Ok, so they say to rinse your rice before cooking to get rid of the starch. I’ve tried rinsing and not rinsing and I barely taste a difference. Am I a philistine? - ThreadSky

epicciuto.bsky.social • 128 days ago

Ok, so they say to rinse your rice before cooking to get rid of the starch. I’ve tried rinsing and not rinsing and I barely taste a difference. Am I a philistine?

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fairquestion.com•128 days ago

I make fried rice with basmati and rinsing well helps it come out with no clumping.

beebirdmoth.bsky.social•128 days ago

I want my rice starchy. The starchier the better.

bananapantz.bsky.social•128 days ago

I do generally rinse. It’s not about flavor. But consistency and texture.

ppdavalos.bsky.social•128 days ago

…with you on this one! I can never even remember afterwards if I washed it or not🙄

stevecooke.org•128 days ago

It‘s not for reasons of taste. Supposedly, it‘s to make the rice less sticky, but that‘s largely nonsense. Really, the reason to rinse rice is to clean it.

xandariathepink.bsky.social•128 days ago

Rice is an agriculture product, wash it to get the dust off.

lucasalami.bsky.social•128 days ago

I've tried it so many times and it makes zero difference.

neondimples.bsky.social•128 days ago

This is a hill I will die on. I'm not going to judge people for rinsing their rice. But I'm not going to bother, I've never been able to tell a difference.

hlkfotos.com•128 days ago

It seems like most rice is already sold without much dust on it. I've also never noticed much of a difference when I've bothered to rinse it.

lorissa.bsky.social•128 days ago

I think it’s to get rid of the dirt?

transliberalism.substack.com•128 days ago

It’s more a texture thing, and you gotta be super thorough to see the full effects. Unrinsed rice has a completely different texture than well-rinsed.

epicciuto.bsky.social•128 days ago

Don’t notice a texture difference! I guess I am a philistine!

irisandmaeve.bsky.social•128 days ago

I think it’s more for texture.

ggold328.bsky.social•128 days ago

i am not a rinser, especially with arborio rice

vikrambath.bsky.social•128 days ago

The type of rice definitely matters for rinsing. And the manufacturer for that matter

epicciuto.bsky.social•128 days ago

Definitely not arborio. And I don’t even notice a diff in texture. Which rice do you rinse?

irisandmaeve.bsky.social•128 days ago

Basmati because it’s dusty. That’s the only rice I make.

tinavstammy.bsky.social•128 days ago

Sames, huge difference with basmati. And jasmine rice also.

epicciuto.bsky.social•128 days ago

I only make that if I make Indian, which isn’t super often. Maybe that’s the key!

spaceweft.bsky.social•128 days ago

Honestly, I never used to rinse my rice before cooking but then Teh Diabeetus came along. Rinsing the rice and adding a tablespoon or so of vinegar (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/star.19870391105 & https://diabetesaction.org/article-vinegar) cut my glucose spikes a lot!

severediscom4rt.bsky.social•128 days ago

I've never been able to tell the difference, and I eat a lot of rice.

qed2.bsky.social•127 days ago

it's not a taste difference, it's a stickiness difference

nonplussed12.bsky.social•128 days ago

I never rinse.

epicciuto.bsky.social•128 days ago

Fascinating thread with answers! TL;dr: I am a philistine who does not take proper precautions with food safety.

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