“Rice Pie” It Is
And I really don’t have any other better ideas so “rice pie” it is.
I’m sure we’ve all suffered from this. From Cantonese clay-pot rice, to Korean bibimbap, to Spanish paellas. All are different cuisines of rice plus whatnot, cooked in a sizzling vessel that forms a “burnt crust” of rice on the sides and bottom, which many would argue is the essence of such dishes. OK, now here’s the “suffering” part. What’s the point… of creating those wonderful, delicious, toasty crusts… if all they ever want is… to STICK TO the cookware!? Like taking a lovely prospect to a bar to get’em drunk and they ended going home with the bartender… No? Nobody’s ever suffered from this? It’s just me? OK, well fine. I DON’T GET IT. I like those burnt bits, too and I was there first!! How can it choose the pan over me?! It’s heart-breaking that after my useless HACKING and SCRAPING at an innocent cookware that really don’t deserve this violence, I call it quit and just watch them still happily and ever-so contently clinging onto each other while I ponder with frustration, “why?”.
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