bookwormom
11-29-2007, 03:44 AM
anybody tried it?
I find it is a great way to cook grains of any sort. In winter especially we like to eat cooked whole grains for breakfast. before I go to bed I boil water, pour the amount of grains I want to cook into a heavy duty stainless steel thermos, pour hot water over it, let it set a bit, this is to heat up the thermos, get the grain warm already and also to clean it. I then rinse it, put it back into the thermos, add a pinch of salt and boiling water (one cup grains, two cups water), close the lid and lay it sideways, I put a little blanket on top and in the morning it is cooked perfect and still hot. Add what you like to it, the classic (like for Bircher Muesli) would be chopped apples, chopped nuts, honey and some cream. I find that this gives me lots of energy until lunch. this morning I did not have any and by eleven I felt like my knees where shaking. That is why I am sitting here posting this.
I find it is a great way to cook grains of any sort. In winter especially we like to eat cooked whole grains for breakfast. before I go to bed I boil water, pour the amount of grains I want to cook into a heavy duty stainless steel thermos, pour hot water over it, let it set a bit, this is to heat up the thermos, get the grain warm already and also to clean it. I then rinse it, put it back into the thermos, add a pinch of salt and boiling water (one cup grains, two cups water), close the lid and lay it sideways, I put a little blanket on top and in the morning it is cooked perfect and still hot. Add what you like to it, the classic (like for Bircher Muesli) would be chopped apples, chopped nuts, honey and some cream. I find that this gives me lots of energy until lunch. this morning I did not have any and by eleven I felt like my knees where shaking. That is why I am sitting here posting this.