2aHawaii
General Topics => Preparedness and Survival => Topic started by: Heavies on August 05, 2014, 01:41:25 PM
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Hawaii people eat rice. Lots of rice.
How are you planning on washing your rice in times of limited potable water?
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When we'd go camping, we'd use the ocean water. Comes out pretty good and not really salty. Just gotta find a place where the water's not dirty or sandy. A little bit off of the shoreline on the rocks.
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Same here, i washed rice in the ocean while camping.
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with all the rain and run off expected from a hurricane, not sure if your gonna want to wash your rice with the water from the ocean. not washing your rice aint gonna kill you
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Depends if you're planning on going to get it before or after the storm. Several buckets will go a long way. And if you don't need it. You can dump them on the weeds in the yard.
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Depends if you're planning on going to get it before or after the storm. Several buckets will go a long way. And if you don't need it. You can dump them on the weeds in the yard.
true that and you can use it for drinking water by desalinating it if worse comes to worse
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Thanks. Great ideas
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shtf or backpacking soak rice first to reduce cooking time and water required, add more water if needed prior to boiling. just like sushi rice the secret is presoak. one firecube can do enough rice for 2 in a canteen cup. with firewood, almost unlimited but hope you get enough cups :)
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I know a Korean lady who just washes her rice once, but saves the "white water" to use later to thicken up her stews and soups.
Personally, I rarely wash my rice as it is. I buy the cheap stuff, and have been told not to wash it because it washes away the extra "nutrients" they spray on after is it processed. I also sotre my rice well in airtight containers so I know no little bugs or whatnot are hiding out in there.
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White rice has little nutritional value to begin with. Washing it only diminishes that small amount.
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It really isn't necessary to wash your rice anymore. The practice is age old, but mostly because in the old days, rice wasn't shipped in the nice bags. They were shipped in big ugly burlap bags. The cargo was often left sitting on docks awaiting distribution, all the while rodents and whatever else wanted to make a home in the large pile of rice, did. So back then unless you liked your rice with a helping of rat droppings and rat urine, you washed your rice. While were on the subject of doing stuff but we don't really know why. Does anyone notice how old folks peel the skin of manapua before they eat em? Thats because in the old days a lot of manapua makers in order to get a smooth finish on their manapua, instead of brushing on a concoction of flour and water to make em look better, the baker would take the mixture in his mouth and spray it out onto the manapua, kinda like a spray bottle (they didn't exist yet) without the bottle.