This is rice

This morning, I took out a scale I bought for baking. I put a small bowl on the scale and weighed 15 grams of rice. When I ordered organic rice three months ago, I hadn’t imagined feeding it to my baby girl. I’m not the kind of guy who feels reassured by paying extra for an organic label (not anymore). I chose organic rice for the first time because it was almost the same price as the non-organic options. Now I was glad I was feeding my baby organic rice. The rice had to be soaked for at least thirty minutes, then boiled and stirred for another forty minutes. After an hour of soaking, I put the rice and 70 ml of water into the pot. I held a spatula far too big for a batch of porridge made with just 15 grams of rice. “We need a smaller spatula,” my wife said. I nodded while cleaning the spatula with soap to make sure it was worthy of being the chosen tool for my baby’s first-ever solid meal. I turned the heat to medium and started stirring. I wanted the porridge to hold on to a little…