Hey now... the chefs were bogged down by the normals. On a side note; As much as I like seeing Jamie mess up (along with the others) I did enjoy his 'Mise en place' in a previous video. I say they should give Jamie a bigger spotlight under less pressure. He can't be pigeon-holed into just being a clown at times.

Also. I'm among those people who want to roast them right now. Why wash your rice AFTER you cook it? You heat up the rice first just to make it cold? Don't you need to heat it again? That's a complete waste of time. Look at any Indian Basmati Rice video and they'll ALWAYS steam cook their rice ONCE.. Same with any ASIAN Jasmine Rice video.

@@gamrage I seem to have missed the part where they wash it after cooking ?

We’re glad you like ‘em!

I’ve missed this part of your channel. I’ve been following for years!!

I totally agree, I love this kind of content, but I just went to see the channel and they have significantly less views.

Yes, more of these please!

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So true. I have never used a scale to measure rice.

I grew up cooking rice on the stovetop for a long time because we actually like the crispy bit you could get at the bottom if you do it right. Eventually, we grew out of that and started using a rice cooker. hehe.

Haiyaa

Zojirushi

@@PriyankitaPant Uncle Roger would definitely have something to say about it.

I understood that reference

Cheeky

OMG who would THAT be? *wink

James just does those things to throw the other guys off. I'm sure he's a nice guy irl but he's the spitting image of my uncle and he's a holier than thou kind of person and it's hard to differentiate the two. Sorry James, but you really do remind me of him 🤷‍♂️

Technically, Mike was supposed to put the lid on. :D

Wooo! Hope you’re enjoying them 👌

Yeah and now Friday is officially one of my favorite three days of the week (Wednesday and Sunday being the other 2) 😉

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suppose you haven't heard of Uncle Roger. He's a character made by Nigel Ng. Part of his schtick is chiding people for not using a rice cooker and straining rice. Most of those comments are likely from niece and nephew in reference to Uncle Roger.

@@sean437 thanks, I didn’t know it.

@@sean437I do know who Uncle Roger is and I have never missed watching his videos but if you scrolled down the comments, some of them are taking it literally, even when sortedfood gives an explanation and they are whom I specifically talked about. That does not include any Uncle Roger nieces and nephews comments. Only those who truly gets offended or taking it literally. HAIYAAA!!!

Thing is, no they don’t. Rice been cooked pretty standard for centuries lol

Don't try to reason out. Brits doesn't know how to cook rice.

It's very much a me thing - but hope it helps. Haha

You beat me to it!

Or rather strategically planned...

@@SortedFood show them how to fail and then show them how to succeed

I was listening to that one instead of watching it and was hoping they must know how to cook rice until I heard Barry say “I just need to drain this rice” and knew they’d failed

@@SortedFood I always wonder, who is responding? I get a feeling the team is much bigger then what we see. I am super curious how big it it! :)

We’re trying! 😂

don't worry, they'll screw it up again the next time a Pass it on video comes around

@@MercenaryPen Hopefully (oh that's just mean lol)

We wonder what he would say?

@@SortedFood just use finger to measure, and why no rice cooker? haiyaaaaaa

@@SortedFood "world war II is over, use rice cooker hiyaaa"

@@SortedFood HAIYAAAAAA

@@SortedFood probably “HAIYAAAAAAA”

And as someone said, Tyrone decides the order

YES!!!!!

We’re glad our tips and tricks are helping you out 😀 if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.

I haven't made basmati rice, but I've been using the oven for years for my regular long grain, courtesy of Alton Brown and Good Eats.

@@SortedFood Speaking of: is there a Wonderbag method for cooking rice? I could honestly go for a video of every possible rice cooking method you guys can come up with.

@andrineslife is it possible for you to link that video pretty please? :)

...But why? It's traditional in my part of the world cook the rice with a lot of extra water and then to drain the rice...maybe not down the sink, we would generally drink the starchy water along with our meal. I mean...rice is a staple in so many parts of the world and so there's so many ways to cook it. So what's with the god damn rice cooking gatekeeping?

