Conjee water

[grouie]

Thanks to the Internet I learnt about the health benefits of conjee water

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/rice-congee-is-delicious-food-as-medicine.html

and I now take it regularly.

Nothing like pouring it in a beer tankard and drinking it in style . (lol)

 

[Trellum]

It sounds like a nice drink to have around. This is the first time I hear about it. I'd love to try it at least once. We have a drink here that is rice based It's delicious! Is the conjee water also tasty or not?

 

[JHB]

It sounds like a nice drink to have around. This is the first time I hear about it. I'd love to try it at least once. We have a drink here that is rice based It's delicious! Is the conjee water also tasty or not?

Horchata?

 

[IcyBC]

Good to know and easy to make! I will also have to try this, and will look for some millet first though. This conjee drink will accompany the chilly mornings here perfectly.

 

[grouie]

It sounds like a nice drink to have around. This is the first time I hear about it. I'd love to try it at least once. We have a drink here that is rice based It's delicious! Is the conjee water also tasty or not?

You must have opened that link that gives you details. It is made from red rice or boiled rice as we call all it here. It is the water that remains after the rice is cooked. Normally it is thrown away but after reading about its benefits I have started drinking it. It tastes nice when it is hot with a pinch of salt. I have it more for its health benefits rather than its taste.

 

[grouie]

Good to know and easy to make! I will also have to try this, and will look for some millet first though. This conjee drink will accompany the chilly mornings here perfectly.

That link has all the details

 

[Trellum]

Horchata?

Yes, but I know the real horchata is prepared differently, no rice but a root. I have tried that one as well and it´s also delicious, I like the one made with cantaloupe seeds best.

 

[R.R.]

Horchata?

If it's not made with chufas (yellow nutsedge in English), is not horchata. Horchata was invented in Valencia and that's what they make it with I don't like the drink, but when I was little and the carnival came to town, they would sell the roots (they were soaking in water) to eat, and I loved them

I had never heard of conjee water before. Sounds interesting.

 

[JHB]

If it's not made with chufas (yellow nutsedge in English), is not horchata. Horchata was invented in Valencia and that's what they make it with I don't like the drink, but when I was little and the carnival came to town, they would sell the roots (they were soaking in water) to eat, and I loved them

I had never heard of conjee water before. Sounds interesting.

http://www.patismexicantable.com/2011/06/horchata_with_cinnamon_and_vanilla/

My only experience is with the kind sold in Mexican food restaurants. It is basically what that recipe shows.

 

[R.R.]

Horchata wasn't invented in Mexico, and the traditional version I'm talking about with is not made with rice.

I'm a purist when it comes to recipes. If you're making something typical from a particular place, I think you should be true to the recipe or call it something else. It's like with "alioli". I get irritated when people call "alioli" something is not...I come from Catalonia, where all-i-oli (correct spelling) was invented, and it's only garlic, salt, and olive oil. Anything else added to it (and sometimes cooks add LOTS of ingredients to it) makes it something different, and I don't like it when they call it something it isn't.

As you can see I'm very passionate about typical foods and drinks

 

[DeborahJane]

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Horchata wasn't invented in Mexico, and the traditional version I'm talking about with is not made with rice.

I'm a purist when it comes to recipes. If you're making something typical from a particular place, I think you should be true to the recipe or call it something else. It's like with "alioli". I get irritated when people call "alioli" something is not...I come from Catalonia, where all-i-oli (correct spelling) was invented, and it's only garlic, salt, and olive oil. Anything else added to it (and sometimes cooks add LOTS of ingredients to it) makes it something different, and I don't like it when they call it something it isn't.

As you can see I'm very passionate about typical foods and drinks

That is interesting about the original "allioli". I've only had as a thin oily mayonnaise style dressing so I can imagine that is frustrating when it's completely wrong.