What do you do when you come face to face with an old nemesis?

[Gopherbassist]

This week my sister sent me a gift, and with it came a care package of some food. Fruit, peanutbutter, some sausages. You know, staple kind of stuff.

But in with the good stuff was a bunch of rice. Uncle Ben's, Zatarain's, others. A lot of it.

The thing is, I don't like rice. At all. During my childhood I absolutely hated the stuff. People often say rice is bland, but the little bit of flavor it does have I found disgusting.
In my adult years as my palate has changed, the disgust has faded, but I still don't like it. It tastes bad, the various textures most people cook it to are unpleasant (my preference has been describe as "overcooked") and there is nothing about rice which I find enjoyable to eat.

As a stand alone dish there is nothing to recommend it. As a filler there are other options that taste better, have better texture, and look better.

I do not keep rice in my home, and outside of it I never touch the stuff.

What should I do with all this rice?

 

[buldog5151bass]

Local food kitchen or food bank. Stop off at a supermarket and pick a few other things (even more rice). There are a lot of people out there who would appreciate it.

 

[eniac]

This week my sister sent me a gift, and with it came a care package of some food. Fruit, peanutbutter, some sausages. You know, staple kind of stuff.

But in with the good stuff was a bunch of rice. Uncle Ben's, Zatarain's, others. A lot of it.

The thing is, I don't like rice. At all. During my childhood I absolutely hated the stuff. People often say rice is bland, but the little bit of flavor it does have I found disgusting.
In my adult years as my palate has changed, the disgust has faded, but I still don't like it. It tastes bad, the various textures most people cook it to are unpleasant (my preference has been describe as "overcooked") and there is nothing about rice which I find enjoyable to eat.

As a stand alone dish there is nothing to recommend it. As a filler there are other options that taste better, have better texture, and look better.

I do not keep rice in my home, and outside of it I never touch the stuff.

What should I do with all this rice?

Give it to someone you hate who's got a persistent constipation problem.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

This week my sister sent me a gift, and with it came a care package of some food. Fruit, peanutbutter, some sausages. You know, staple kind of stuff.

But in with the good stuff was a bunch of rice. Uncle Ben's, Zatarain's, others. A lot of it.

The thing is, I don't like rice. At all. During my childhood I absolutely hated the stuff. People often say rice is bland, but the little bit of flavor it does have I found disgusting.
In my adult years as my palate has changed, the disgust has faded, but I still don't like it. It tastes bad, the various textures most people cook it to are unpleasant (my preference has been describe as "overcooked") and there is nothing about rice which I find enjoyable to eat.

As a stand alone dish there is nothing to recommend it. As a filler there are other options that taste better, have better texture, and look better.

I do not keep rice in my home, and outside of it I never touch the stuff.

What should I do with all this rice?

And I thought this was going to be a “help me with an old amp” thread, based on the fact that I once had a couple of Nemesis combos…

There are plenty of other things in this world to eat instead that will give you the same nutritional value. Donate it to your local food bank.

 

[Zooberwerx]

IIRC, rice constitutes 80% of the diet of 80% of the world population...but I get it. If given the choice, I opt for the Asian noodles every day of the week.

I have a similar dislike for macaroni & cheese...I won't allow it in the house.

Riis

 

[Gopherbassist]

I have a similar dislike for macaroni & cheese...I won't allow it in the house.

It's much better if you make your own. Home made blows the boxed stuff out of the water.

 

[Zooberwerx]

It's much better if you make your own. Home made blows the boxed stuff out of the water.

Nope...I'm often confronted with "...you've never had it like I make it.". I do enjoy Fettucine Alfredo...go figure.

Riis

 

[UntitledProject]

Mac and cheese... Two of the blandest foods on their own, mixed together, and diluted with milk.

Okay, so yours uses x magical ingredient that actually imparts some flavor and texture. Congrats, you've made whatever that ingredient could have been worse by mixing it with Mac and cheese.

I leave it for the white bread and mayo crowd.

 

[Gopherbassist]

Nope...I'm often confronted with "...you've never had it like I make it.". I do enjoy Fettucine Alfredo...go figure.

Riis

I can believe it. Most recipes don't call for enough cheese, which is a major failing. It's always better to use more than one kind of cheese, too. And I prefer shells to macaroni. They can be bland as well, you need cayenne, bay leaf boiled with the noodles. I like to cook an onion until it disintegrates and mix that in with the sauce. I find most people don't season the water they cook the noodles in enough, the noodles should come out tasting a touch salty.

