I love your channel. You explain things so well and I can see from watching many of your videos that you are a great cook. I'm really enjoying all of your videos.
🍽 Good tips Jimmy! Thanks! I wonder too if you had done 1 cup of water to 1/2 cup of rice would have helped. Generally that is the ratio when cooking rice. 1 pt rice to 2 pts water. Using stock or bouillon instead of water makes for a nice taste too.
Great concept for thermos cooking. I love love that collapsing pot!😍 For some reason this reminded me of an old cookbook I saw that a traveling salesman wrote sharing recipes of everything he cooked in the motel coffeepots😂 So camping, traveling and thermos cooking just seems to go together😉👍👏👏👏👏 Thanks for another educating video😁
For whatever reason cooking rice using rice cookers and various methods has never produced the end product that pleases me, so now I will try what you have done. Thank you for sharing. I love your cooking videos, please don't stop. Cooking on the road in so many ways is different that in a fully stocked kitchen.
Very interesting. It looked really good. I am going to start experimenting with a thermos . I want oats and rice mostly so this was great for me. Thanks buddy 👍👍👍
Jimmy love your channel. You have a great and unique view of many of the sights. But admit I love your cooking videos! It's a great niche of the many van/camping channels , not to mention tasty too.
I have 3 of these thermos and they are amazing. I literally just tried cooking pasta in this with 2 oxo cubes and am eating it now. Only took about 20 mins.
Jimmy I hope you become "TheCook'nVanMan" You have a calming instructional voice. I know I have mentioned this before but I think it could be a niche. Maybe trick out a nice outdoor kitchen off the back of the van?😊
I love that S2S pot, I will be taking a closer look at it for sure, not sure if I can give up my Titanium pot, but I may get one to test out, may the best pot win!
Jimmy, this was genius! I was thinking...what if you soaked the rice in water and then put it in the kettle, then in the thermos? Soaking it might start to soften it up a bit and maybe that would help???? I look forward to part 2 of this and see if your changes make it perfect. Thanks as usual. I always enjoy your cooking videos! Well, I actually enjoy ALL your videos! Love to you
We'll give you a break because you're young but a glass thermos is vastly superior to a stainless one. I've owned many of both. Here's an explanation: What you find in a thermos is a glass envelope holding a vacuum. Inside a thermos is glass, and around the glass is a vacuum. The glass envelope is fragile, so it is encased in a plastic or metal case. In many thermoses you can actually unscrew and remove this glass envelope. A thermos then goes one step further. The glass is silvered (like a mirror) to reduce infrared radiation. The combination of a vacuum and the silvering greatly reduces heat transfer by convection, conduction and radiation. I've used both types and experimented with different foods. Glass works better hands down. Especially with stainless, if you don't preheat with boiling water they will absorb energy like a sponge. Glass fell out of favor because they break easily and as far as I know they aren't making the replacement inserts anymore. You can still find them on ebay and they're well worth having, especially for prepping where the amount of energy you use to heat and heat loss is a factor.
I’m going to try that, boiling them together first. Not having any luck with white rice (unless it’s instant). Mine sat overnight and was still rockhard, so I dumped the water and added fresh boiling water, now eight hours later it’s still rockhard. I was really hoping it would work (using the “dumping it all in and go“ Method).
Looks delicious and it’s a great idea. Now, I’d love to see the soup you made. Making soups is my favorite. Especially when it’s cold in the north east. It was -4 here this morning. I hear tonight is going to be much colder. Brrrrrr!
Thanks, A Cof!! I didn't actually make it, but Teri from Destination Open Road made some great bean soup tonight and shared with us! Yikes! We think its cold here when it's 60. Stay warm!!
I just bring my rice to the boil, put on the lid and turn off stove and it continues cooking in the water without additional heating, all in a pot on the stove, same for most veges and also pasta. Added bonus it only takes 10-15 mins for white rice, pasta...5 mins for most vegies.
agreed. And if you have a "water seal" pot. (you know, the ones you spin the lid when boiling to create a seal) anything will cook to finish without any extra heat.
