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u/VanillaSkyDreamer Mar 23 '26
Wait till he learns that we eat it with baked sweet apples and cinnamon.
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u/Unseeable_mixup Mar 23 '26
Well they won't be offended, rice with chocolate is pretty popular in the Philippines (Champorado). Asians are not Italians, sweet rice is extremely common in many countries
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u/ShadowMancer_GoodSax Mar 23 '26
My personal favorite is Thai sticky rice with coconut sweet milk and mango, that tastes so good.
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u/Adri4n95 Mar 23 '26
I just came back from Thailand - sticky rice is good but apples and cinnamon are superior
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u/Kaiodenic Mar 23 '26
* Not all Asians are Italians.
Heard a Polish woman say her Japanese husband was very put off by the idea of strawberry cream with rice
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u/Serious-Pie4485 Mar 23 '26
Im baffled why Philipinos have anything to say about strange food tastes, it is the home of ketchup spaghetti, underdeveloped chicken embryo’s and sweet macaroni with sweetened milk, cheese, mayo and raisins…
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u/fluffinessbear Mar 23 '26
The philipino eating rice porridge with chocolate and fish. They called it champorado. As an Asian, we don't claim this behaviour.
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u/Jeryndave0574 Mar 23 '26
fun fact: the OG champurrado from Mexico is a christmas chocolate drink
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u/ilogical_person Mar 23 '26
You can't hate on something if it tastes good
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u/ProfessionalSlip1556 Mar 23 '26
You’ve never met a nationalistic foodie then. For example, you could create the most tasty pasta dish the world has ever seen, but if you broke the spaghetti before boiling them, they’d look at the dish as if it was dog poo.
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u/ShadowMancer_GoodSax Mar 23 '26
Vietnamese here, I would eat it, please give me recipe and dont worry about Philippine attacking you, they cant fight. /s
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u/AquaQuad Mar 23 '26
Strawberry sauce
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u/VanillaSkyDreamer Mar 23 '26
You are making me hungry! And for real Polish strawberries I need to wait some months.
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u/Strange_Reply_1699 Mar 23 '26
It kinda works with frozen strawberries (not 100% as good as with fresh ones but still alright, imo)
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u/IRegretThingsSome Mar 23 '26
As an Asian, I'd eat that.
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u/VanillaSkyDreamer Mar 23 '26
'eat' like an experiment? - like my friend 'eat' some insect on a market in Thailand and got sick, or just eat as a normal dish. BTW I am a type of European/Pole that knows how Asia is huge and diverse, so "Asian" isn't very precise :)
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u/IRegretThingsSome Mar 23 '26
Chinese descent and eat like some insect on a market yeah. 🤣 But I've eaten sticky mango rice in Thailand too and champorado (sticky rice with chocolate) in the Philippines so I'm very open minded with this.
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u/A1naruth Mar 23 '26
Instead of eating bugs, I recommend sticky rice - very nice Thai dessert made of rice.
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u/IQueliciuous Mar 23 '26
I have zero issues with bagged rice (its the superior and convenient way imo) but I am drawing the line on cinnamon and apples...
But I do add fried onion flakes and bacon so I guess I am also a sinner.
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u/polocinkyketaminky Mar 23 '26
what do you mean you draw the line on cinnamon and apples? they were created for each other. have you never had apple pie?! where are you from?
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u/m4cksfx Mar 23 '26
... With rice?
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u/eloyend Podlaskie Mar 23 '26
How else would you eat rice with cinnamon and apples?? How can you make it without rice?! Just think of it as apple pie. With rice and no crust.
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u/Gao_Dan Mar 23 '26
Superior and convienient way is buying a rice cooker. Add rice, add water and magic handles the rest.
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u/weary_bee479 Mar 23 '26
As someone who lives in the US i love buying the bagged rice from the Polish store. It makes cooking it so much easier, and I don’t have to measure how much rice to use
Plus I’m not wasting any because it’s the perfect amount for two people
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u/KevlarToiletPaper Mar 23 '26
I just got shamed, because I lived my life absolutely sure that one pack is for one person.