A lot more work goes in to good macaroni and cheese than the average person is willing to do. And if they're used to the limited flavor and minimal effort of boxed macaroni, they'll never experiment enough to figure out what actual good macaroni tastes like.

But if you don't like it, you don't like it.

 

[Zooberwerx]

More enjoyable forms of rice:

*Sticky rice / Thai. You can craft little "rice men" from the stuff while waiting for the check.

*Idli rice cakes / Indian. Staple in South India...my parents lived there.

*Suman / Filipino. Sticky rice steamed in banana leaf wrappers.

Plain steamed rice is a lot of *meh*.

Riis

 

[gln1955]

Nine things to do with rice that don't involve eating it...

Unusual Uses for Rice

 

[eniac]

Nine things to do with rice that don't involve eating it...

Unusual Uses for Rice

My mom used to use it in salt shakers to keep the salt from clumping in humid weather. I don't think she served rice even once while I was growing up.

 

[prndltech]

Mac and cheese... Two of the blandest foods on their own, mixed together, and diluted with milk.

Okay, so yours uses x magical ingredient that actually imparts some flavor and texture. Congrats, you've made whatever that ingredient could have been worse by mixing it with Mac and cheese.

I leave it for the white bread and mayo crowd.

I put rice in my Mac and cheese and then plop some on white bread that I previously spread some mayo on

 

[cataract]

I feel the same way about cauliflower. Can’t stand it, never will

 

[J Wilson]

Rice and gravy.
Gumbo with rice.
Jambalaya.
Fried rice.
Mexican rice with refried beans and tortillas or chips.
Boudain or dirty rice.
Sticky rice.

I was raised in East Texas where we grow lots and lots of it, eat lots of it, next door to the Cajuns who eat lots of it. Grew up around lots of flooded rice fields, and we exported a lot to Japan

Only plain long grain, no Bens or kits like the Zatarain or Rice-A-Roni, they're dreadful.

Need my address?

 

[Wyvern]

This week my sister sent me a gift, and with it came a care package of some food. Fruit, peanutbutter, some sausages. You know, staple kind of stuff.

But in with the good stuff was a bunch of rice. Uncle Ben's, Zatarain's, others. A lot of it.

The thing is, I don't like rice. At all. During my childhood I absolutely hated the stuff. People often say rice is bland, but the little bit of flavor it does have I found disgusting.
In my adult years as my palate has changed, the disgust has faded, but I still don't like it. It tastes bad, the various textures most people cook it to are unpleasant (my preference has been describe as "overcooked") and there is nothing about rice which I find enjoyable to eat.

As a stand alone dish there is nothing to recommend it. As a filler there are other options that taste better, have better texture, and look better.

I do not keep rice in my home, and outside of it I never touch the stuff.

What should I do with all this rice?

I absolutely HATE canned yams.

I grew up poor and ate food pantry foods, you almost always get a can of yams- it makes me want to puke.

You an try making rice pudding with plenty of sugar, vanilla and cinnamon, you can use it to make Horchata, or you can simply donate it.

 

[ShadowGroover]

Face to face with an old Nemesis (Eden)? Plug in and enjoy the tone!

 

[FugaziBomb]

Weird.

 

[Watchootognbout]

......................As a stand alone dish there is nothing to recommend it. As a filler there are other options that taste better, have better texture, and look better.

I do not keep rice in my home, and outside of it I never touch the stuff.

What should I do with all this rice?

I agree with you on your assessment of rice.
Plain white rice is a filler food.
Like Styrofoam peanuts in a box of electronics.
Used to take up space.


If you look at a box of Uncle Ben's rice,what do you see.
A plate of some veggies in the middle of a large plate of rice.
It's what you use to bulk up a meal when you don't have enough of the main course ingredients.



Spanish Rice,Chicken or Shrimp fried rice is good.
But I generally stay away from white rice.

 

[Paul New]

Rice and gravy.
Gumbo with rice.
Jambalaya.
Fried rice.
Mexican rice with refried beans and tortillas or chips.
Boudain or dirty rice.

I was raised in East Texas where we grow lots and lots of it, eat lots of it, next door to the Cajuns who eat lots of it. Grew up around lots of flooded rice fields, and we exported a lot to Japan

Only plain long grain, no Bens or kits like the Zatarain or Rice-A-Roni, they're dreadful.

Need my address?

Me too, I have rice most days. Since I’m diabetic, it is usually Ben’s, which is parboiled to remove a lot of starches. Did you know that Paul Prudhomme specified converted (parboiled) rice in most of his recipes?