Article: If you are using 1 cup of rice, use anywhere from 1 to 2 cups of water. Adding more water will make your rice more fluffy, while less water will make it taste tougher. Don't add too little water or your rice may not fully cook or come out burned. If you use more than one cup of rice, make sure to adjust the amount of water you're using. Adding salt to your boiling water will season the grains of rice, and allow your water to boil at a higher temperature, and thus more thoroughly. Water typically boils 212 Degrees Fahrenheit, but when you add water it boils at 216 Degrees Fahrenheit. Adding salt after your rice is cooked could make it too salty. Set your stove to medium or high and wait until large bubbles break the surface of the water in your pot. Though it depends on the amount of heat your stove is able to produce, your water should boil in anywhere from 5-10 minutes. While the water is boiling, add your rice to the pot of water. This should stop the pot from bubbling. Do not touch the heat settings on your stove. Make sure to not drop the rice from too high up, to avoid splashing boiling water on yourself. Using a wooden or heat safe spoon, stir your rice until the water starts to boil again. It should only take a couple of minutes for your water to return to a full boil. Once the water comes to a fierce boil again, lower your stove top settings to low. You should see the water in the pot simmer instead of large bubbles breaking the surface. Keep your stove's heat settings to low as you continue to cook your rice. These directions are for typical basmati rice and not special varieties of basmati like wholegrain basmati rice, which takes longer to cook. Do not uncover the lid on your pot, because you'll let the steam that's cooking your rice out. Do not stir the rice or it may become broken and mushy. Letting the rice stand for 5 minutes allows unfinished grains to fully cook, and the remainder of the water to evaporate. Afterwards, make sure to fluff it with a fork. Fluffing rice with a fork separates the grains so there are no large clumps and the rice maintains a fluffy and light texture.
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Add 1 3/4th cups of water inside of a deep saucepan or pot. Add a teaspoon of salt to your water. Place your pot on a stove top and bring your water to a boil. Add your cup of rice to the pot. Stir rice until it comes back to a full boil. Turn your stove to low once the water starts boiling again. Cover the pot and let rice cook for 15 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes and fluff with fork before serving.
Article: After you've written some verses, you can try to rap them out loud. Record yourself with an audio recorder and listen to the recording. Pay attention to your flow and see if the rhymes sound good. Take notice of places where you stumble or parts of the lyrics that don't sound good. Concentrate on the areas where you're weak. If you don't have any experience rapping, it's best to start off with simple verses and simple rhymes. Don't try to do complex or multi-syllable rhymes when you're first starting off. Instead, use the simplest verses you can think of and keep practicing them until you master them. Eminem was known for his freestyle battle rap style, where he would improvise lyrics on the spot. Practice by battling other rappers and putting your freestyle skills to the test. To prepare, practice rapping written verses and study words that rhyme. Incorporate what your opponent is rapping about in your own lyrics to impress the audience. To sound more like Eminem when you rhyme, play his songs and try to rap along with his lyrics. This will get you acclimated to rapping at the same speed and rhythm that Eminem uses. Continue to listen to rap along with his music until you can keep up with his fast-flowing style.
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Record yourself and listen to the playback. Start small. Freestyle battle other rappers. Rap along with Eminem songs to gain his cadence.
Article: If there is a pocket on the left side of shirt, this will make things easy--you'll want to pin the flower through the top middle of the pocket, where it may be slightly reinforced and a little stronger. If there is no pocket, you will pin through the upper left side of the shirt. You can imagine pinning it above the person's heart or where a pocket would be located. Because the pin will be visible, you may want to choose a fancy gold pin or one with a decorative head. It will appear as though you are pinning the fabric together. Push the pin completely through this fold of fabric. Unlike on a lapel, the pin should be held horizontally, or parallel to the floor. With this method you are pinning the stem tightly against the chest and not actually piercing the stem of the boutonniere with the pin. The pin should be over the stem and holding it against the fabric. You want the pin to cross the stem near the top, where it meets the petals of the flower. Make sure the boutonniere is facing the right direction, with the flower facing toward you and away from the person wearing the boutonniere. It should again be as though you are pinning together the fabric pinched between your fingers. Imagine that the stem of the boutonniere is in a valley and the two folds of fabric that you pinned on either side are mountains. When you look at the pin, it should go into the shirt, then out, then over the boutonniere stem, then into the shirt and then out a final time. The shirt should be smooth and the flower secure.
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Figure out where to position the boutonniere. Pinch the fabric of the shirt between your fingers of your non-dominant hand and slide the pin through with your dominant hand. Slide the stem of the boutonniere between the shirt and the pin. Pinch the unpinned fabric on the other side of the boutonniere stem and push the pin all the way through. Stretch the shirt so that the fabric you pinned together lays flat against the chest.