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One of my go-to dishes for lunch is fried rice - it's good for using leftover rice and any bits of meat available. So today I had some leftover bass and wild rice from Sunday's dinner. Why not use them for fried rice? Well, it turns out that wild rice has a lot more moisture than regular rice. As soon as the rice hit the hot oil it started popping and exploding and jumping out of the pan. It was edible (and not bad) but the cleanup was a pain.

Any experiences with culinary ideas that seemed like a good idea but weren't?