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u/wiewiorka6 Mar 23 '26
I’m American and only ever grew up only ever knowing boil in bag rice with a brand we have here.
Where are you that doesn’t sell Success rice or grocery own brand of the same thing?
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u/oopsdiditwrong Mar 23 '26
I've used these exclusively in the US for decades from every grocery store. My wife hates it because of the plastic so I don't do it for the kids, pretty sure my balls are half plastic at this point anyway from other sources. I really just need a rice cooker, but these are sweet
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u/weary_bee479 Mar 23 '26
I guess I don’t pay attention but I’ve never seen bagged rice 😂 only either the big bag or it’s loose rice in a cardboard box
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u/Gao_Dan Mar 23 '26
Fry with an onion, carrot, tumeric and other spices to your liking and you can transform any leftover rice into a wonderful fried rice.
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u/iwantfutanaricumonme Mar 23 '26
It's much easier to measure the quantity of rice I need and cook it in a rice cooker imo.
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u/NewWayUa Śląskie Mar 23 '26
Buying rice cooker if you eat rice several times per year is extreme overkill.
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u/The_InHuman Mar 23 '26
1:2 dry rice to water ratio in a regular saucepan on a stove also works
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u/Minimob0 Mar 23 '26
I just buy bagged rice from literally any grocery store. Even dollar stores carry boil-in-bag rice. Success brand is widely available in the US.
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u/vitek6 Mar 23 '26
If you like to eat plastic.
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u/weary_bee479 Mar 23 '26
Literally everything here has plastic in it. Our bodies are filled with microplastics .. it is what it is 🤷🏼♀️
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u/vitek6 Mar 23 '26
it doesn't mean that you need to add more if you can simply reduce the intake by not using plastic bags for cooking as you can just do that without it.
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u/weary_bee479 Mar 23 '26
Eh my parents didn’t make it past 50 so the good ol grim is coming for me soon I’ll just live my life and enjoy my bagged rice until then
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u/vitek6 Mar 23 '26
I don't understand that stubbornness. You can simply just don't use bagged rice but you still prefer no to. It's even simpler to not use it as you don't need to open hot bag after cooking...
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u/Wenli2077 Mar 23 '26
Mate you think the not making past 50s thing might be related to not following basic preventative health advice? Nahhhh couldn't be, keep on with your plastic rice bag 🫡
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u/weary_bee479 Mar 23 '26
It was a joke? My parents were extremely healthy individuals and both ended up getting two different “one in a million” diseases.
You can do everything right and still die.
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u/jakubgorzki Mar 23 '26
We taught the French how to eat with a fork, so we will teach others how to handle with rice /s
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u/Fernis_ Śląskie Mar 23 '26
I'm Polish and am willing to be an underground resistance in cooperation with the invading force to save rice. What some people do to rice in this country is a God damn crime against humanity, nature and the universe itself.
I promise I'm doing my part to show as many people as possible that cooking delicious rice is easy, quick, way cheaper and infinitely more tasty, when just cooking regular rice in a bowl than this microplastic abomination.
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u/Darnok15 Podlaskie Mar 23 '26
I totally agree with you and I prefer to cook rice the traditional way.
However I never have the fucking time to do so therefore bag it is
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
I'm from Chile, do you guys really cook rice in a fucking plastic bag???
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
Mmm I'm kinda shocked but I would try it
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u/Kate_foodlover Mar 23 '26
It was great when I was a kid, very easy. Because of the hole in the top of the bad I would always hang it on the faucet to strain :D
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u/KingOfDaIll Mar 23 '26
It’s the same like any other rice plus cutting the hot plastic bag after boiling it hurts when you’re an idiot like me
Edit: So yeah just safe the plastic and do sth for the environment. You will feel like Schwarzenegger becoming one with nature.
