i'm willing to wager my best 26-sided die that i'm not the only one here slightly obsessed with purple. (i don't really have one of those...really, i don't. well, not anymore, anyway.) and why shouldn't i be? it's quite a lovely, brooding member of the spectrum. so, when i came across something called "purple sushi rice" on a trip to arkansas a while back, naturally i was intrigued and excited (this may also have stemmed from the fact that there ain't a whole lot to do in arkansas, making unusual rice a highlight).

i finally got around to cooking some of it over the weekend, because the cooking instructions given me with the rice were simply, "soak for 3 hours, then steam for 30 minutes"—not really a 30-minute meal, if you catch my drift. so in some water goes the rice, and off i go to contemplate the abita restoration ale i've just purchased (brewed in louisiana, and i swear i didn't buy it because the labels are purple and green. i swear.) about 20 minutes later, i see this:



holy purplyness, batman!

then, after 3 hours of playing with the pretty purple water, i steamed the rice and got this:



and how freaking cool is that?! now i kinda want some black plates to eat it off of.

-chris

Tags: cooking, purple surprise