It's one of my small "I'm not a confident cook" victories.

Me too. The only time I had an issue cooking rice was the one night I was cooking dinner for my father. NOTHING went right that meal. End result was good, but the process was u-g-l-y.

How do the Europeans do it?

There's no soaking. And maybe you put the rice in after it's boiling? I'll have to go look it up.

I seriously doubt that there is just one European way, or just one Asian way, to cook rice.

I seriously doubt that there is just one European way, or just one Asian way, to cook rice.

Well, I think we're basically talking about how it's taught in French cuisine, versus the most common approach in China.

There's not even one Jamaican way to cook rice. Blessedly. I love our variety. I wish I could work out how to get gungo peas overseas.

Okay, rice done. I used the CI recipe again, but had to take a bunch of work calls, so this time it was total fail on my part. Rice isn't fluffy enough. But the grains are cooked through, so I will call it a pass.

Chili! (This recipe called for 1/4c chili powder. Sheesh. I don't want to put in 1/4c of any spice. It's scary)

When I dated an Indian woman, she fried the rice. The oil would be sizzling before she added the rice and garbanzos or lentils and spices. I have no idea of proportions or timing once it started (other than not long) nor what region of India her cooking represented. (She was Indian from Uganda so regional origins in India did not get mentioned much.)

I wish I could work out how to get gungo peas overseas.

These? [link]

Left work early to get stuff done. Got stuff done. I'm going to have to figure out Tu/Th swims, cause we might be losing a lane for lessons. Might be a crapshoot.

Got my annual jury summons, which is for when I am in B'ham with the boys. Can't really change that. Gonna have a fun time calling up the courts to figure out how to get it deferred. I have no idea how this'll go.

Man, P-C, can I bribe you with foodstuffs to negotiate with a Comcast robot on our behalf? We just keep getting hosed, and every time I try to get the bill down a little I'm told there's nothing they can do, that we won't be eligible for a lower bill until we've established a 12-month solid record of paying the higher bill without a single late payment. I asked the person, "So you'll bill me at a lower rate as soon as I can prove it's no hardship for me to pay the higher rate, but as long as it's a struggle it will continue to stay high?" and he said, "Yup."

Possibly my mistake was in dealing with a human instead of a robot.

Suzi, I take Abilify. What would you be taking it for, if you don't mind me asking?

(I get samples from my doctor, thus circumventing the paying-for-it issue for now.)