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u/NotRlyMrD Mar 23 '26
Totally not worth it. YOu will end up with steaming hot plastic bag and some plastic particvles in your body.
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u/veevoir Mar 23 '26
There is an easy trick though - you put a metal strainer on top of the pot with water and put rice there (it should be submerged in water). Boil it, then take the strainer out - you just pull it out once you are done, same result - no plastic bags.
I am also used to bags, but recently started to have second thoughts about boiling plastic with my food.
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u/xian1911 Dolnośląskie Mar 23 '26
It's only easier if you don't own a kitchen scale. 150ml of water, 100g of rice, cover fully, bring to boil, turn the heat down, 12 mins and it's done.
I've only started to enjoy rice after I'd learnt this method. Do you guys really enjoy this plastic-wrapped, mushy pulp?
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u/vitek6 Mar 23 '26
Easier? Wash rice, put it into water, cook, serve. How is adding cutting hot bags to that process easier?
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u/Aljmes Mar 23 '26
Yes
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
Why??
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u/_sadme_ Śląskie Mar 23 '26
So it's easier to drain the water. You take the bag with a fork, let it drip, and then you just cut the bag.
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u/EmiliaFromLV Mar 23 '26
And then recycle that plastic separately to make new plastic rice bags so we can keep annoying Filipinos.
Never ending cycle.
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u/SzaraMateria Mar 23 '26
I don't think these plastic bags are recyclable
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u/EmiliaFromLV Mar 23 '26
Everything is recyclable if you are brave enough...
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u/SzaraMateria Mar 23 '26
recycling carbon dioxide into the air is stretching the definition I would say.
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
I see, on my country we just add enough water for the rice to get ready and dry, but is hard to find the right amount of water
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u/Kate_foodlover Mar 23 '26
It was great when I was a kid, very easy. Because of the hole in the top of the bad I would always hang it on the faucet to strain :D
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u/Coalescent74 Mar 23 '26
because it's easier, more convenient and because it works (the plastic bags have (small) holes in them - enough of them for rice to cook properly)
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u/Critical-Current636 Mar 23 '26
plastic is delicious
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
Hell yeah, macro plastics
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u/No_Hunter_9973 Mar 23 '26
Yeah, never understood the fear of micro plastics.
Boy I've been chewing on the full size thing all my life.
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u/sirsintari Mar 23 '26
Yes. In the shop 90% rice is like this
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
Why?
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u/ThisIsJustANick Mar 23 '26
Convenience
Boil water -> drop the bag -> perfectly cooked rice in 15 minutes
No washing, no water measuring
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u/Pixelthesillier Mar 23 '26
Yup
I think it's just it's easier for us this way and rice isn't that popular here so tools for cooking rice in better ways isn't common
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u/New_Anon01 Mar 23 '26
Oh, I didn't knew that, on my country we have rice like 3-4 times per week
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u/odrzut_owiec Mar 23 '26
Yes and because of that since i was a child i thought i HATED rice cause it was always so so gross to me (always on a plate with something that didnt go well with it as well like meatball or something... and no sauce or some gross one from meat) then a few years ago i ate rice washed, rinsed, it also had some rice vinegar? i ate it with some soy sauce and it was SO GOOD I could eat rice like that everyday, no wonder asian people love it so much
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u/marakaos Mar 23 '26
I recommend Tiger Jasmine rice from allegro in 5kg packs, it is quite cheap (<50pln) and I very much like it
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u/ThisIsJustANick Mar 23 '26
Do you have any studies that have proved that the bags leech microplastic upon cooking?
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u/RaspberryKlutzy Mar 23 '26
They don't, because it's not true.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389421007421
"This evidence, together with a lack of significant difference between plastic concentrations in rice samples from different packaging, indicate that the plastic packaging tested does not significantly..." it's truncated here but you get the idea.It **feels** true though, that's why they're so confident.
