DeoxyriboNucleicAcid Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Ok, if I boil some rice with water, and take the ricey boiled water, and put it in, oh, say, a petri dish, and I put it (dish w/ rice water) in the refrigerator, will it make a gel??? I have heard it is a great substitute for agar. Also, some rice that i boiled, I left wet, and put it in the refrig to save, the next day, it seemed to be in a gel. Is boiling rice and taking the "juice" a procedure of making gel, will it work, or was my experience just a freak accident, comments will be appreciated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasori Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Not that it's helpful... but, so you know, I like to think of ALL important discoveries as 'freak accidents'. If they weren't, it makes you wonder how the idea of a suppository came about... *cringe* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXxAuroraxXx Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Ok, if I boil some rice with water, and take the ricey boiled water, and put it in, oh, say, a petri dish, and I put it (dish w/ rice water) in the refrigerator, will it make a gel??? I have heard it is a great substitute for agar. Also, some rice that i boiled, I left wet, and put it in the refrig to save, the next day, it seemed to be in a gel. Why not just try it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 It will, but you have to over-cook the rice, and even then, once you have strained the 'ricey water' off, you may need to keep it over a low heat for a while until some of the excess water evaporates. What you are left with is starch. Lots of stuff grows in starch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Taffimai Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 what does agar come from? i've seen it in some exotic food shops but never been sure if it's the stuff of agar plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiMagicMan Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 It produced from seaweed I believe. It is full of essential stuff that lots of things need to grow and it comes in powder form, naturally has gelatin in so it sets like a jelly. It is a pretty ideal substance for all manner of experiments. It is also used in japanese cooking I believe, so it is probally the very same stuff you saw in a shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 the rice idea works well, I`ve done it by accident before. to cheat though, you can buy a bag of rice flour and use that, arrowroot is also good incidently, if you leave this liquid from the rice to dry on a large tray until it becomes clear and brittle, break it up and put it into very hot vegatable oil, they will expand about 3 times their original size, you`ve just made prawn crackers [edit] have a read here 1`st; http://www.southwark.gov.uk/Business/FoodBusiness/FoodHandling/Rice.html this is really rather important! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiMagicMan Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 http://www.amigadude.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/emmathechef/rcp000067.html Seems like you are a bit of a prawn cracker expert :|! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 wow! now THERE`S a blast from the past! how on earth did you manage to find that, what did you type in for the search? I`m impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I guess just YT2095 into google would probably do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 agreed if you could be bothered to sift through all the hits, but what on Earth would posses someone to do a search for ME? it has to be Prawn Cracker rellated somehow, surely? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 agreed if you could be bothered to sift through all the hits Well you can always narrow down the search... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22prawn+crackers%22+YT2095&spell=1 is the only one that gives the correct hit. it just stikes me as a bizzare thing to search for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 To be fair, a google for YT2095 only gives 3 pages of hits, and that site is on the second page of results - not too hard to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 true, but why would anyone bother in the 1`st place, is my point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiMagicMan Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I actually did a recipee search on the bbc food website. One of the first or second links leads to that. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?go.x=0&tab=www&go.y=0&go=go&q=prawn%20crackers&scope=all&uri=%2Fhome%2Ftoday%2Findex.live.shtml 5th link on "results from the web". Just goes to show, you can find anything on the internet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 true, but why would anyone bother in the 1`st place, is my point? Stalker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 LOL, PLEASE don`t say that, that would make my 5`th stalker so far over the net! and no, I`m not kidding! I`ve had to get legal with one person from the USA, she was just NON STOP, and yeah, it got a bit scary at one point! there`s another memeber on here JohnN, he`ll know exactly who I`m on about anyway, that aside him looking on there was actualy quite logical, as I don`t know anyone that doesn`t like prawn crackers, so it`s only natural that you`de wanna know/learn how to make them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiMagicMan Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 That actually inspired me to make some, so I wanted to look for a proper recipe. And the first one I come across that makes any sense has a credit for YT, how weird is that. The net is a small place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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