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re: Finding A Rice Pot
Posted on 10/9/14 at 5:07 pm to CajunInOK
Posted on 10/9/14 at 5:07 pm to CajunInOK
This is my version of what CajuninOK is talking about:
The top handle says "Wear Ever".
Bottom is stamped
"No. 2485
Wear Ever
Aluminum
Trademark
Made in USA""
My grandfather was president of the American Rice Growers (a co-op) in Welsh, La. They called him "Mr Rice". Unfortunately he died when I was 4, so I didn't get to absorb any rice wisdom from him. This was the pot my grandmother used.
My mother always used this when I was growing up, but our family switched to electric rice cookers long ago because you can set them and walk away. I guess it's just called a rice steamer. In South Carolina, they call them "Charleston Rice Steamers" The lid is actually double-walled like a thermos for insulation.
On the insert, notice there are no holes in the bottom of it, only on the sides and up on the lip. You put water with the rice in the insert and in the bottom of the pot and steamed the rice. I'll have to ask mom if she remembers the water/rice ratio and time. When I first started cooking (my first recipe was for red beans and rice), I used one and I think you used no more than 1.5 times as much water as rice (maybe less) and I think you cooked for 25 minutes after you started seeing steam coming out. I guess I'll have to experiment.
Here's an article about them with a link to a store that may have a foreign version for sale.
LINK
ETA: Asked mom - She doesn't remember (she's almost 90).
The top handle says "Wear Ever".
Bottom is stamped
"No. 2485
Wear Ever
Aluminum
Trademark
Made in USA""
My grandfather was president of the American Rice Growers (a co-op) in Welsh, La. They called him "Mr Rice". Unfortunately he died when I was 4, so I didn't get to absorb any rice wisdom from him. This was the pot my grandmother used.
My mother always used this when I was growing up, but our family switched to electric rice cookers long ago because you can set them and walk away. I guess it's just called a rice steamer. In South Carolina, they call them "Charleston Rice Steamers" The lid is actually double-walled like a thermos for insulation.
On the insert, notice there are no holes in the bottom of it, only on the sides and up on the lip. You put water with the rice in the insert and in the bottom of the pot and steamed the rice. I'll have to ask mom if she remembers the water/rice ratio and time. When I first started cooking (my first recipe was for red beans and rice), I used one and I think you used no more than 1.5 times as much water as rice (maybe less) and I think you cooked for 25 minutes after you started seeing steam coming out. I guess I'll have to experiment.
Here's an article about them with a link to a store that may have a foreign version for sale.
LINK
ETA: Asked mom - She doesn't remember (she's almost 90).
This post was edited on 10/9/14 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 10/9/14 at 9:00 pm to Stadium Rat
Thank you, Stadium Rat! That is EXACTLY what I am looking for!
Living in Oklahoma, I make rice either in a saucepan on the stove or in an electric cooker. It all comes out mush and doesn't taste right to me. My spouse, however, loves it and has been known to eat rice with butter and sugar (must be a Native American thing).
It is getting cooler and becoming gumbo and jambalaya weather, and this year I would like to have decent rice.
Living in Oklahoma, I make rice either in a saucepan on the stove or in an electric cooker. It all comes out mush and doesn't taste right to me. My spouse, however, loves it and has been known to eat rice with butter and sugar (must be a Native American thing).
It is getting cooler and becoming gumbo and jambalaya weather, and this year I would like to have decent rice.
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