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Old 01-15-2008, 11:58 PM   #31
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Grated palm sugar is awesome.
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Old 01-16-2008, 02:11 AM   #32
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yeah...my fathers wife make 'sticky rice' with it which I like, but apparently it's a poor persons desert. If that's the case, rich people are stupid is all I can say.
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Old 01-16-2008, 09:19 AM   #33
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white rice has very little nutritional value. But I used to like maple syrup on it as a kid; and I love rice pudding!
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:46 AM   #34
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I put sugar and cinnamon on my sticky white rice. Or used to. My hubby doesn't like white rice, so we mostly do long grain wild rice.
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Old 01-16-2008, 04:59 PM   #35
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Cloud, rice of any kind including white (in particular) is high in carbohydrates and it's also got a good helping of fibre. It also has protien and some B vitamins. That's a big part of the reason why some people manage to subsist on rice alone.
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:18 PM   #36
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I think they put those B vitamins in there by fortifying it. I love white rice, and tho' brown rice has more fiber and more nutrition . . . I can't like it much.
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:25 PM   #37
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Yeah, brown rice has 3X the fiber, which you generally need much more than the sprayed on vitamins in white rice.
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:33 PM   #38
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We have pretty comprehensive food labeling laws in Australia and I've just looked on two different packets of rice in the cupboard and the only ingredient listed is rice.

I don't know if maybe vitamins are added for US consumers, and it's possible there are brands with vitamin additives available here, but you can certainly purchase rice with no additives what so ever here.
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:39 PM   #39
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Apple pie, anyone?
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Old 01-23-2008, 11:36 PM   #40
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you seriously don't have brown sugar? wow. I'll see if I can find some info on it. You must have brown sugar. how else do you make a propper creme brulee?
Yes we do too have brown sugar, and Demerara sugar too. It is, or was, a quirk of US sugar laws that raw sugar is supposed to be refined to pure sugar and then have molasses whipped back in to make brown sugar.

I used to do that with our kitchen blender. I do it less nowadays. If you figure you need your brown sugar to get darker brown, blend in another tablespoon (15ml) of molasses to a cup of the stuff. Very molasses-laden brown sugar should be kept in a tight container.
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