I confess I am a lousy cook so finding a no-brainer way to make rice is a winner, even for the sticks-and-bricks kitchen. LOVE the pot! U r a great instructor. What cookstove do u use?
Yum. Will practice at home. I'm not fussy about the rice I use If I am smothering it in sauce or stir frying, So maybe Instant/Minute Rice would come out ok, or faster. ? But that does look so light and fluffy. I have never used Jasmine. I just cook for myself - quick & easy.
A very tasty way I like is to cook rice with a packet of Knoor Spring Garden Vegetable Soup added. Kinda like rice pilaf. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying.
Yeah, the rice to boiling for a minute or two and then turn it off or very low. Using a cozy would ensure that it's fully cooked. You use 1 cup rice to 1 3/4 cup water unlike what it says on the directions. Minute Rice will soften without heat or altogether or you can pour boiling water and then close it up. I'm from the border of Louisiana. I know my rice. ; )
Seriously? Three freaking hours to make a small portion of rice...that's insane. Thermos cooking has its place,but for small portions that require no more than 30-40 minutes or so (oatmeal,veggies,etc.) to cook or pre-cooking for later. The Hot Logic Mini takes about three hours to cook,but you can actually have a full meal when it's done. It also runs via the car's cigarette lighter when the car's off or on and at 48w it won't tank your car battery.
The rice did look perfect. I bet it was absolutely perfect in your other dishes! Thank you for this!
Thanks, Glo!!
This looks like so much fun and I have to try this! Would come in handy! Thanks so much for sharing this!
I love your channel. You explain things so well and I can see from watching many of your videos that you are a great cook. I'm really enjoying all of your videos.
Excellent video. I'm going to try it today. With your tips I think I can do it!
RV Joey good luck
WOW!! I am so happy that I found you, Jimmy!! You are a great teacher! You "show and tell" wonderfully!! Thanks so much!! Happy Trails to you!!
I've just discovered your channel! I am really enjoying the cooking episodes!
Great cooking tips! Looking forward to more cooking videos from you.
🍽 Good tips Jimmy! Thanks! I wonder too if you had done 1 cup of water to 1/2 cup of rice would have helped. Generally that is the ratio when cooking rice. 1 pt rice to 2 pts water. Using stock or bouillon instead of water makes for a nice taste too.
Great concept for thermos cooking. I love love that collapsing pot!😍 For some reason this reminded me of an old cookbook I saw that a traveling salesman wrote sharing recipes of everything he cooked in the motel coffeepots😂 So camping, traveling and thermos cooking just seems to go together😉👍👏👏👏👏 Thanks for another educating video😁
For whatever reason cooking rice using rice cookers and various methods has never produced the end product that pleases me, so now I will try what you have done. Thank you for sharing. I love your cooking videos, please don't stop. Cooking on the road in so many ways is different that in a fully stocked kitchen.
Never heard of making rice in a thermos but I’m going to try it. Thanks for the tutorial
Good luck, Carol!!
I cook whole and cracked wheat in a thermos for breakfast sometimes. Start it at night before bed and it’s ready in the morning.
Gonna look for that tea pot and it's my favorite color!
Very interesting. It looked really good. I am going to start experimenting with a thermos . I want oats and rice mostly so this was great for me. Thanks buddy 👍👍👍
Jimmy this was an excellent video - I going to try it out on my boat.
This is awesome. I'm thinking this would work for quinoa also. I'm excited to try :) Thanks Jimmy!
Yes! Quinoa would be awesome!! Thanks, Tonya!!
Jimmy love your channel. You have a great and unique view of many of the sights. But admit I love your cooking videos! It's a great niche of the many van/camping channels , not to mention tasty too.
These are my favorite kind of videos!!!
