in the back of your pantry there are two bags of world rices in 90 seconds (!), a long-ago gift from an eccentric uncle. pre-cooked rice — basmati, in this instance — in a plastic pouch that you microwave on high for a minute and a half. maybe you were suspicious of them for the longest time, months they lay in the back of your pantry. good thing, then, that there was no expiry date on the package. because when your mid-week pasta plans are scuttled, the rices will come to your rescue.
really, there is no need to be afraid. even if the rice is a bit chalky straight out of the bag, you can fix it, hack it, even, with diced-up, fried-up eggplant and zucchini, a sprinkle of moroccan spice mix, a lot of garlic; raisins; toasted almond slivers; cubes of creamy fetta, tossed together on low heat and then left in the wok to develop a bit of a crust on the bottom.
if you top it with slices of fried chorizo and garlic-roasted cherry tomatoes, arranged like a big red flower, it will look like something out of a fancy cookbook — maybe even an international cookbook from the late-70s.
but, ok, really: rice in 90 seconds. is that ridiculous?
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Sounds good to me. But Rice in 90 seconds is a bit wrong.
any food in 90 seconds seems wrong! how did the cupcake expedition go? i was at this school fete yesterday where they had this decorate your own cupcake table – it was so cute, i will have to send you the pics!
happy sunday!
I was tempted to try one of those packs as a last resort for when I run out of rice but decided against it.
rice in 90 seconds just sounds wrong – even instant noodles don’t cook that quick 😉
well, it wasn’t *bad*, and maybe, even “wrong” is too harsh a word. it’s just that rice seems to be the ultimate convenience food already. just put it in the rice cooker and walk away, and 20 minutes later it’s ready. i dunno, i’m just assuming 20 minutes is an ok amount of time for food prep. and maybe i’m assuming that more people have rice cookers, than actually do.
do you have rice cookers?
and yes, please! show me these cupcakes, sonya!