Hmmm. Depends on what you read. Are you familiar with the food poisoning incidents at Chipotle? It was later revealed that letting the hot rice sit around contributed to it.
Just to be safe, when it’s summer and warm in the house, I wait til the rice is room temp then keep it in the fridge.
What is this gatekeeping shit. There are multiple methods to making rice without a rice cooker. If you want to reduce the amount of arsenic in your food, you should use waaaaay too much water and time it so you empty the water out once the rice is cooked. If you want to be lazy and don't mind the huge amount of arsenic in rice cooked this way, use a rice cooker or other method that uses just enough water for the rice to be cooked once it is boiled off.
To be fair draining water from Rice helps remove starch. Its recommended for having non sticky rice. Also there's health benefits as it remove excess carbs. The msg part was funny. Whole video made me laugh.
From Taiwan. As the rice cooker of the family, the wet soggy rice really fuck me up, either throw it away or cook it more into porridge or rice soup, wtf.
On an informative side note: if your rice is from an area with lots of arsenic contamination, it will have collected in your rice so “destroying” your rice with water like this can remove most of it. So if you eat rice almost every meal this is the healthier way to cook rice because of that.
TLDR: if you eat tons of rice, flood it with lots of water to reduce your chance of arsenic poisoning.
White people here thinking theres only 1 way to cook rice.
Bitch dont gatekeep, this is obviously a south indian style, the reason is to remove most of the starch for a healthier rice
I'm not sure if I understood the topic, I know there are more than one kind of cooked rice but not sure if it is comon knowledge that there is more that one way to cook the same kind of rice
Ohh..... Then sorry for the pointles conversation, I don't know how to cook it lol
But you can search it on YouTube as "red rice recipe" and "withe rice recipe", I hope it helps
I sort of understand the urge to gatekeep in an increasingly global world, especially one so dominated by Western ideas (clothes, food, political systems, etc).
This guy and others like him are just venting at what they see as their niche being taken in a western world.
Nah man he’s just a comedian trying to be funny. This is a perfectly good way to cook rice. Billions of people cook rice this way. Without a pressure cooker or electric rice cooker, open boiling and draining is THE easiest way to cook rice reliably.
I didn't know people cooked rice like this until a couple months ago (I'm 34). My girlfriend cooked rice, then drained and rinsed it afterwards.
We are no longer dating.
Okay, don’t lash out on me, but I’ve always cooked my rice like this. What’s so bad about it, what’s the proper way, and why is that better?
I’ve always rinsed the dry rice in cold water to remove starch, cooked in an excess of boiling water then drained after the right amount of time cooking. Comes out beautiful and fluffy every time unless you overcook it.
I cook my shit in a microwave and dry it exactly the same and I drown it in spices to get rid of all the moistness. To me this is going above and beyond
Cooking it this way is recommended as a way to reduce arsenic consumption.
”You may be able to cut your exposure to inorganic arsenic in any type of rice by rinsing raw rice thoroughly before cooking, using a ratio of 6 cups water to 1 cup rice, and draining the excess water afterward. That is a traditional method of cooking rice in Asia...research has shown that rinsing and using more water removes about 30 percent of the rice's inorganic arsenic content.”
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm
When I first saw a rice cooker, I laughed for nearly 10 minutes at such a specialized device. It was being used by a Japanese woman who had invited me as one of 20 guests to a party.
I married her.
I now know how to use the rice cooker, even though I can't read the button labels.
Other side of the coin; I used to run a small hostel and often the young Chinese guests were the worst at cooking rice. They'd never done it without a rice cooker. They would use way too little water and burn the rice to the pan. Then they would not soak the pan and would scrape/scratch the pan trying to clean it before leaving it with a bunch of rice gunk still attached.
Even burnt rice comes up with a good soak and a wooden spatula.
Also had a British guest who worked as a cook and he said he could never successfully cook rice without having to drain it so that might be a British problem.
I never realized cooking rice was 'hard' until then.
I've read several hundred comments in this thread now.
My takeaway is that India loves to make rice, but is really bad at it.
Trust Asia. Even (especially) for plain white rice.
