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Chef says many home cooks skip one step cooking rice

The New York Post reports a chef says many home cooks skip one key step when making rice, a kitchen staple that is trickier than it looks.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn October sixteenth, twenty twenty-six, the New York Post reported that a chef says many home cooks are making rice wrong by skipping one important step.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne step. That's how it starts, Hank. Skip the rice, skip the pasta, skip dinner entirely.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI give the chef a seven, for courage.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI haven't tasted it, but I'm giving it a six.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI imagine a warm, slightly damp bowl that tastes like a Tuesday and asks nothing of me.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMy notes: fluffy grains, a hint of regret, and the overwhelming suspicion I've been doing this wrong my entire life.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA six, Dale. You said seven for a bowl of rice you've never seen.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeven. Because any chef brave enough to correct us deserves points for diplomacy.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy lunch was a handful of crackers and an applesauce pouch from two thousand eleven. The date may have been decorative.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI had a cold cup of tea and a biscuit I found in my coat. It was soft. It shouldn't have been.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, what's the saddest thing you've ever called dinner? Dale will score every answer, and he's cruel about it.

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