Rice Brown Organic, SuperPail, Zone-1

Don't be afraid of the plastic construction of this handy lid removal tool. We've used them for years here at PHG. They work great and we've never had one break.

Overall length of the tool is 8.25".

Note: Some bucket lids have several points around their lower lip that must be snipped with a cutting tool prior to removal. No matter what sort of tool you use to pry the lid off, if you're working with that sort of lid then it is indeed necessary to snip the lid at those points, first. Such "snip points" vary in appearance and may or may not be marked with words like "Cut Here" or with a scissors symbol. Another type of lid has a circumferential "tear strip" around its bottom edge. With such lids you may not need a lid removal wrench to use after pulling the tear-strip away, but one can be helpful to those with hand weakness due to arthritis or other reasons.

Our one pound grain, bean and seed samples are a way for you to give a grain a try before investing in a bulk amount. These samples are not packaged for longterm storage.

Soak rice, legumes and other grains in this BPA-free plastic bowl and then tip the bowl to strain the water out through the drain holes in the side of the bowl. Works with all types of rice, including white, brown, jasmine, black, basmati and wild. This rinsing bowl also works great as a colander for fruits and vegetables. Up to 8 cups of dry rice can be washed in the bowl at one time. Bottom of bowl is solid.

To soak rice, pour raw rice into washing bowl, add enough water to cover the rice and then let the rice soak as your recipe instructs. To wash rice, cover it with fresh water and vigorously run your fingers through it, this will loosen rice bran, starch, husks, and other debris. The debris will float above the rice and can then be easily strained through the side drain. Repeat this process until water is no longer cloudy.

Bowl capacity is 2 quarts. Top-rack dishwasher safe.

The RSVP potato ricer and baby food strainer is a handy and versatile tool for making fluffy, lump-free mashed potatoes and mashed baby food, applesauce, or spaetzle (a German dumpling or noodle). The handles are durable and ergonomic. The ricer comes with two stainless steel plates, one for a medium grind and one for a coarse grind. The cleanup is easy, as all parts are dishwasher safe.

Cook's Illustrated highly recommends this potato ricer. They were impressed by how easy and comfortable it was to squeeze, the convenience of its interchangeable disks, and the sturdy hook that allows the ricer to sit on a pot or bowl rim.

Rice cookers are perfect for the way we cook today: Versatile and convenient, they have one-button technology, don’t take up too much counter space, and are a breeze to clean. And they can do so much more than produce foolproof rice, beans, and grains. This new edition takes note of the whole-grain revolution in U.S. kitchens and offers recipes for a host of new (and rediscovered) grains, like quinoa, millet, couscous, kamut, and spelt, whose popularity is rising fast. It focuses on a wider variety of rices, too, with lots of ideas for red, black, basmati, jasmine, and Arborio rices, as well as partially milled white rice, which looks and cooks like white rice but has the nutritional value of brown rice. The authors have also added a complete guide to the newer rice cookers that have come to the market since the original edition, including induction-cooking and pressure-cooking rice cookers and models that replace the old buttons-and-dials approach with more complex digital displays. Alongside many favorites from the first edition, from Carrot Basmati Pilaf and Italian Sausage Risotto to French Polenta and Maple-Cinnamon Rice Pudding, the 10th anniversary edition serves up more than 50 tempting new recipes, from a rich and soothing Sweet Brown Rice with Curry, Carrots, and Raisins to a warm and satisfying Millet, Winter Squash, and Sweet Pea Pilaf.

Unlock the full potential of your rice cooker to make great one-pot meals, side dishes, finger-food appetizers, hearty breakfasts, and even desserts with The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook!

By Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. Revised edition. Softcover, 368 pages.

Genuine bamboo chopsticks! Infuse your dining experience with oriental flair with these genuine silk wrapped bamboo chopsticks. 5 pairs in a package.

Genuine bamboo chopsticks! Infuse your dining experience with oriental flair with these genuine bamboo chopsticks.

This remarkably practical two-part gadget transforms a standard plastic bucket into a rugged, gasketed, resealable storage container that's both air-tight. Just snap the outer ring down onto your bucket. The threaded lid turns easily with molded-in grip bars. These lids are heavy duty for years and years of service. The ring has a polymer gasket where it sits against the lid of your bucket, and the threaded lid has another polymer gasket, giving the container an air-tight seal that excludes not only such freeloaders as mice and insects, but moisture too.

The Gamma Seal lid transforms an ordinary bucket into the ideal storage vault for an endless list of materials from grain and other foods to laundry products, pet food, tools, documents, silk ties, lawn and garden products, bait, seeds, oil, disaster supplies... and on and on. They also make lightweight, super-strong totes for camping gear. And did we mention that they're stackable? Our customers come back for more of these. (Make your life easier by ordering a few more the first time!)

All Gamma Lid plastics are food safe, including "heavy-metal-free" pigment in the colored lids, and all Gamma products are BPA-free. Gamma Seal lids do not include the bucket. Please note that color tint of plastic buckets can vary, so Gamma Lid colors may not perfectly match with the color of any given plastic buckets.

These 12" Gamma Seal lids fit 3-1/2 gallon or 5 gallon or 6 gallon buckets with standard top outside diameter of 11-3/4" to 12-1/8". If you want to use Gamma Seal Lids on buckets you already have, be sure your bucket tops have an outside diameter that falls within that range. (The buckets offered by Pleasant Hill Grain all have the proper top diameters to accept their respective size of Gamma Seal Lid.)

To install we recommend a large rubber mallet, or lay a 2x4 across the lid and strike with any heavy hammer. If a lid ring doesn't want to start on a bucket easily, submerging the ring or bucket rim (or both) in hot water will ease the connection.

Lids are sold in sets of three of each color. Colors include white, black, green, yellow, red, blue, and orange.

Note: If using oxygen absorbers in plastic buckets, you need to use standard hammer-on lids (not Gamma Lids). Gamma Lids are airtight, but are not designed to counteract the force of pressure that's created when all of the oxygen in the container is removed by oxygen absorbers. Once the standard lid is initially removed to start using the contents, a Gamma Lid can be used to re-seal the bucket against moisture, rodents and insects. A quality bucket and hammer-on gasketed lid will provide a fully adequate oxygen barrier for at least a couple years of storage. For even longer term oxygen-free storage, inside your buckets you can also use Mylar liner bags which, when heat-sealed shut around your food, will effectively block oxygen permeation for years and years.

Cookin' with Home Storage is an indispensable aid to anyone cooking from staple foods... the kinds of food that "keep", like whole grains, dried fruits and vegetables, beans, and so on. 288 pages, softcover perfect bound, with hundreds of recipes, and a strong emphasis on variety of diet. Written by Peggy Layton. Originally published in 1993, revised in 2010.

Chapters include:

This new edition of Cookin' with Beans & Rice is 155 pages, spiral bound, with dozens of recipes including recipes for breakfast, main dishes, breads, salads, soups, and desserts. Written by Peggy Layton.

Chapters include: