Help! I put too much nutmeg in my dish. What do I do?

Can you rinse the rice and raisins in a colander and then try a lighter hand with the spices?

Pouring water over rice and raisins can’t do too much damage, can it? Rice likes to be drained.

Ooh, I hadn’t thought of that. That could work. Thanks for the idea. I’ll let you know if I try it.

Maybe a little sugar will help cut the nutmeg.

@WestRiverrat, thanks, I’ll have to experiment with that to get a sense of how sugar works with spices on my tongue.

Ramsay would probably scream at you and tell you to start from scratch.

Make rice pudding:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1942,156172-226196,00.html

@ragingloli Gordon can jump in the Pond! OMG, that man is vulgar! I hope he’s not on Fluther.

@gailcalled I love cooks.com, I’ll take a look at their recipes and see if I can make a match. Thanks for the idea. I have enough rice to do several experiments (sadly all nutmeged beyond taste).

It is true that the recipe calls for ¾ c. raw rice and ½ t. nutmeg.

@gailcalled Ah, but the eggs and milk may do just the trick. My other culinary-gone-awry was eggnog, which makes a good french toast batter. I could add a half cup to half my rice mix and that might diffuse the nutmeg enough.

Do as @gailcalled suggested then warm it with some milk and maple syrup.

If you want to use it as a dinner dish, add curry powder, nuts (walnuts, almonds, whatever you have. ) Put some mixed vegetables in it; chopped tomatoes, and sauteed onions. What you need is more things to help absorb the nutmeg flavor. You may need to add some salt after adding all that.

Thanks all, it made up into a nice rice pudding. I’ll refer here for my next culinary-gone-awry.

@DaphneT Thanks for letting us know what you decided. It’s always fun to hear the end result of a question.

@Daphne: Are you familiar with the charming poem by A.A.Milne, What is the Matter with Mary Jane?

Here’s the last verse:

What is the matter with Mary Jane?
She’s perfectly well and she hasn’t a pain,
And it’s lovely rice pudding for dinner again!
What is the matter with Mary Jane?

Throw it out.

@skjj57 Because of the labor involved in growing rice, it’s considered a grave act to waste a single grain.
Welcome to Fluther.

@Sunny2 I apologize for the grains that slid down the drain on me when I was cleaning the pan, we try to capture the waste for the chickens or the compost. I was able to rescue most of it with my eggnog failure, and enjoyed it as a pudding.

@skjj57 LOL. Throwing it out never crossed my mind. It was too much of a spice, so I just assumed it could be made palatable with some added ingredients. I’ve been sleep deprived most days for the past year or so, and Fluther is such a great place to jump-start my thinking.

?? Rinse and try again? I suppose that would take a fine Collander.

@Varient: Raisins and rice will do just fine in a colander with coarse holes. She wanted to rinse off only the excess nutmeg.

Thank you Ma’am.