Rice milk - not rice pudding but the rice drink.

[judydawn]

Vivacity, just to satisfy my curiosity, what does rice milk taste like compared to real milk? Would we notice the difference in a cup of coffee or in custard etc?   By the way, it's lovely to see another red-head on the forum - Bron being the other one of course.

[vivacity]

Good question I think you would notice it, because the taste and consistency is completely different to cow's milk, especially if you're making real custard. It might work with custard powder, but I guess you'd have to try it out.

[brazen20au]

i think it's something that tastes totally different but once you're used to it you have o think about what you're drinking to work it out lol

[spanner]

Vivacity, just to satisfy my curiosity, what does rice milk taste like compared to real milk? Would we notice the difference in a cup of coffee or in custard etc?   By the way, it's lovely to see another red-head on the forum - Bron being the other one of course.

The taste of Rice Milk is most definitely an acquired taste.

I do not like it particularly but if I am looking for a sweet drink then I will sometimes take a slug of rice milk instead of going through the unhealthy chocolate milk mixes like Milo or quick.

But the kids and dear wife love the stuff.

We made the recipe above on the weekend at a friend's house who happens to have a TMX.  I think it was a little too thin and watery. After reading the ingredients on the shop bought stuff I might suggest putting in a little salt and maybe also some chickpeas to add some other flavour and protein and colour. It makes it not so white but gives it a less watery look.

When we brought it home and said "hey kiddies ..... look what mummy and daddy have made for you .... home made rice milk .... yay!!!!" ***look how cleaver your daddy is****      the kiddies just looked at it and made a face like they were sucking not only sour lemons but old ones at that  and said YUUUUCK before it had even passed their lips. 

so this morning I sneakily  made them some cereal with 90% TMX rice milk with a 10% drop of shop bought rice milk .... the shop bought stuff was flamboyantly shown to the kids but they could not see how much went in ..... did they eat their breakfast ?? of bloody course they did!!!      


That's why we are the grown ups and they are NOT!

[judydawn]

Glad you can still fool the kids spanner - enjoy it whilst you can, it won't last

[faffa_70]

lol Spanner I sincerely hope you buy a TMX just so I can keep reading your posts. How old are your kids?

[spanner]

lol Spanner . How old are your kids?

That's a good question. I really am not sure.

Biologically little girl spanner is 5 but I think she must be mentally approaching 13 because she has started the surliness early interspersed with so much love and adoration you forget she has started the transformation from daddy's little princess to mummies evil monthly twin!!!

Boy spanner is biologically 2 1/2 but physically looks like a three and half year old and when you give him a power tool from either mummies kitchen or daddy's shed he suddenly becomes this adult like tradesman with the perfect plummers crack and grunts and exclamations you know are meant to say the "F" word but he still does not yet speak....he only grunts so mentally he has chosen to be the maturity of a 17 year old teenager.

Love them both so much and I hope they inherit the mummy spanners traits.

[faffa_70]

That last post can only call for one thing!! 

ROFPMSL

[judydawn]

That last post can only call for one thing!! 

ROFPMSL

I sometimes don't know what all these letters mean but I think I have worked that one out Kathryn - it is easy to see you have teenagers in your house

[JaneeZee]

That last post can only call for one thing!! 

ROFPMSL

Hear Hear - please keep posting Spanner whether you aquire a TM or not!!!

[faffa_70]

Oh Judy, I HAD to learn to be able to read their text (txt lol) messages that they sent me and also to be able to keep tabs on them. I can generally work out most things now as my brain has got used to functioning that way I am really sad to say  - I was going to post an explanation after it but didn't want to offend anyone that didn't know and didn't want to know it lol 

[judydawn]

Good for you Kathryn, keeping up with the youth of today.  I was quite pleased with myself for working it out without having to ask anyone - I'm sure my kids (in their 40's) would be proud of me

[faffa_70]

Ha ha don't worry about the kids being proud, you will probably dumbfound them Judy as THEY will still be trying to work them out!!!

[mama_bel]

Spanner, I use this recipe, and it's very close to the carton version:

1.  Place in dry TM bowl and grind for 1 min (or less if it's not hitting the sides anymore):
- 50g brown rice
- 30g raw almonds
- 20g lecithin granules
 
2.  Add, and cook at 60 degrees, 5 mins, speed 4:
- 1 litre water
- 1 T coconut oil
- 30g rice malt syrup
- pinch of salt
 
3.  Puree on speed 8 for 40 secs, then strain into jug.
 
You can use the 'sludge' that's leftover in any cakes/muffins/cookies etc, or in custard or soup - I pretty much just put it into whatever I'm making next!  (Something's always going into the TM, so it generally gets used straight away.)  It doesn't leave much though, so if you chuck it, it wouldn't be wasting much.

It's from my demonstrator (consultant?) Jo, who is a wonderful cook!

Over time I'll use honey instead of rice malt syrup, and probably a different oil...  But want to ease the kids into it!

[brazen20au]

Bel, do you really mean 50g of rice, or 500g?