| Posted by | Message |
Big Time Tiger 11 
LSU Fan
RV moving on
Member since Aug 2012
131 posts
| Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 5:03 am)
New to eating rice and want the best. thanks
|
| Back to top | Share on  |
Martini
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2005
24106 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 6:30 am to Big Time Tiger 11)
Louisiana long grain.
|
| Back to top | |
CITWTT
LSU Fan
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
25213 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 6:53 am to Martini)
For La. style yes, but for things like paella/seafood risotto, arborio or other short grain rice.
|
| Back to top | |
CCT
LSU Fan
LA
Member since Dec 2006
3554 posts
 Online
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 7:07 am to Big Time Tiger 11)
quote:
New to eating rice
|
| Back to top | |
CITWTT
LSU Fan
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
25213 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 7:19 am to CCT)
Yeah that is kind of funny, it's almost like saying that I am new to breathing air.
|
| Back to top | |
LSUAfro
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
8605 posts
Online
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 7:23 am to Big Time Tiger 11)
Love me some Louisiana popcern rice
|
| Back to top | |
mups
Member since Feb 2007
133 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 7:39 am to CCT)
Maybe he is from Idaho.
|
| Back to top | |
Fight4LSU
LSU Fan
Metairie, La.
Member since Jul 2005
5504 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 8:37 am to mups)
quote:
Maybe he is from Idaho.
When I first met my fiancé, who was born and raised in Metairie, she said that she can count on one hand how many times in her life she had eaten anything over rice in her life. It was always potatoes and vegetables. She or her mom had never owned a rice cooker.
|
| Back to top | |
Darla Hood 
LA-Lafayette Fan
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
2630 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 10:17 am to Fight4LSU)
I'm probably in the minority. I like medium grain. I like my rice to stick together in a nice clump.
And I like this brand. Locally grown and processed.
|
| Back to top | |
tigerfoot 
LA-Monroe Fan
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
14165 posts
Online
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 10:20 am to Darla Hood)
I like that rice, isn't it out of Falcon?
I love Toro, buy it mostly. Cajun Country second followed by Mahatma.
My wife insists all rice be rinsed, she is daughter of a rice farmer and miller. She says mills are terrible and refuses to eat rice that hasn't been rinsed. The great thing is, the rice seems to have a better texture once rinsed so now I like it that way too. Anyone else do this?
|
| Back to top | |
Darla Hood
LA-Lafayette Fan
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
2630 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 10:31 am to tigerfoot)
Yes, it is Falcon.
I rinse, but I've been told that I don't need to anymore because things have supposedly improved? And yet I continue to rinse.
|
| Back to top | |
LSUPHILLY72
Member since Aug 2010
4183 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 10:52 am to Big Time Tiger 11)
quote:
Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking.
Uncle Ben's...its more expensive but worth it. Follow the directions on the back. 
|
| Back to top | |
Darla Hood
LA-Lafayette Fan
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
2630 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:14 am to tigerfoot)
I'd never heard of Toro until an out of state guest asked me where to find it. She loved it and wanted to stock up. She found some, but I still haven't tried it.
|
| Back to top | |
fatboydave
LSU Fan
Fat boy land
Member since Aug 2004
4293 posts
| re: Best rice for gumbo and other sea food cooking. (Posted on 10/6/12 at 11:19 am to CITWTT)
Cajun Country long grain
Rinse. They fumigate the rice bins. You probably want to rinse "some" of the pesticides off.
This post was edited on 10/6 at 11:22 am
|
| Back to top | |