Beautiful sunset and the rice looked great.
I have 3 of these thermos and they are amazing. I literally just tried cooking pasta in this with 2 oxo cubes and am eating it now. Only took about 20 mins.
Jimmy I hope you become "TheCook'nVanMan" You have a calming instructional voice. I know I have mentioned this before but I think it could be a niche. Maybe trick out a nice outdoor kitchen off the back of the van?😊
Thanks, Theresa!! People do seem to enjoy the cooking videos the best.😃
I love that S2S pot, I will be taking a closer look at it for sure, not sure if I can give up my Titanium pot, but I may get one to test out, may the best pot win!
Great info. Thanks Jimmy.
Salaam to you and to all.
Jimmy, this was genius! I was thinking...what if you soaked the rice in water and then put it in the kettle, then in the thermos? Soaking it might start to soften it up a bit and maybe that would help???? I look forward to part 2 of this and see if your changes make it perfect. Thanks as usual. I always enjoy your cooking videos! Well, I actually enjoy ALL your videos! Love to you
Yes! Great suggestion, Hula! I will definitely try that next time!! Thanks!!
I recently got a thermal pot, I put stock cube in the water & finely chopped vegetables which were perfect.
Great video taking long trip going to try before trip. Thanks
Good video...I agree with your conclusions. Thanks Jimmy!
We'll give you a break because you're young but a glass thermos is vastly superior to a stainless one. I've owned many of both. Here's an explanation: What you find in a thermos is a glass envelope holding a vacuum. Inside a thermos is glass, and around the glass is a vacuum. The glass envelope is fragile, so it is encased in a plastic or metal case. In many thermoses you can actually unscrew and remove this glass envelope.
A thermos then goes one step further. The glass is silvered (like a mirror) to reduce infrared radiation. The combination of a vacuum and the silvering greatly reduces heat transfer by convection, conduction and radiation. I've used both types and experimented with different foods. Glass works better hands down. Especially with stainless, if you don't preheat with boiling water they will absorb energy like a sponge. Glass fell out of favor because they break easily and as far as I know they aren't making the replacement inserts anymore. You can still find them on ebay and they're well worth having, especially for prepping where the amount of energy you use to heat and heat loss is a factor.
Very cool, I’m going to try this!
I learn so much from you.
Nice video! Thanks!
I’m going to try that, boiling them together first.
Not having any luck with white rice (unless it’s instant). Mine sat overnight and was still rockhard, so I dumped the water and added fresh boiling water, now eight hours later it’s still rockhard. I was really hoping it would work (using the “dumping it all in and go“ Method).
Another fabulous video. I am going out to get a stainless steel thermos!
That's clever! Yes, less water & fuel is good for all of us to use. Handy tip.
I'll be trying this now... in a stanley thermos
Great idea. 👍🍀
Looks delicious and it’s a great idea. Now, I’d love to see the soup you made. Making soups is my favorite. Especially when it’s cold in the north east. It was -4 here this morning. I hear tonight is going to be much colder. Brrrrrr!
Thanks, A Cof!! I didn't actually make it, but Teri from Destination Open Road made some great bean soup tonight and shared with us! Yikes! We think its cold here when it's 60. Stay warm!!
That pot is so neat. "A little bit" of salt? 😊
ok, maybe a bit more than a bit!😉
Cool! I'm going to have to go buy me a thermos! 😉
😂 I'll make you a low carb, high fat meal in it next week!
wandering jimmy Yay!
I'm going to get a Thermos too!!
I just bring my rice to the boil, put on the lid and turn off stove and it continues cooking in the water without additional heating, all in a pot on the stove, same for most veges and also pasta. Added bonus it only takes 10-15 mins for white rice, pasta...5 mins for most vegies.
agreed. And if you have a "water seal" pot. (you know, the ones you spin the lid when boiling to create a seal) anything will cook to finish without any extra heat.
the rice looked really good
Looks very good.
