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I don't get baked potatoes (programming.dev)
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Would you like a lump of unsalted, uunflavored starch? No? What if we slice it open and dump in a lot of heavy flavor ingredients and spices? That way you can overwhelm your taste buds in the first few forkfuls, and the remaining unflavored mass will taste even blander by comparison!

Who invented this and what did they have against dicing the potato in appropriately sized chunks to absorb and distribute the flavor?

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[–] 5 points 3 days ago (10 children)

most rices dishes are as you describe. All carbs are heavily flavored on the whole.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (9 children)

    There is a difference, though. Rice tends to soak up juices and things from what is on them. Potato starches don't do that unless you obliterate them by whipping them or ruff them up, which baked potatoes don't typically have happen to them.

    One of my favorite meals on rice is lemon bacon chicken. The half and half-based sauce with lemon and bacon flavors readily sticks to rice and makes the rice as good as everything else.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (8 children)

    yeah that is one way to do rice but another the rice is specifically kept seperate and either put on top or sometimes you actually eat them seperate. I assume this is so the rice does not absorb it to much.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    Yeah rice is too bland to me by itself. It has to go with something, like underneath sweet and sour chicken or mixed with refried beans. Rice is awesome, but it's a complimentary component when cooked plain and not a main one to me.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (6 children)

    That is seasoned rice, I hope? Unseasoned rice without sauce does not sound appetizing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (5 children)

    I mean im not sure how much is put on but its how you get food in typical chinese or japanese fashion. a lot of korean places do this thing with white rice with veggies that is a bit like fried rice.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 days ago (4 children)

    I guess I've only gotten westernized versions. I know sushi rice without the other ingredients is dreadful. I hope that's not it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (3 children)

    you get that eat the main dish with the rice right? you have a bowl of rice but you have other things and you eat it together. or you have a bowl of rice that is topped with it but not mixed together from the get go. pasta is like this. some mix it all together but some will insist you should have a plate of pasta and then you put the sauce on the top.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    OK, you mentioned earlier eating it pure. Rice as a side dish is common all over.

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