@@rahulr1305 I was just joking but I’m sorry if it was disrespectful or anything... it’s just that where I come from we use the “finger” method but I see that not everyone does it like this... again, sorry if my comment was offensive. Have a nice day!

@@rahulr1305 yes, there are so many people getting mad about the way other people cook their rice. Besides, if it works for someone, why bother? I usually just get the rice, put in a random amount of water, cook it and taste to see if it's right, and drain it in the end. Doesn't matter that's not how it should be, it works for me.

@@Marqui1015 where i live many people have been also using the pressure cooker for rice (besides stove top saucepan/pot) and i use the finger technique to get me the right amount of water because I'm a novice, older people just eyeball it

@@rahulr1305 It's a form of bullying. Not sure why people feel the need to do it. Sure, if someone's botching your traditional dish, politely tell them they messed up, but rice is a global staple. No one has any more authority to dictate what is the appropriate way to cook rice than they do to claim ownership of braiding hair.

Biryani 🤤

Yes!

Yes let’s do it. Chef vs chef

Butter with basmati rice is amazing!

Not to mention seasoned chicken fat, and chopped up bits of fat from a smoked bacon.

I always dump a pat of butter into my rice cooker after I measure the rice and water. Perfect amount of butter on every grain.

true

Everyone thinks that China and Vietnam, Thailand are the only countries in Asia. But there's so much more and not every Asian cooks they're rice with that method. Please keep in mind that Asia is not all about China. The West asians cook they're rice many different ways . For Afghanistan it's mostly without the rice cooker and with cumin seeds and a caramel. Might wanna check it out?

@@mdfz2602 Please give me a collective term for people from Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesa, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore etc.

@@jchangaus south east asian or east asian???

@@HikariVariety Tiger all the way

See you on Monday!

@@SortedFood looking forward to it!! 🥳🥳

yes, the completely baffled looks at that black rice, last time, shows they are perhaps a bit limited with their rice!

I love Vietnamese green rice. Looks like giant green aphids or tiny green caterpillars but tastes lovely

Wild rice in America is actually a wild seed.

Wild grass seed.

@@lisat776 But the Biona Black Venus Rice used here is actually rice, a black Italian rice.

the comment I'm finding😅

I think they stopped doing them long before the lockdown :\

@@Lilian040210 i know they did, im saying once things go back to a more normal life that they will bring those back

And that's a luxury not everybody has... so hopefully this method will work for all!

@@SortedFood rice cookers are not a luxury, rather a kitchen essential in every modern asian household. funny how westerners value a toaster more than a rice cooker 😂

@@-EchoesIntoEternity- if you have rice daily a rice cooker is essential. Many of us have it a few times a week, i have no room for another appliance in my kitchen. So yah, i use my toaster daily for my kids, so its value is there.....

@@-EchoesIntoEternity- because westerners eat different food. a good ricecooker here in the west is expensive. A 2 slot toaster here is $15. I don't know about you but we don't eat rice every day, so to buy a separate thing to cook it is a bit ridiculous. However, most people have bread with breakfast or lunch so that toaster gets use. It all depends on where you live and what types of food are consumed, I don't think shitting on people for having a different lifestyle is a good thing. But I understand the original comment was a reference to Uncle Roger jokes. The sieve is used for a good reason in this case unlike Auntie Hersha who rinsed her rice AFTER cooking it..

@@kittycat4378 toaster is uncle roger joke too 🤦‍♂️

Bear in mind these aren't necessarily correct ratios as different types of Rice require different ratios. Unless you don't mind draining rice after cooking it which basically just means it's not done properly with short grain lol

The ancient method we use in Asia. Just chuck it in, always perfect rice.

@@SennaAugustus I still find mine sticks to the bottom of the rice cooker though, am i not using enough water or not rinsing properly?

@@SennaAugustus Perfectly decent rice every time!

fuiyoh!

SAME. Perfect rice and you don’t even have to think about it.

Lol

Use finger haiyaa

Washing rice in a bowl? Haiiiiyyyaaaa

I believe Ben sold him for a Japanese knife many moons ago

awesome to hear!

...I wouldn't call it negativity... it's mostly just friendly ribbing from what I can tell.