I still do this.
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
September 16, 2016 11:07pm CST
There is a post on Face Book about how the rice was measured with water prior to cooking. My late mother taught us this method of measuring the water with our fingers. I liked that FB post.
I cooked rice through the rice cooker. I did that; I measured it with my fingers. Although there was a calibration in the vessel, I still did the measuring with my fingers.
Do you do that too?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
@judyev do you or vince cook/eat steamed rice?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
yes it works well. the rice is just right to be chewed, and it does not disintegrate when taken from the serving plate to your own plate
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@JudyEv (381795)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Sep 16
@hereandthere We have mostly boiled or fried rice. We usually only have steamed rice if we go out to a Chinese restaurant.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
the rice cooker has a measuring cup but it depends too on the kind of rice that we cook. some kinds don't need much water, some need more.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
@massey there are different kinds of rice here in my country, and it is up for the one to cook if it needs more water or not.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Sep 16
@massey yes they do, but it also depends on the type of rice to be cooked
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
we use the plastic measuring cup that comes with it. we have two, one in the rice (grain) container so it stays dry, and one in the cabinet above the sink. if we're cooking 2 cups of rice, we put 3 cups of water (we wash the grains twice).
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
when i cook 2 cups of rice, i can measure the water at level of 4, but i still measure it with my fingers.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
i once microwaved rice but forgot to wash it so it didn't rise.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
i have not yet tried that, first, because we don't have a microwave.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
@hereandthere but there was water in it, right? so, it should still have risen?
@sofssu (23660)
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17 Sep 16
@ridingbet I have never heard of this before.. Now I know that you can measure water with you hands.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
@sofssu it is the ingenuity of Filipinos that is why every Filipino girl must know this basic measurement of water when cooking rice
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
my mother taught me that when i use this method of my fingers measuring the water, i should dip my middle finger down to the bottom of the pot, and note where the 'edge' or 'end' of the uncooked rice is, then i put my fingers at the top of the uncooked rice as shown in the picture, and there it goes. the water should be where my finger reached the uncooked rice.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
@thelme55 i'm happy that the rice cooker was invented because i just let it do its job. the only enemy is forgetfulness, like after i put the pot in, cover it, plug it into the socket, then forget to press 'cook'! hahaha!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
do you and your hubby use a rice cooker?
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@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
17 Sep 16
@hereandthere yes, sometimes. When it´s only me and him, just a normal kettle.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Sep 16
Yes , i still do that with the rice cooker . The rice cooker seemed not perfect anymore in estimating the cooking of a perfect rice . It produces the tough kind of rice .
So i just measure it with my fingers specially if the rice is new and needs a bit few amount of water than the old one .
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Sep 16
that is good, we both belong my lady. even if the rice pot has calibration, i still measure the water with my fingers
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@LadyDuck (502190)
• Italy
18 Sep 16
@ridingbet I use the rice cooker and it's always perfect, but we do not eat rice every day.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
any other methods, we are able to cook rice perfectly.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
that is great. do you also use a rice cooker or a saucepan like what @JudyEv does?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
i think only us Asians or specifically Filipinos do that method.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Sep 16
but you had a post in bubblews that you are good in cooking dishes and viands, right? how about rice? is it cooked well too+
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@Yar_Joey (3271)
• Philippines
21 Sep 16
@ridingbet Oh yes, because we have rice cooker too. I measure with the measurement in the pot.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
Yes, it is an age-old way of measuring water when cooking rice. I still do it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
even if we have candle-like fingers, it is the same as with short fingers, right?
@MissNikki (5234)
• Maple Ridge, British Columbia
18 Sep 16
Well, we just use a measuring cup but I am curious - how do you measure it with your fingers? 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
i dip my fingers to the bottom if the pot and note where the edge of the rice, then where it is in my finger (example at the first line of the digit), that is where the water should be measured.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
I remember doing that when I was younger and I was asked to cook rice. Nowadays, there are markers in the pot to show how much water to put depending on the rice that will be cooked.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
30 Sep 16
@ridingbet oh i see. Don't those have markers for the water levels?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 Oct 16
@allen0187 they have the calibration but i don't fully trust these because it can be more, it can be less, depending on the type of rice we have to cook
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Sep 16
actually, that pot where i measured with my fingers as the pot for the rice cooker.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Oct 16
@infatuatedbby are your parents Filipinos too? i guess Asians have similar practices, right?
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Oct 16
well, i now have friends from this site who do what i do too. thanks.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz but you cook rice and measure the water with your fingers?
@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
22 Sep 16
@ridingbet no, I am a Singaporean.
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