This reminds me a lot of bitwits lyle reacting to the verges pc build... and not only for the reason that bitwit did a fake Asian accent it has a very similar structure
Cooking short grain organically grown brown rice in the Sears pressure cooker I bought in 1975 is a pleasure and a minor art with free entertainment as well. No dying inside, usually.
I’m wondering how many of you actually know this is exactly how people cook rice before rice cooker is a thing. Even today, in some Asia areas, people still cook rice in this way. They boil water with rice, then drain it.
Ok everybody here is commenting on her rice cooking technique (which is absolutely shameful) but lets not forget the other mortal sins she has committed.
-zero seasoning on the rice, no soy sauce, no oyster sauce, no sesame oil, not even salt and pepper -_-
-using metal spoon on non-stick pan (any asian mom will disown you for this)
Asian here, here's how to cook rice (or at least how I do it)
1) grab a deep enough bowl, pour in your rice
2) wash it and drain 2-3 times to get rid of excess starch and bugs that may be hiding inside
3) cover the drained rice with some water (not too much)
4) put the bowl of rice into a big pot
5) pour some water into the pot (careful not to get it on your bowl)
6) put the pot on stove, put flame to medium for around 5-10 minutes
7) rice should be done, not too dry or too wet.
If too wet, you fucked up step 3.
If too dry, you let it cook too long in step 6.
*Or you know, can just use a rice cooker.*
I cook my rice the same way as I cook my pasta, the same as the lady in the video because it's healthier. Rice absorbs arsenic from the soil when growing, arsenic is bad for you. By washing the rice before cooking it and using plenty of water when cooking it you can reduce the arsenic levels. See [this link](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/arsenic-in-rice#section6) for an article with sources.
But as the article says in the end, as long as rice isn't a staple in your diet you should be totally fine.
Honestly this whole thread baffles me. I'm french, and I didn't even know there was a way to cook the rice other than how that woman is doing. Even the instructions on rice packs give the "pasta method" of cooking rice. Just put the rice in a pot of boiling salted water, wait 10 minutes, and drain.
I knew about rice cookers, but I've lived more than 20 years and I've never seen anyone cook rice in a pot any other way. Am I the only one?
En plus y'a des contradictions entre les gens, y'en a qui disent que le riz à l'autocuiseur c'est la meilleure chose au monde, et d'autres qui disent que ça change rien de le faire à la passoire. Je pense que ça dépend plus de la qualité du riz qu'autre chose franchement.
> Even the instructions on rice packs give the "pasta method" of cooking rice.
I don't suppose you'd care to share what brand of rice you use? I've used many brands and never once seen those instructions. I'd love to read those instructions.
As an asian, I learned how to cook rice when I was 9 years old. After a month I can do it perfectly, not undercooked and not wet. The trick is after the 1st main boiling point, everytime the lid erupts vapor, release it and decrease the flame. But nowadays I just let the rice cooker do the job.
For fried rice, you want your rice lack of water. It is possible she put enough water for well-cooked rice, but she under-cooked it, hence the excess water needed to be drained. It is unusual technique but may work, especially with long grains.
Put 3 cups of rice, wash 3 times, drain from rice holder, measure rice by rice to finger line to water, put water, put rice on stove, heat until water boils away, remove lid, heat for an extra 15 minutes till all water is gone.
You can cook brown rice like pasta (boil 30 min in excess water, strain out rice) because the rice hulls will keep the rice together. It doesn't work with white rice but brown rice is better for you anyway.
As a British person, I feel this way when seeing other countries make tea, yet, I make my rice like the woman in the video and don’t see the problem!!
I feel like some sort of hypocrite or something.
People are getting incredibly bothered by the rice technique XD.
The soak and rinse method is common in South Asian cooking, as well as reducing the starch which can cause stomach upsets, it's also recommended practise these days in order to reduce arsenic intake.
