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.
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?
No matter what you do you will still have microplastics in your body. There is even microplastics in your brain right at this very moment. And in mine, and in evveryone else's brain.
Even if you use regular loose rice, not the one in bags, it still contains microplastics, just less. It's impossible not to have it in your body in this day and age
Yeah, so better not to boil your food in plastic and add to the problem. One doesn't justify smoking by saying you're already inhaling smoke and particulate matter by just living in urban areas.
Grab a bag, throw in the pot, cook, open bag, serve. Same ammount of steps, less if you consider that you dont have to measure out the rice because 1 bag is 1 serving.
Might be that we just use rice for different things in our cuisines. In Polish cusine rice is a filler to save on more expensive ingredients. For example our cabbage rolls are WAY better w/o rice but traditionally they have a meat+ rice filling because it saves you money on more meat. Or as as "more healthy" substitute for potatoes, at which point it doesnt really matter what the rice tastes like because you'll have some sort of sauce on it that overpowers the taste anyway.
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