I always cook top ramen in mine and it works perfect
I eat some type of rice everyday ⌛️
I’m going to try it this way seems easy for a quick supper after relaxing 📽
Chart Your Course ,Betsy
I confess I am a lousy cook so finding a no-brainer way to make rice is a winner, even for the sticks-and-bricks kitchen. LOVE the pot! U r a great instructor. What cookstove do u use?
Thanks, Nell! I just use a simple Coleman butane camp stove, less than twenty bucks!
What neat way to cook rice.
Even bang in a stock cube to the water and make the rice flavoured 🙂
Yum. Will practice at home. I'm not fussy about the rice I use If I am smothering it in sauce or stir frying, So maybe Instant/Minute Rice would come out ok, or faster. ? But that does look so light and fluffy. I have never used Jasmine. I just cook for myself - quick & easy.
I've never used Minute Rice but I'm sure it would work too, with much less time!
Van Cooking 101...we RVer need this! Is the Celtic Salt used less than say Table salt??
Just as if I was to cook dry beans I would put the rice in water an hour or so before cooking. Then drain and do exactly like you did.
Thanks! I'll try that next time!!
Why bother?
A very tasty way I like is to cook rice with a packet of Knoor Spring Garden Vegetable Soup added. Kinda like rice pilaf.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying.
you did great job! add an egg to your cooked rice with little veggie oil. you get fry rice.
Thanks Hc!! Great idea!!
This is something handy to know. Ya dunn guud!
Like your friend says "Awesome Sauce".
Awesome sauce!! 👍
Yeah, the rice to boiling for a minute or two and then turn it off or very low. Using a cozy would ensure that it's fully cooked. You use 1 cup rice to 1 3/4 cup water unlike what it says on the directions. Minute Rice will soften without heat or altogether or you can pour boiling water and then close it up. I'm from the border of Louisiana. I know my rice. ; )
Perfect for a travel day! Make the rice when you have your morning coffee, then the rice is ready for an easy stir fry supper after you’ve arrived.
Yes!! I like the way you think, Gina!!
It looks good! Is Basmati rice low in starch?
Yes, I have read that basmati has less starch than some other varieties.
I think the best way to reduce cooking time is to soak the rice over night, or use Sella rice.
Did you rinse the rice of starch first?
What about buying sachets of flavoured savoury rice? You usually cook it in a pan or microwave but I guess this would work
Is that a butane stove?
im just paranoid about the rice steam going into that little hole in the cap/lid,
like you said, sometimes steam can lead to mold
oh wait, yours doesn't have that. but me, im cooking with a thermos flask.
Wash/rinse the rice a couple of times before cooking !!
who thought of rice cooking in a thermos Need to try it
this would also be good for people like myself who have use oxygen therapy and need to be careful with open flame
Minute rice is your friend in these situations. Boil water, dump the minute rice in, let sit 5 mins. DONE
Yay!😀
Just say no to the Ice Cream and French Fries Jimmy........ouch.
Seriously? Three freaking hours to make a small portion of rice...that's insane. Thermos cooking has its place,but for small portions that require no more than 30-40 minutes or so (oatmeal,veggies,etc.) to cook or pre-cooking for later. The Hot Logic Mini takes about three hours to cook,but you can actually have a full meal when it's done. It also runs via the car's cigarette lighter when the car's off or on and at 48w it won't tank your car battery.
I SEE FOOD CHANNEL in your future.
Put a spun oil
Why not just add the dry rice to the already boiling water in the thermos and let it sit longer? Sounds like a better use of the water.
You can do that too but the rice had to stay longer
I really liked the video but it would be better if you perfect the technique before making the video.
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I always soak my rice for half hour to an hour before cooking. 🍚if you soak it it probably wont be undercooked.
Good suggestion! Thanks, Sarah!!
A Clickbait. You don't fully cooked your rice in the thermos only!