noodles/pasta 'trick'

[notme]

hey kids, i just thought i'd share a little noodle technique i've accidently discovered looking for something else haha.  ya know how when you make rice noodles, the next day they are all 'weird' - hard, yucky and don't taste right, especially if they're in pasta salad or with sauce/leftover?  well, so far, so good with the couple different brands of brown rice noodles - i tried tinkyada and kroger brand brown rice noodles with success!!

k, so, cook your brown rice noodles until they are 'just' done, err on the side of undercooked if you are in doubt.  drain and give them a quick rinse with cold water, then put them back into the pot or a bowl and pour a vinegar mixture over them.  stir occasionally until they're to room temp.  i've found that they don't break apart easily and then you can mix in your other ingredients or sauce them.  

for pasta (16 oz) salad, i mixed:

6 oz cider vinegar

4 tablespoons sugar

3 teaspoons of salt

for pad thai (8 oz) noodles, i mixed:

3 tablespoons rice vinegar (or mirin)

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon sesame oil

y'all can experiment with this, next i am going to try spaghetti with red wine vinegar and olive oil, etc, all the times i've tried this, everybody i've been feeding has been like:  wow.  this is great!

even the grandson (picky) ate allllll the pad thai leftovers last night lolz   

[Scott Adams]

I think my daughter would like this one!