I am amazed.

I think I'll start drinking the stuff.

[CactusCarlos]

I looked up "HEINZ Home Style Savory Brown Gravy, canned".  They claim 25 calories per cup.  I am amazed.

I think I'll start drinking the stuff.

Will that interfere with your Geritol intake? 

 

[Chris_]

Yum! I'll have to try that frank. I do a variation - I make rice with beef broth instead of water and then throw in ground beef that's been cooked with onion/garlic. I'll also add a packet of lipton's dry beef soup mix.

I also do a chicken version and use chicen stock for the rice and I just throw in whatever chopped veggies I happen to have.

What surprised me--and even though I've been dining on this for years, I never checked--was that a whole can of real beef gravy or real turkey gravy (the real stuff, the 100% pure stuff, circa 79 cents a can) has.....25 calories.

I had always assumed it was much more than that, but as calories have never been an issue to me, I never thought much about it.

Frank, gravy by definition is fat and starch.  Are you sure that colorie count isn't per serving?  With maybe ten servings per can?

No, the stuff I buy says 25 calories for the whole can.

I know most things give a "per serving" calorie-count, and expected it to be the case here, but the cans say "25 calories per can," or 16 ounces.  It's an Affiliated Foods brand.

I looked up "HEINZ Home Style Savory Brown Gravy, canned".  They claim 25 calories per cup.  I am amazed.

I think I'll start drinking the stuff.

I't prolly made from "fake meat".   

[Chris_]

I looked up "HEINZ Home Style Savory Brown Gravy, canned".  They claim 25 calories per cup.  I am amazed.

I think I'll start drinking the stuff.

Will that interfere with your Geritol intake? 

 

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watch out for his 

[Lord Undies]

I looked up "HEINZ Home Style Savory Brown Gravy, canned".  They claim 25 calories per cup.  I am amazed.

I think I'll start drinking the stuff.

Will that interfere with your Geritol intake? 

 

I've got your intake right here, prickly boy. 

[franksolich]

Damn it, Demonic Underwear.

This afternoon, when I'm in town at the grocery store stocking up on food products, like the primitives, I'll get some more cans of that, and be back here later, citing the brand, the quantity, and the ingredients.

I'm sure it's 100% pure, and 25 calories per can.

[Chris_]

Damn it, Demonic Underwear.

This afternoon, when I'm in town at the grocery store stocking up on food products, like the primitives, I'll get some more cans of that, and be back here later, citing the brand, the quantity, and the ingredients.

I'm sure it's 100% pure, and 25 calories per can.

...and you'll be standing in the canned goods aisle thinking of undies.   

[Lord Undies]

Damn it, Demonic Underwear.

This afternoon, when I'm in town at the grocery store stocking up on food products, like the primitives, I'll get some more cans of that, and be back here later, citing the brand, the quantity, and the ingredients.

I'm sure it's 100% pure, and 25 calories per can.

Like the great American philosopher Grace Slick once said, "What do you care what's in it as long as you like it?  Have you ever considered maybe those preservatives are perserving YOU?"

[franksolich]

Okay, Demonic Underwear, sir, I just got back from town, where I had gotten some groceries for the weekend.

I picked up one can of pure beef gravy, and one can of pure turkey gravy.

The store didn't have the stuff I usually buy--that's 79 cents a can, and this stuff was 81 cents a can; maybe everybody's being like the primitives, and buying up and hoarding food.  They had plenty of brown rice, though, tons of it, no limit on quantity purchased.

I don't know what the primitives are all excited about.

Anyway.

On these, the 12-ounce can of pure beef gravy has 125 calories, total; the 12-ounce can of pure turkey gravy has 75 calories, total.

Again, I'm surprised at the low number of calories in this.

[Lord Undies]

Okay, Demonic Underwear, sir, I just got back from town, where I had gotten some groceries for the weekend.

I picked up one can of pure beef gravy, and one can of pure turkey gravy.