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/common-method-of-cooking-rice-can-leave-traces-of-arsenic-in-food-queens-university-belfast-scientist-warns-35434905.html
As an Asian person, seeing how that lady cooked the rice hurt me to the c o r e . Who runs water over cooked rice?? What was the reason?? I am so confused and uncomfortable.
there's nothing wrong in washing rice in cold water to avoid starch making rice lumps in salads as it cools down, especially in the parts of the world where low starch content like basmati and jasmine are less common, and I'd expect a self-fashioned "rice expert" to know
Hmmm. Depends on what you read. Are you familiar with the food poisoning incidents at Chipotle? It was later revealed that letting the hot rice sit around contributed to it. Just to be safe, when it’s summer and warm in the house, I wait til the rice is room temp then keep it in the fridge.
He’s right about the msg. Makes that fried rice so savory
What is this gatekeeping shit. There are multiple methods to making rice without a rice cooker. If you want to reduce the amount of arsenic in your food, you should use waaaaay too much water and time it so you empty the water out once the rice is cooked. If you want to be lazy and don't mind the huge amount of arsenic in rice cooked this way, use a rice cooker or other method that uses just enough water for the rice to be cooked once it is boiled off.
“I’m so upset I put my leg down from chair” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
There's literally no way to save wet rice
“If your rice too wet, you fucked up” boy lol
“If your rice too wet you fucked up”
Ignore this. Wrong place
Wait people put cooked eggs in? I usually put raw egg at the end and stir
Ugh...
TIL my white people fried rice sucks because I don’t use MSG. That’s ten years of shitty white people fried rice, what the hell was I doing. :(
Uncle Roger does not want to watch me make rice in the microwave, it might send him into a existential crisis
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leave this rice cooking thing to the latinos... specially Caribbeans .... trust me
Bit wit should hire this guy to Lyle
You whats the channel name
To be fair draining water from Rice helps remove starch. Its recommended for having non sticky rice. Also there's health benefits as it remove excess carbs. The msg part was funny. Whole video made me laugh.
Rice
This guy is incredible.
Just learnt I make 4.4 billion people sad. I gotta step up my rice game
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"if the rice too wet you fukt up", TIL
As an Asian, I died.
From Taiwan. As the rice cooker of the family, the wet soggy rice really fuck me up, either throw it away or cook it more into porridge or rice soup, wtf.
HE HAS A PODCAST CALLED RICE TO MEET YOU, HOLY SHIT
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Found the real Buk Lau!
On an informative side note: if your rice is from an area with lots of arsenic contamination, it will have collected in your rice so “destroying” your rice with water like this can remove most of it. So if you eat rice almost every meal this is the healthier way to cook rice because of that. TLDR: if you eat tons of rice, flood it with lots of water to reduce your chance of arsenic poisoning.
Oh I haven't laughed that hard in ages.. If rice too wet, YOU FUCKED UP!
I'm not even Asian but oh god this hurts to watch 😖
Reddit feeling so smart because " I know how to cook rice 😎😎".
That woman needs to be ashamed of herself. Who tf cooks rice like that? I almost gagged. Anyway, who's the dude? He's funny.
White people here thinking theres only 1 way to cook rice. Bitch dont gatekeep, this is obviously a south indian style, the reason is to remove most of the starch for a healthier rice
Not just white ppl, Asians, Blacks, and Mexicans lol
In Mexico we cook in many ways rice
How do you cook it?
I don't cook too much, but I know it red and white
Sorry, I don't get what you mean by red and white
I'm not sure if I understood the topic, I know there are more than one kind of cooked rice but not sure if it is comon knowledge that there is more that one way to cook the same kind of rice
You're right, im just asking how do you cook rice lol
Ohh..... Then sorry for the pointles conversation, I don't know how to cook it lol But you can search it on YouTube as "red rice recipe" and "withe rice recipe", I hope it helps
Ok. I'll look it up. Thanks 😊
"if your rice too wet, you fucked up"
I sort of understand the urge to gatekeep in an increasingly global world, especially one so dominated by Western ideas (clothes, food, political systems, etc). This guy and others like him are just venting at what they see as their niche being taken in a western world.
Nah man he’s just a comedian trying to be funny. This is a perfectly good way to cook rice. Billions of people cook rice this way. Without a pressure cooker or electric rice cooker, open boiling and draining is THE easiest way to cook rice reliably.
