fizzgig
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Mon Jan-04-10 11:45 PM
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Edited on Tue Jan-05-10 12:05 AM by fizzgig
i've got a bag of it, but i don't really have a way of draining it. can i put it in the rice basket in my steamer or use a rice cooker?
if i can't, does anyone have any suggestions?
edit for clarification
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Tue Jan-05-10 05:46 AM
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1. Coffee filter might work Elastic round paper filters strongly to |
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the top of a bowl, leaving a slight depression (I'd still hold onto it). If you use one of the wedge shaped gold filters, can you suspend that directly over a coverless coffee pot or other pan so the water will drain through? I'd bet about a coffee mug size scoop of cooked pasta would drain through quickly. Transfer to another plate and repeat.
Either way would probably a little time and I think you'd have to drain in smallish size batches.
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Tue Jan-05-10 07:06 AM
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Can you pick up and inexpensive colander or large slotted spoon with small holes?
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Tue Jan-05-10 10:16 AM
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3. Orzo is pasta, not rice, so steaming is not going to work |
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Like all pasta, it needs to be drowned in a lot of liquid to cook properly.
Try it in soups if you don't have a ten cent thrift shop strainer.
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Tue Jan-05-10 02:41 PM
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but I almost think it could be cooked risotto-style. I saw a link here somewhere that pasta can be cooked that way. It absorbs the liquid as it cooks.
Call me crazy, but I think it could work!
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Tue Jan-05-10 04:13 PM
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5. You may well still be crazy, LOL, but... |
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Tue Jan-05-10 08:14 PM
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7. We make it risotto style all the time and it is delish. nt |
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Wed Jan-06-10 10:28 AM
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I think it was Bittman or one of his colleagues in the New York Times has had a couple of articles about cooking pastas with less water.
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Tue Jan-05-10 08:46 PM
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8. A pot with a lid will work... |
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unless I am reading this wrong.
You boil it. You put a lid on it and hold it over the sink. Lift the lid just a nip to let the water drain out.
I have cooked pasta everywhere...camping...the beach...never take a colander, lol! :)
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Wed Jan-06-10 02:05 PM
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13. Same here, it's how my mother did it |
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I'd just add the caveat to cover your lid holding forearm with a dishtowel. The steam is uncomfortable at best.
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Tue Jan-05-10 09:24 PM
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9. Could you perhaps cook it like couscous? |
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Give it just as much water as it will absorb, no draining necessary.
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Wed Jan-06-10 12:56 PM
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i tried it in the rice cooker and it came out kind of like a half-assed risotto. it wasn't the best thing i've ever made, but it was still pretty tasty once i seasoned it.
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