[Sca-cooks] Cooking rice in feast quantities

[johnna holloway]

I have had good luck in the past doing rice for as many
as 225 plus by using the commerical Uncle Ben's and doing
it in the ovens in big roaster pans. There was a recipe
on the packages that gave the instructions for exactly how
mauch water to use and time/oven requirements. It turned
out fine.

Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway

david friedman wrote:> snipped
> Elizabeth and I (and lots of helpers) did a medium sized Islamic
> feast yesterday. Such a feast requires a lot of rice. But making
> large quantities of rice is impossible,........
> The solution is to bring the water to a boil, add the rice, bring it
> back to a boil (stirring some), cover, turn off the heat and wait.
> With large volumes, the rice stays hot long enough to  cook itself.
> Since you are turning off the heat before the rice becomes sticky,
> you can do it without scorching........
> I thought the trick might be something some people here were not be
> familiar with and might be useful to someone else at another feast.
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.daviddfriedman.com/