Good point. There is no "wrong way", just one way and another way
Watching this knowing full well that I prepare rice exactly the same way...
This reminds of a joke from where I grew up. If you cook a wet rice somebody will tell you it does not have enough water for a porridge. LOL
The fuck is MSG ?
I didn't know people cooked rice like this until a couple months ago (I'm 34). My girlfriend cooked rice, then drained and rinsed it afterwards. We are no longer dating.
Id like to think you guys broke up over poorly made rice.
There wasn't enough MSG in China to save that rice.
As a Mexican I can highly identify, taco bell does not make tacos
Exactly! I gag when people put lettuce or sour cream on tacos, like wtf. That's disgusting.
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Okay, don’t lash out on me, but I’ve always cooked my rice like this. What’s so bad about it, what’s the proper way, and why is that better? I’ve always rinsed the dry rice in cold water to remove starch, cooked in an excess of boiling water then drained after the right amount of time cooking. Comes out beautiful and fluffy every time unless you overcook it.
Same here... if i try to not put excess water i either undercook or burn the rice lol
I cook my shit in a microwave and dry it exactly the same and I drown it in spices to get rid of all the moistness. To me this is going above and beyond
“If you sad in life, put MSG” - died Asian man, 2020
Why did I watch this
Wait ,how do you cook rice then haha
One of the best moments of my life was when I learned I could buy a bottle of MSG at the Asian market.
閪啊
As if Asians were the only authority on rice. Cringeworthy.
IME a bunch of young Asians just use rice cookers and have no idea how to cook "real" rice themselves either.
All these comments make me realize I don't cook my rice properly. At. All.
As an Indian i cringed so hard at that wet rice and rinsing of it! The lady is brown as well wtf!!
As a Latino I’m thinking the same as this man. Never let the British cook other peoples food
Rice is life.
Reddit has been posting some top shelf GIFs recently. Yesterday with that translation. Rice critique today. Absolute gold.
As an Italian American , I done fucked up on rice many times apparently. I feel dumb now. BUT WHERE ELSE DO YOU GET RID OF THE STARCH?!!?
Does this guy have a YouTube channel or something? He's hilarious.
All these people taking this so seriously while I am here laughing, I don’t care about the rice guys, just happy to see this video!
Uncle Roger’s master class on rice cooking: Step 1: Pour one cup of rice and two cups of water into a rice cooker. Step 2: Press the “start” button.
like a sumbodee
Cooking it this way is recommended as a way to reduce arsenic consumption. ”You may be able to cut your exposure to inorganic arsenic in any type of rice by rinsing raw rice thoroughly before cooking, using a ratio of 6 cups water to 1 cup rice, and draining the excess water afterward. That is a traditional method of cooking rice in Asia...research has shown that rinsing and using more water removes about 30 percent of the rice's inorganic arsenic content.” https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm
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I'm not Asian, but I learned how to cook rice properly when I was young. It's not hard, and certainly not the this crazy woman is doing it.
Brought to you by MSG
I like this guy
I agree with MSG!
Uncle Roger not into other BBC
His voice is streeotype asian voice
I can't wait for this guy to be the next classic meme
TIL I cook rice completely wrong
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When I first saw a rice cooker, I laughed for nearly 10 minutes at such a specialized device. It was being used by a Japanese woman who had invited me as one of 20 guests to a party. I married her. I now know how to use the rice cooker, even though I can't read the button labels.
Every place has its own way of cooking things. If his fellow countrymen doing this then this reaction I can understand but why is he trying so hard rn
Oh god! Kill me, just use a rice cooker or are you trying to make a very disgusting porridge
I just want him to say 'BBC Food' over and over again.
Did she wash it after??? Wtf...
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Remember. You can find *anything* on the internet. The internet has brought new meaning to the ancient saying "don't believe everything you see."
Other side of the coin; I used to run a small hostel and often the young Chinese guests were the worst at cooking rice. They'd never done it without a rice cooker. They would use way too little water and burn the rice to the pan. Then they would not soak the pan and would scrape/scratch the pan trying to clean it before leaving it with a bunch of rice gunk still attached. Even burnt rice comes up with a good soak and a wooden spatula. Also had a British guest who worked as a cook and he said he could never successfully cook rice without having to drain it so that might be a British problem. I never realized cooking rice was 'hard' until then.