The store didn't have the stuff I usually buy--that's 79 cents a can, and this stuff was 81 cents a can; maybe everybody's being like the primitives, and buying up and hoarding food.  They had plenty of brown rice, though, tons of it, no limit on quantity purchased.

I don't know what the primitives are all excited about.

Anyway.

On these, the 12-ounce can of pure beef gravy has 125 calories, total; the 12-ounce can of pure turkey gravy has 75 calories, total.

Again, I'm surprised at the low number of calories in this.

I am surprised.  I guess I never thought about it.  Gravy has always been thought of as an "extra", something a bit on the decadent side.  I assumed, foolishly, it had to be fattening. 

I make my own gravy, all kinds of gravy, and I know what it takes to make it.   Each ingredient, individually, is generally considered to be things which make foods fattening.   

[Chris_]

I like the chicken-flavored rice.  I'm not sure what's in it... I think it's just powdered chicken base mixed with rice.  I can't find the brand name of the chorizo I prefer but it's slightly spicy and loose like ground beef, not formed into a sausage.  Comes in sausage casings.

rice
chorizo, cooked
peas
onions, finely diced and sauteed

Works great for paella, jambalaya, or anything else.

[Miss Mia]

I love rice.  We ate it for dinner about every night growing up.

I'm partial to medium grain white rice, again that's what my mom always makes.  It comes out more sticky, I guess. 

My favorite cheap meal with rice is:  I take some sausage links and cut them into bite sized pieces.  Then I cook them either in a pan on the stove or just in the microwave.  Take those pieces and mix in with some rice and a little butter and salt and pepper.  I especially like to use a spicy sausage.

I invested in a rice cooker a month or so ago. 



http://www.target.com/Rival-6-cup-Rice-Cooker-RC61/dp/B000ETXV94/sr=1-1/qid=1209265664/ref=sr_1_1/601-4041624-1087324?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Arice%20cooker&page=1

It makes it so simple now and it always comes out perfect.

[Chris_]

I need one of those.  I always overcook it.   

[Lord Undies]

I love rice.  We ate it for dinner about every night growing up.

I'm partial to medium grain white rice, again that's what my mom always makes.  It comes out more sticky, I guess. 

My favorite cheap meal with rice is:  I take some sausage links and cut them into bite sized pieces.  Then I cook them either in a pan on the stove or just in the microwave.  Take those pieces and mix in with some rice and a little butter and salt and pepper.  I especially like to use a spicy sausage.

I invested in a rice cooker a month or so ago. 



http://www.target.com/Rival-6-cup-Rice-Cooker-RC61/dp/B000ETXV94/sr=1-1/qid=1209265664/ref=sr_1_1/601-4041624-1087324?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Arice%20cooker&page=1

It makes it so simple now and it always comes out perfect.

I don't have a rice cooker.  What does it do easier and better than a pot on the stove?  

You know, I get odd looks when I order rice instead of a baked potato when dining at a steakhouse.  I wonder why?  They offer it.  It shouldn't be an oddity.  

[Miss Mia]

I don't have a rice cooker.  What does it do easier and better than a pot on the stove? 

You know, I get odd looks when I order rice instead of a baked potato when dining at a steakhouse.  I wonder why?  They offer it.  It shouldn't be an oddity. 

Undies, my stove at the house is temperamental.  It was taking me 30 minutes to make rice and half the time it was only half cooked.  Plus, my stove heats up the whole kitchen so much.  I can't afford a whole new stove right now, but I can afford the rice cooker. 

[Miss Mia]

I need one of those.  I always overcook it.   

For $15 after taxes, it's a good investment.  I put it up there with my toaster/egg cooker as a favorite kitchen gadget. 

[Chris_]

I need one of those.  I always overcook it.   

For $15 after taxes, it's a good investment.  I put it up there with my toaster/egg cooker as a favorite kitchen gadget. 

Some beef tips, peppers, onions, and a little bit of beef broth and red wine.  Mmmm.