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Certainly in my house growing up, it didn't matter how great the rest of the meal was.If you ruined the rice, it was a ruined meal.
We're speaking of a household where there wasn't often ruined rice, but if it burned, we'd have to throw that away and start all over, and delay dinner for 30 minutes.It wasn't an acceptable thing to do.I carry some of that.. Maybe if I make American food and the rice is terrible, I could cook a potato or some bread, but if you make gumbo, and your rice is ruined, well, what are you going to eat it with?
It's the backbone of a meal.In years gone by, that was the big relatively inexpensive thing that filled up a meal.
If you ruined the rice, it was more than inconvenient; it was almost tragic..
When did you become a maker of rice and at what point did you feel confident serving it to somebody else?.Originally appeared: November 2009.A lot has changed since.
decided to be a. vegan.Born and raised in the lush Pacific Northwest, he says that he chose a life of veganism at a young age.
“That’s when I really started learning how to cook” he says, “because no one would cook for me.”.That same scrappiness and mindfulness informs every aspect of the operations at Hogstone’s Wood Oven and the forthcoming Ælder in Orcas Island, WA, where Blackinton is the chef-owner, butcher and resident farmer.