composting plain cooked rice??

Monet Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:10 pm

Can you compost any cooked vegetables or rice if they have been cooked in only water and not had anything added to them?

**camprn** Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:23 pm

Monet wrote:Can you compost any cooked vegetables or rice if they have been cooked in only water and not had anything added to them?

Most certainly, toss it in!

Too Tall Tomatoes Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:30 pm

Monet wrote:Can you compost any cooked vegetables or rice if they have been cooked in only water and not had anything added to them?

Even if the veggies or rice has stuff like butter and salt in it, just rinse it really well and you can toss that in too.
After eating corn-on-the-cob several times last year, I would rinse the butter and salt off them and toss them into the compost.
As a matter of fact, when I forked around my compost 2 weeks ago, I didn't see one cob. What a Face

**camprn** Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:37 pm

I don't even bother rinsing it as my water is pretty expensive right now. Seriously, if it's not meat, bones, animal fat or plastic, into the compost bin it goes. What a Face

Unmutual Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:16 pm

I compost cooked rice, but I don't add any salt to it for cooking either(not that the amount of salt normally added would make that much of a difference after sitting through some rains). I don't compost any cooked veggies because there are never any left over to cook! But if there were, then I would(unless I added cheese to it, like broccoli or cauliflower...mmm..cauliflower with a good cheese sauce sounds good right now).

Too Tall Tomatoes Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:25 pm

camprn wrote:I don't even bother rinsing it as my water is pretty expensive right now. Seriously, if it's not meat, bones, animal fat or plastic, into the compost bin it goes.

You'd compost a butter-soaked corncob?

**camprn** Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:27 pm

Too Tall Tomatoes wrote:
camprn wrote:I don't even bother rinsing it as my water is pretty expensive right now. Seriously, if it's not meat, bones, animal fat or plastic, into the compost bin it goes.

You'd compost a butter-soaked corncob?

Yup, in a jiffy!

Too Tall Tomatoes Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:29 pm

camprn wrote:
Too Tall Tomatoes wrote:
camprn wrote:I don't even bother rinsing it as my water is pretty expensive right now. Seriously, if it's not meat, bones, animal fat or plastic, into the compost bin it goes.

You'd compost a butter-soaked corncob?
Yup, in a jiffy!

Well I always just assumed that the butter would have to be rinsed. Interesting What a Face

givvmistamps Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:01 pm

I would, too, if it's encircled and there aren't any raccoons around...or if I had attached the thing to the ground somehow.

cheyannarach Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:03 pm

Corn cobs are not usually butter soaked because you have eaten most of it off.

Too Tall Tomatoes Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:06 pm

cheyannarach wrote:Corn cobs are not usually butter soaked because you have eaten most of it off.

butter soaked or not, there's still butter on it. What a Face

cheyannarach Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:59 am

Not really Too Tall Tomatoes, the saliva left on the corn cobs after eating them with break down most of what's left on a corn cob.

cheyannarach Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:00 am

I'm with Camprn, throw it in the pile!

TN_GARDENER Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:58 am

Too Tall Tomatoes wrote:
cheyannarach wrote:Corn cobs are not usually butter soaked because you have eaten most of it off.

butter soaked or not, there's still butter on it.

Sure, but with a nice sized pile, I can't imagine the little bit of butter is going to have much affect.

**camprn** Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:00 am

I do actually put spoiled milk and cheese rinds into the compost, no problems and it adds calcium. Good for the teeth What a Face

Too Tall Tomatoes Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:29 am

TN_GARDENER wrote:
Too Tall Tomatoes wrote:
cheyannarach wrote:Corn cobs are not usually butter soaked because you have eaten most of it off.

butter soaked or not, there's still butter on it.

Sure, but with a nice sized pile, I can't imagine the little bit of butter is going to have much affect.

I can't imagine bits of butter having any effect either. I just rinsed the cob off just because. Like I said before, my pile must've been cooking along great because the last time I tossed it around, there was not one corn cob to be found.

And camprn, I would imagine that if you bury dairy products under a lot of manure, no animal is going to smell it.

Lindacol Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:12 am

camprn wrote:I do actually put spoiled milk and cheese rinds into the compost, no problems and it adds calcium. Good for the teeth

Me too. In fact in the summer when I have to water the pile I use extra goat milk sometimes to water it. Saves water and adds calcium. My dogs can't get into my pile and they keep everything else away.

Monet Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:03 pm

Thanks to all of you...in it went!!!

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