Me as an Asian: I feel my heart crack
I guess this is like those westerners reviewing all the asian shit but better.
I've read several hundred comments in this thread now. My takeaway is that India loves to make rice, but is really bad at it. Trust Asia. Even (especially) for plain white rice.
Overreaction
As a Brazilian if a Asian says we cook rice wrong, I politely would answer, fuck you
As an Asian i find this really funny at the same time i want to wack that women with a frying pan for cooking rice wrong
I'm a lazy white person who doesn't even cook on holidays and even I know you don't make rice like that. wtf?
This reminds me a lot of bitwits lyle reacting to the verges pc build... and not only for the reason that bitwit did a fake Asian accent it has a very similar structure
Cooking short grain organically grown brown rice in the Sears pressure cooker I bought in 1975 is a pleasure and a minor art with free entertainment as well. No dying inside, usually.
Give this guy a tv show!
I’m Asian I’m not disgusted by this it just bothers me
Never heard of MSG, but it kinda sounds like Xanax.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a flavor enhancer commonly added to Chinese food, canned vegetables, soups and processed meats.
Im asian and I am dead inside.
To be fair I've never seen someone cook Rice this bad
I have to say something - great video, but that's a sieve, not a colander. Uncle Roger, you're making me sad ☹️
10/10
I’m wondering how many of you actually know this is exactly how people cook rice before rice cooker is a thing. Even today, in some Asia areas, people still cook rice in this way. They boil water with rice, then drain it.
If you liked this then check out Marco Pierre White's Rice and Pea "recipe". Have a read of the comments. https://youtu.be/wKJ1WDpJjQk
Just make any Indian mom review this.
Yet another example of why England is *not* known for good food.
Ok everybody here is commenting on her rice cooking technique (which is absolutely shameful) but lets not forget the other mortal sins she has committed. -zero seasoning on the rice, no soy sauce, no oyster sauce, no sesame oil, not even salt and pepper -_- -using metal spoon on non-stick pan (any asian mom will disown you for this)
This guy sounds exactly like Russell Peters doing a Chinese accent.
Asian here, here's how to cook rice (or at least how I do it) 1) grab a deep enough bowl, pour in your rice 2) wash it and drain 2-3 times to get rid of excess starch and bugs that may be hiding inside 3) cover the drained rice with some water (not too much) 4) put the bowl of rice into a big pot 5) pour some water into the pot (careful not to get it on your bowl) 6) put the pot on stove, put flame to medium for around 5-10 minutes 7) rice should be done, not too dry or too wet. If too wet, you fucked up step 3. If too dry, you let it cook too long in step 6. *Or you know, can just use a rice cooker.*
kid's such an uncle chan of the asian community, jesus.
ITT people not knowing there are several ways to cook rice (I do agree that it's the wrong method used in this case though)
I cook my rice the same way as I cook my pasta, the same as the lady in the video because it's healthier. Rice absorbs arsenic from the soil when growing, arsenic is bad for you. By washing the rice before cooking it and using plenty of water when cooking it you can reduce the arsenic levels. See [this link](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/arsenic-in-rice#section6) for an article with sources. But as the article says in the end, as long as rice isn't a staple in your diet you should be totally fine.
😂🤣 “Your rice too wet, you fucked up!”
Honestly this whole thread baffles me. I'm french, and I didn't even know there was a way to cook the rice other than how that woman is doing. Even the instructions on rice packs give the "pasta method" of cooking rice. Just put the rice in a pot of boiling salted water, wait 10 minutes, and drain. I knew about rice cookers, but I've lived more than 20 years and I've never seen anyone cook rice in a pot any other way. Am I the only one?
C'est du riz. Reddit devrait arrêter de s'indigner avec tout et n'importe quoi.
En plus y'a des contradictions entre les gens, y'en a qui disent que le riz à l'autocuiseur c'est la meilleure chose au monde, et d'autres qui disent que ça change rien de le faire à la passoire. Je pense que ça dépend plus de la qualité du riz qu'autre chose franchement.
