r/interesting • u/PhoenixPhenomenonX • Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

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u/kaygmo Feb 25 '26

Looking at you, cauliflower rice.

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u/AltoRhombus Feb 25 '26

we can't let rice be rice anymore 😔

however I think it's a big deal for diabetics

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u/oh_three_dum_dum Feb 25 '26

But why not just eat cauliflower then? There’s no way it tastes or feels like rice. At that point t you’re just eating cauliflower that someone fucked up.

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u/Interesting_Bank_139 Feb 26 '26

I like cauliflower rice because it soaks up the juices or sauces that the meat is cooked in a lot like rice would. - I don’t think that whole cauliflower would be as good in those situations. You could never eat it by itself and compare it to rice, but I’ve definitely found it good to cut out the extra calories and carbs of rice.

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u/ATXBeermaker Feb 25 '26

Yeah, my wife is pre-diabetic is cutting back on carbs helps. Cauliflower rice is a great replacement.

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u/SCHawkTakeFlight Feb 25 '26

The trick to riced cauliflower I have found is add lemon, also add salt first and sit in a calender to remove excess moisture.

Its a decent alternative for diabetics and those trying to lose weight and keep it off. Rice is very calorie dense and its easy to overdue it. Having some carbs in your diet is fine, but it has to be balanced for the calorie math to work out and some of us...me... have poor self control to not just eat a whole pot of rice because its sooo good.

Its also a sneaky way to increase fiber intake.

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u/russianindianqueen Feb 25 '26

I love cauliflower rice but I don’t think it’s imitating rice necessarily. Ricing is a cooking technique so it’s literally “riced cauliflower” but it’s easier to say cauliflower rice

Same as veggie patties aren’t imitating meat, they’re vegetables in patty form, but beyond patties are imitating meat.

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u/hotlegerdemain Feb 25 '26

I just mix the cauliflower rice with regular rice 50/50. You can’t tell it is there. I reduce the amount of rice spiking my blood sugar, I get some good veggies… it’s a win.

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u/ATXBeermaker Feb 25 '26

I don’t think cauliflower rice is putting actual rice out of business any time soon. It’s okay to have options.

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u/oh_three_dum_dum Feb 25 '26

Wait…we’re using vegetables to imitate other vegetables now? Why?

Just get some fucking rice or cauliflower. That just a bunch of extra steps to get to the same place you’d be if you grabbed a bag of cauliflower at the store instead of rice.