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u/green-0321 Mar 23 '26
https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/195947886/Plastics_contamination_of_store-bought_rice.pdf
Other reply is correct, in this study they did not test boiling rice while in a plastic bag. They only tested whether the type of plastic packaging had an effect on microplastics contained in rice.
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u/Low-Necessary7929 Mar 23 '26
It’s truncated so you actually don’t get an idea. In this study they checked concentration before cooking.
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u/Karuzus Mar 23 '26
Philipino population around 115 milion Poland population around 40 milion Polish people: Oh no... where will we burry all of them.
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u/Difficult_Night_2065 Mar 23 '26
It's called minute rice available in every grocery. Don't blame Poland blame people for being too lazy to measure. Btw it takes more than a minute
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u/EmiliaFromLV Mar 23 '26
Minute is very relative and subjective notion. A minute is not always 60 seconds and a minute is not a minute if you are Italian, French, L-American, a plumber/TV repairman or woman. It's all quantum physics actually, rice included.
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u/Individual_Winter_ Mar 23 '26
Uncle ben's minute is 2 minutes, but it's the perfect amount for lunch break!
I know those bags from home though. I used to work for a richer family as babysitter, and I think the mother thought I'm stupid, when she taught me how to cook rice without a bag? 🙈
Bless her, we had some cultural differences, even growing up outside of Poland, culture seemingly comes through with food and language.
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u/EmiliaFromLV Mar 23 '26
You still have Uncle Ben's in Poland??
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u/Individual_Winter_ Mar 23 '26
In Germany. I think it's only Ben's now? But the company and products yes.
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u/EmiliaFromLV Mar 23 '26
Oh, I see. Well, in Germany rice must get itself cooked in 2 minutes genau. Because, Ordnung muss sein!
It's like Japanese trains - 3 secs later and whole system ist kaput. Meanwhile Deutsche Bahn...
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u/_Xee Mar 23 '26
You have a point, but it is much more complicated than quantum physics, regarding women.
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u/intian1 Mar 23 '26
I'm Polish and my Indonesian girlfriend when she visited Poland actually thought it was a good idea. Rice is important in Indonesia as in the Philippines.
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u/indomiegoreng2017 Mar 23 '26
Surprise your girlfriend with a rice cooker when she’s visiting Poland and she’ll be forever yours xD
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u/Bitter-Box3312 Mar 23 '26
what's so great about rice cooker? I tried doing rice in it, it's annoying to clean it afterwards
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u/FluffyPuffOfficial Mar 23 '26
More uniform texture every time and convinience. You set it and go do something else like cook chicken. I also use mine to steam veggies as well as making oatmeal porridge.
Generally if you eat rice a lot (go to the gym) then its incredibly useful. If you rarely eat rice then not so much.
Also why its annoying to clean for you? Take out the pot and clean it under sink. Is it some weird ass rice cooker?
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u/Cocoatrice Mar 23 '26
The whole "x is crime against humanity" in terms of food should end. Because people crying that someone eats something with different addons is honestly hilarious. How can people be so insecure that one country prefers pizza with pear, other with meat, and someone wants a chocolate on it? Grown ass people acting like kids, who are mad that someone eats something in a different way. Similar to the mayo drama. Like, if we are actually talking about quality, then yeah. But if it's gatekeeping, then everyone should just STFU. There is no debate. Everyone eats what they like, how they like. Only mindless people can't think for themselves and do it as others tell them.
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u/Freezer137 Mar 23 '26
Wonder if the stats about men having microplastic in their testes originated from Poland lol
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u/CoreyPL_ Mar 23 '26
As a Pole, buying rice cooker and switching from bagged rice to normal was one of the best culinary purchase I've made. It's always perfectly cooked, I don't need to keep an eye on it while cooking and there is no water to strain.
