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Chefs say rinse your rice for fluffy grains

Chefs quoted by Fox News say the fix applies to basmati and jasmine and takes only a rinse before cooking; the clumps, apparently, were optional.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox News reports that chefs say rinsing basmati and jasmine rice before cooking is the key to fluffy grains that don't clump together in the pot.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRinsing. So all this time you've been making cement instead of rice. That's not a mistake, Hank, that's a crime against carbohydrates.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI have made rice for thirty years, and I have never once held it under a tap.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat explains the pot you brought to the office potluck. People called it a brick with a garnish.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA brick.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut you can grow, Hank. The report says the grains stay distinct, and I want that for you, too. Distinct. Separate. Unclumped from your fears.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've been eating brick rice for three decades, and apparently I could have had fluffy grains this whole time if I'd just used water like some kind of fancy person.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen rinse it.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith what? I have one bottle of water, and it's for the apocalypse.

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