Orzo is rice-shaped, short-cut pasta. You might give couscous a try, and if you like the results, you will have invented a new dish!
Jennifer On 3/23/15, Abby Vincent via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> wrote: > Couscous has a finer texture and more delicate flavor than rice. The > "grains", so to speak, are smaller than rice grains. > Abby > -----Original Message----- > From: John Diakogeorgiou via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 6:07 PM > To: [[email protected]]; Nancy Martin > Subject: Re: [CnD] orzo > > I'm not sure how to describe it. It's very small. > > John Diakogeorgiou > >> On Mar 23, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Nancy Martin via Cookinginthedark >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Does cous cous have a texture like rice? As you can tell, my knowledge >> would last a nano second. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Massey via >> Cookinginthedark" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; "'Abby Vincent'" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [CnD] orzo >> >> >>> Cous cous might be a bit too fine. Orzo is larger, around the size of a >>> sunflower seed. Treat it like any other smallish pasta. >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Abby Vincent via Cookinginthedark >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:15 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [CnD] orzo >>>> >>>> I have a recipe for a salad calling for orzo, peas, asparagus, and >>>> lemon juice for dressing. I'm not familiar with orzo? I do have >>>> couscous. Would that work? >>>> >>>> Abby >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
