Quick Tip - How to re-heat rice without a microwave

I remember when my parents first got a microwave. EVERYTHING was cooked in it. Then as time went on, and the novelty wore off it was condemned to heating milk for hot chocolate and reheating leftovers, the odd can of baked beans, my favourite instant noodles from China town.

Then there was the cancer when we all thought we would get cancer from using a microwave. Nowadays we realise that they are no worse than cell phones (and FAR less annoying!). I miss having a microwave, they saved time and saved electricity but I have at least found an effective way of re-heating rice on the cooker and you don’t need to really stir like you do with a microwave.

- Put your rice in a sieve
- In a saucepan only slightly larger than the serve pour a couple of inches of boiling water
- Place the sieve over the water and cover
- Steam until piping hot all the way through – about 4 or 5 minutes for cold rice.

Mm's Apple Pie II

Here are the last two videos with finished pie! MMM

Mum's Apple Pie I

A while back I filmed my mum making apple pie.For thirty years or more she has made an incredible apple pie and I have not found a better one. She doesn't follow a recipe and improvises where necessary and it still comes out perfect every time. I hope I have picked up some of her genes. Now I must apologise for the videos, they are a bit cobbled together and I am still learning how to video well.Nevertheless I hope you will enjoy them. First 3 parts follow.