There’s more than one way to cook rice. Different methods give different results, and are used for different purposes. Your technique is common for things like pilaf, where you want the grains to be completely separate. You’re right that there’s no point in rinsing rice when you do it this way.
On the other hand, when you’re making steamed rice rinsing can help. Most people like steamed rice to come out fluffy. That’s hard to achieve if there’s starchy rice powder between the grains. This is what they do in Chinese restaurants, where you get a bowl of steamed rice with your meal.
I’ve never met anyone who out slipped the clutch the whole time, that would wear out real fast. But I don’t know many parking breakers either. The way we were all taught(AKA the right way ;)) is to fully clutch and use the break pedal while stopped, then just declutch while gassing as normal when you are ready to go forward.
I just explained to my boss what "top of the hour’’ and ‘‘bottom of the hour’’ mean.
Explains so many puzzled looks he gave me during a two-week trip through Europe. Whenever we were just dumping stuff in our rooms and meeting in the lobby, I’d say, "See ya at the top of the hour: (as it was, for example, 8:45 and we agreed to meet at 9).
Makes we wonder who does/doesn’t know what these expressions mean… hmmm…
I remember wondering what “pull the door to” meant when I first heard it. I asked and was told it means “close the door.” To me the “to” on the end needed a destination. It left me hanging, wondering to where I was to pull the door.
We generally get a couple of flushes because of the reserve in the pressure tank. I think all systems are set up that way. The well does not go on everytime you turn a spigot.
It’s not too much of a concern for me since we have a creek on the property that I can get water from to flush if need be.
I can tell my right from my left, if I stop to think about it. If someone asked me to raise my right hand, right now, I figure I have a 50-50 shot at getting it right.
Somehow, though, I never have a problem when someone says, “Give me your left hand.”
As a Texan who visited New York City, I have to complain about how the pronounce the name of our state’s largest city, Houston (Hyoo stun, v. House ton).
The song “The Farmer in the Dell” goes through the entire farmstead, with each member asking the next into the “circle”, until, after the cat takes the rat, the rat takes the cheese. (The Cheese stands alone!)
This song seemed to already be old when i learned it 60 years ago. Looking at Wikipedia, I see it was published 135 years earlier. Definitely not Disney!
