Why's there all the hubub about washing rice?
heavy metals. in the US it's arsenic because of former cotton plantations but in other countries it's lead and cadmium.Californian rice is relatively heavy metal free because it isn't grown on former cotton plantations that have polluted soil
>>22087103Washing rice isn't going to remove any of that because it gets inside the rice. Removing the bran can get rid of some of it, and soaking or boiling it in excess water and draining it will, but just rinsing it doesn't really remove it.
>>22087109rinsing it has been demonstrated to remove some of the heavy metals. the most effective method is to cook it like they do in India where they cook it like pasta and strain it, like you said.
>>22087098It's an American and other third world countries thing
>>22087103arsenic is not a heavy metal
>>22087133heavy metal isn't a specific term and means different things in different contexts. arsenic is a heavy metal in context of food contamination.
>>22087133It tends to be grouped with them though and because it is heavy, and it's effects on the body are similar to actual heavy metals. Good job expressing your exact placement on the spectrum though.
>>22087098dem some long ass rices
>>22087138It's basmati. You can get those nice long separate grains by rinsing basmati rice well and soaking it for 20 minutes before cooking.
>>22087141can i make my penis longer using this method?
>>22087098It removes some of the excess starch and makes it taste betterSome people can't tell the difference in which case it's fine to not wash since cooking will kill any bacteria anyway
>>22087135>>22087136it's barely even a metal
>>22087146Over rinsing rice reduces sweetness. For jap short grain I do two rinses, long grain one.
>>22087098ever seen a loading dock?ever seen a port?ever seen a cargo ship?ever seen sanitation conditions in the countries that grow rice?if you said yes to any of those things and are still asking:wewlad.
>>22087135>heavy metal isn't a specific termit's a one way ticket to midnight!
>>22087111Par cooking rice like that is only done for dishes like biryani.
>>22087098washes out the larvae and eggs and dead weevil husks
>>22087141Really? I get it nice and fluffy by just toasting the grains in a little bit of butter before cooking.
>>22087098It’s because improves the texture by getting rid of the excess starch on the surface of the rice and prevents clumping. Y'know, when the grains get stuck together in little clusters? Depending on the dish, that probably not going to be something you notice without thinking about it, but I can see it being unpleasant if you’re eating the rice by itself.
>>22087103Unfortunately California also reuses wastewater, so the contamination is at the other end of the spectrum.
>>22087098You wash it so there's no hubub in the rice
>>22087184based
>>22087098In third world countries (including the US) there's still dirt and such when you purchase the rice. In first world countries there's food regulations and such that forbids this.So it's mostly in thirdie countries people need to wash their rice
>>22087180>ytpipol dun leave season in dey raisbix nood fammalamma
>>22087701>Euro health care is so bad they can’t even see the weevils in their riceA truly grim place.
>>22087133>arsenic is not a heavy metaland Anthrax is, go figure
>>22087098Thirdies live in literal shit, so they need to wash it, they don't know that first world's don't need to so they talk about it like its common sense outting themselves as thirdie trash. Lefties do it because they lower themselves to thirdie levels due to brain damage.
I miss basmatti rice. American long grain rice is so plain.
>>2208733328 replies and only one right answer
>>22087144Yes.
>in the US
>>22087098I wash it because it gets rid of starch since I eat a lot of rice and too much starch causes constipation.
>>22087098>Why's there all the hubub about washing rice?LET ME JUST SAY ALL HUR DUR THIS HUR DUR THAT ASIDE WHICH I DIDNT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT WASHING RICE MAKES IT SO I DONT WAKE UP WITH TUMMY ACHES SO I WASH MY RICE apparently i like most people have a mild allergic reaction to the vitamins they spray on rice
I don't know what you other fuckers are doing, but you just wash rice by scrubbing it with water, not soap.
>>22088006are you attempting to make a joke?