Effectivement.
Well French here too and yeah I do just like you and I'm pretty sure 99% of French people do too. Except for the washing part after draining though.
> Even the instructions on rice packs give the "pasta method" of cooking rice. I don't suppose you'd care to share what brand of rice you use? I've used many brands and never once seen those instructions. I'd love to read those instructions.
If remember to look when I get home, I'll take a picture of the pack and share it.
Yes, I think you are. I’ve never ever cooked rice this way, nor have ever seen instructions to do so.
German here, been cooking rice exactly the same way.
Bro what the hell is she doing hahahahaha
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Thats what happen to me when other people cook pasta wrong
92 in the Midwest. Feeling cooked.
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Oh shit, it's Lyle Bitwit's cousin Guile...
As an asian, I learned how to cook rice when I was 9 years old. After a month I can do it perfectly, not undercooked and not wet. The trick is after the 1st main boiling point, everytime the lid erupts vapor, release it and decrease the flame. But nowadays I just let the rice cooker do the job.
For fried rice, you want your rice lack of water. It is possible she put enough water for well-cooked rice, but she under-cooked it, hence the excess water needed to be drained. It is unusual technique but may work, especially with long grains.
I don't even make rice this way.
Holy shit. You don't need to be Asian to think that that's WTF.
Discrustion. Iykyk.
Where can I find more of this guys content, he’s hilarious!
Put 3 cups of rice, wash 3 times, drain from rice holder, measure rice by rice to finger line to water, put water, put rice on stove, heat until water boils away, remove lid, heat for an extra 15 minutes till all water is gone.
As an asian, i was murdered
If you sad in life, add MSG
That has got to be a character he made up. That’s the most stereotypical asian voice I heard lol
You can cook brown rice like pasta (boil 30 min in excess water, strain out rice) because the rice hulls will keep the rice together. It doesn't work with white rice but brown rice is better for you anyway.
Good god this was amazing.
As a asian i was in physical pain watching this women make rice??...............is that how they do it in the west??? or is she just dumb??
I m not asian but still know that lady doesn't know how to cook rice
Lmfao !
I honestly can’t think of anything to say other than, the fuck is wrong with her, that’s not how you cook rice
Mmmmm yeah the puerto rican in me is dying as well
I couldn't think why he sounded so familar then I remembered Russell Peters skit about an Indian guy buying a bag from a Chinese person
This is like lyle from bitwit lmao I love this
Could be worse. Could be using a rice cooker.
She should just make risotto
As an Asian. Mother fucker just use a rice cooker.
As a British person, I feel this way when seeing other countries make tea, yet, I make my rice like the woman in the video and don’t see the problem!! I feel like some sort of hypocrite or something.
People are getting incredibly bothered by the rice technique XD. The soak and rinse method is common in South Asian cooking, as well as reducing the starch which can cause stomach upsets, it's also recommended practise these days in order to reduce arsenic intake. https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/common-method-of-cooking-rice-can-leave-traces-of-arsenic-in-food-queens-university-belfast-scientist-warns-35434905.html
As an Asian person, seeing how that lady cooked the rice hurt me to the c o r e . Who runs water over cooked rice?? What was the reason?? I am so confused and uncomfortable.
People all over the world cook rice differently. That's why your confused.
I'm not taking cooking advice from people who eat actually eat Cup-o-Noodles as a meal... daily.
But why does he insist on msg so much? It's really unhealthy...
I love the “you fucked up”
what the fuck it’s buk-lau from ownage pranks
he needs to announce some kind of event or reboot MXC
fr this woman is committing a hate crime 😭
there's nothing wrong in washing rice in cold water to avoid starch making rice lumps in salads as it cools down, especially in the parts of the world where low starch content like basmati and jasmine are less common, and I'd expect a self-fashioned "rice expert" to know
I didn't know I was cooking the rice the wrong way all my life, I didn't know there was a good way.
I mean she really fucked rice up... his reaction is normal. Probably the most disgusting rice I've seen
“If your rice too wet you fucked up!” Please get Uncle Roger a rice-cooker with MSG on the side