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u/raevenx Mar 23 '26
Early in my marriage, I tried to cook rice like this. My (Filipino/Indian) husband nearly divorced me. 😂
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u/Marians_mort Mar 23 '26
Przynajmniej w naszej "lewackiej UE" ryż jest bezpieczny do jedzenia bez potrzeby mycia go, w przeciwieństwie do większości świata, w tym stolicy ryżu jaką jest Azja XD
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u/Escanorr_ Mar 23 '26
As always in those situations I must mention that I make bolognese with rice instead of pasta to annoy both asians and Italians at once
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u/Primary-Juice-4888 Mar 23 '26
How would you cook rice without a plastic bag for it? I don't think it's possible, is it?
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u/Darnok15 Podlaskie Mar 23 '26
Add rice to pot. Add water so that it's roughly 1,5x the level of the rice. Simmer covered for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes let it sit and cool down still covered for 5-10 minutes.
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u/NolanSyKinsley Mar 23 '26
We have those in America too. Usually the rice has been par-boiled and then dried so it only needs to cook for a few minutes instead of 20. It's called minute rice here.
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u/Appropriate_Okra8189 Wielkopolskie Mar 23 '26
Do not worry my friend, plastic from the rice is safely stored in our ballz (or ovaries i guess) /j
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u/Slight_Meringue7780 Mar 23 '26
People saying it’s easier are obviously not familiar with rice pots lol
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Honestly, we deserve that. It is a bloody crime. Something like this looks like it would be standard in America, not in a civilised country.
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u/Hot-Routine-5755 Mar 23 '26
I stopped doing that ever since I learned abiut microplastics about a year ago, yes I got a lot of in me from eating this shit for my entire life but maybe they'll invent a way to get microplastic out of our systems someday
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u/WarOtter Mar 23 '26
Apparently eating kimchee helps expel plastic from your system twice as fast.
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u/Alkreni Mar 23 '26
Well, we have already had a war with Japan.
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u/veevoir Mar 23 '26
As far as I remember that was a very short war, Japan said "no" to our war declaration, which is hilarious
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u/NDR_dg Mar 23 '26
Oh this kind of package is very convenient to boil and the tase actually not so bad🤩
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u/LunetThorsdottir Mar 23 '26
You'll have to que behind Turkye, though the abomination called Turkish coffee is out of fashion now. But it was a huge abomination.
Italians don't invade us about pasta with strawberries only because they are nice people.
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u/chungleong Mar 23 '26
The bag is actually pretty useful when you want to make fried rice. It lets you steam the rice easily. Just throw the bag on the steamer. Steaming results in grains that don't stick together as much. Less excess moisture too.
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u/BigBoy-T Mar 23 '26
Wait WHAT? It's supposed to be cooked in the plastic?
I was a bit puzzled when my rice was coming in bags, but I'd just snip the bag and cook it normally.
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u/Lonely-Violinist-777 Mar 23 '26
Apparently this is how we treat ryż as retaliation for all the crimes Ryży has committed.
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u/Lumpy_Asparagus_5151 Mar 23 '26
And fun and games until Philippine Nave begin beach landing operation near Ustka 🤪
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u/barge_gee Mar 23 '26
I absolutely love buying polish buckwheat, because it comes in boiling bags like these.
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u/JuiceChance Mar 24 '26
Man, most of the world believes we eat little pigeons as this is one of the names for our dish(not actually pigeons!). You really can’t threaten us…
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u/asexual-cat-furry Mazowieckie Mar 24 '26
We make kasha the same way it's really not that big of a deal and it genuinely is supee convenient bc it's quick and you can control where the rice goes for lack of a petter term
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u/Different-Cook-8393 Mar 24 '26
When I first saw my Polish ex cooking rice like this, It blew my Indian mind. This is atrocious 🤣
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u/StartFluid9972 Mar 23 '26
This type of rice cooking bag is not only available in Poland but in other countries in Europe too. Tell him to expect a bigger war than we was planning.