Rice for breakfast

[Regolith]

Throw in some eggs and cook it in a frying pan, got yourself a rice omelette.

[charby]

Sounds a lot like rice pudding.

What I was thinking.

[Perd Hapley]

Sounds a lot like rice pudding.

It's almost like rice pudding.

[Hawkmoon]

Sounds a lot like rice pudding.

It's almost like rice pudding.

Yes, I think that makes the second time this year we've agreed on something. The world will probably end tomorrow. 

[K Frame]

I've seen you eat, so I agree wholeheartedly. :D

Chris

Yeah, and you're a picky eater yerself!

As fast as you eat, do you even taste the food?

[K Frame]

Barely.  She had this tendency to assume that if she doubled the temperature of stuff, she could cut the cooking time in half.  Her chicken could be downright scary; burned on the outside, bleeding on the inside, and still spewing scalding juice from just under the skin.

I think she may well be my one friend's mother in law...

[K Frame]

I pulled my canister of grits out of the cupboard last night, was going to make them with cheese and some shredded roasted chicken...

Pantry pests.

Threw the container out. Along with the bag of rice that was also in there.

Gotta start storing that stuff in the freezer.

[T.O.M.]

Two words...loco moco.

Tried it in Honolulu, on suggerstion of a friend who had served at Schofield.  God it was good.

[Perd Hapley]

Two words...loco moco.

Tried it in Honolulu, on suggerstion of a friend who had served at Schofield.  God it was good.

Hmmm. My wife has been cooking all kinds of national and regional cuisines lately. Thanks for the tip.

[BobR]

mmmmmmmmmmm.... loco moco with spam......yummy!!


bob

[lupinus]

mmmmmmmmmmm.... loco moco with spam......yummy!!


bob

Thin sliced crispy fried spam and buttered minute rice. Mmmm

[T.O.M.]

Thin sliced crispy fried spam and buttered minute rice. Mmmm

Back when I was a Boy Scout, we made Spam cakes with eggs.  Dip Spam slices in egg wash, then coat with instant mashed potato flakes and fry until golden brown.  Haven't had that in years, but it sounds good now.

[K Frame]

One of my favorite winter camp breakfasts in Scouts was fried spam and eggs.

Still have it occasionally in winter.

[KD5NRH]

Thin sliced crispy fried spam and buttered minute rice.

A failed mead experiment allowed to vinegarize turned out to be the ultimate spam marinade.  Slice thin, soak in the fridge overnight and fry.

[BobR]

My cat eats Spam, which is not a bad thing. We have an 18 y/o cat that my wife wants to keep the weight on so she feeds her various things at night as a "snack". Spam is one of her favorites although she really like chicken wings, beer soaked brats and pork fat. We buy the Spam for her in single serve packets. If the cat eats the wife is happy, a happy wife means a happy life. It also allows me to buy a can of Spam every now and then under the guise of "sharing with the cat" .

bob

[makattak]

One of my favorite winter camp breakfasts in Scouts was fried spam and eggs.

Still have it occasionally in winter.

I thin slice the spam and fry it up. My children absolutely love it.

I will have to try Chris's spam cakes for them some time. That sounds very good.

[K Frame]

Except potato flakes are the Satan's Dandruff!

Some years ago I was with friends and we hit a restaurant that they loved, a family style country place in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Wendy raved about the mashed potatoes and the corn fritters (which were quite good).

When the potatoes came out I took one bite and ...

Box mix.

Wendy and Dave looked at me, I think both thought I was off my rocker. There were spices and seasonings mixed in, but the underlying flavor was definitely instant potatoes.

When the waitress came back around I flat out asked her -- are these instant potatoes?

She looked at me, grinned, and confirmed that they were instant flakes.

They were good, and the food overall was quite good, but I was kind of surprised that a place that advertised itself as authentic home cooking used instant potatoes.

[makattak]

Except potato flakes are the Satan's Dandruff!

Some years ago I was with friends and we hit a restaurant that they loved, a family style country place in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

Wendy raved about the mashed potatoes and the corn fritters (which were quite good).

When the potatoes came out I took one bite and ...

Box mix.

Wendy and Dave looked at me, I think both thought I was off my rocker. There were spices and seasonings mixed in, but the underlying flavor was definitely instant potatoes.

When the waitress came back around I flat out asked her -- are these instant potatoes?

She looked at me, grinned, and confirmed that they were instant flakes.

They were good, and the food overall was quite good, but I was kind of surprised that a place that advertised itself as authentic home cooking used instant potatoes.

My wife had never had instant potatoes before she married me. She was more than a little wary of them.

After tasting them, I believe her response was "Hey, these taste like potatoes!"

Personally, the effort required to make real mashed potatoes is not worth the marginal improvement in taste, but to each his own.

(It's not that I prefer instant, I just prefer convenience. Now, if we start talking about mac and cheese, I actually DO prefer instant, unless it is a particularly good one made from scratch.)

[41magsnub]

Every try the dehydrated hash browns?  I love those for camping.

[bedlamite]

Every try the dehydrated hash browns?  I love those for camping.

Yep, all the time at the cabin.

[K Frame]

Potato flakes taste NOTHING like real potatoes.

But, fortunately, they actually don't taste all that bad (unlike a lot of other processed foods), so I'm not at all adverse to them.

I've never seen making real mashed potatoes to be that much of a chore at all.

Even less so if you leave the skins on them (which adds a LOT to the taste).

[makattak]

Potato flakes taste NOTHING like real potatoes.

But, fortunately, they actually don't taste all that bad (unlike a lot of other processed foods), so I'm not at all adverse to them.

I've never seen making real mashed potatoes to be that much of a chore at all.

Even less so if you leave the skins on them (which adds a LOT to the taste).

It's the time. Boiling potatoes is significantly more of a time investment than boiling water for instant. Mixers would make short work of mashing, should anyone be averse to smashing potatoes by hand.

(And I'll disagree on the tasting nothing like real potatoes, but, of course, my tastes and yours are different. I mean, what kind of person would get into a fight about cornbread potatoes??)

[KD5NRH]

Potato flakes taste NOTHING like real potatoes.

But, fortunately, they actually don't taste all that bad (unlike a lot of other processed foods), so I'm not at all adverse to them.

Also a handy thickener, though dried and crushed zucchini or eggplant can often give a better texture.

[BobR]

Instant mashed potatoes make a pretty good coating (once seasoned up) for baked skinless chicken breasts. A little spray of Pam on them before popping into the oven and they come out nicely browned and crispy. That's about all we use them for.

bob

[KD5NRH]

I've also cold smoked some potato flakes over mesquite (letting the smoker grill burn out, and decided to get some use out of the smoke) to make a great instant potato soup.  Again, the same works with other dried veggies.

I gotta get another dehydrator: I miss having stuff like that around.