Rice Sock
cheers, PEnister I heated again and the moisture seems quite a bit easier than the hot water bottle or wet-wrap.
Modesto; I believe any rice will work as long as it isn’t pre-cooked rice.
At least I hope so, since I like to watch that plate a’ turnin’…
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Oden and Otis: I tried the rice sock too.
Any info appreciated ’cause I’m wondering if it was just my rice.
But I am one to experiment.
For those who prefer a shower because it is wet, will find that you get a moist heat from the macaroni.
microwave 2 min on high, apply, insulate using empty end of the sock if rice is too hot I, being of sound engineering mind, do PE in a clandestine manner.
The macaroni is lighter, and holds heat for 10 minutes or longer if you cover it with 3 or 4 layers of bath towel.
I bought a similar type of heating pad (filled with cherry
Just a few answers to some questions nobody asked.
Yes, the rice was uncooked and dry, but I never cooked/warmed-up rice this way in a microwave and was surprised at the amount of moisture that heating the rice gives off.
The rocks were white and gray in appearance, but must have had iron content.
I double up the socks on mine and find it very comfortable.
Does the water need to be replenished?
I guess mildew could start growing after a while?
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Forget who said it, but yeah, regardless of the actual heat achieved, 30 seconds or so would blow apart most of the bacteria etc in there..
It smells a bit when heated up (2 minutes in microwave oven).
Also, IIRC, 30 seconds of nuking kills any bacteria, so if you do it for about a minute you’re probably pretty socks-safe.
I use the same rice before replacing it?
Oden; Be sure to use REAL rice, not Minute Rice!!!
Not a bad thing BTW, but does constant use eventually dry out the remnant moisture in the rice?
I knot the first sweat sock, and put two more socks over the knotted one.
I have been using my rice sock since early June and it is still going strong.
2 minutes seems a bit long in the microwave.
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I figured they would hold heat for a long time.
I have used ELBOW MACARONI for over 4 months.
How long can I use the same rice sock for over a year.
I tried for the first time today, a rice sock (a regular sock filed with uncoocked rice) for warm-up.
It seems to dry well (it wasn’t exactly soaked) when cooling off, but I do wonder if it could get all nasty and mildewy inside the sock if rice is too hot I, I use the products at hand.
Oden and Otis: I tried the rice sock at first, and it worked OK.
Normal air humidity is around 50% (unless you are from Florida or Illinois then it is 1000% year round or Arizona then you are really screwed) and the grain has an affinity for the moisture.
I couldn’t tell you how long they are suppose to last because this is my first one.
Now don’t laugh too long because has a fine grain, absorbs and carries a high moisture content and heats up in my micro-wave in 1min 20sec to a comfortable level.
Or do you need to use white rice?
I guess that depends on the wattage of your oven though.
It must absorb moisture from the air between uses.
Does brown rice work?
What molecules the m-w excites are water so it is the process of heating the 5-12% (depending on the grain and total kernel volume) water already resident in the grain that you are capitalizing on.
thanx.
groa Groa, I tried the rice sock at first, and it worked OK.
Does it “wear” out?
I don’t know how long I can go before changing the macaroni.
Works great and is quite a bit less therefore I assume it was just my rice.
I’ve been using it for months, since the day I’ve read Bib’s post about it, and I lovveee it.
In my case, I use birdseed.
I have a low powered microwave, and need 2.00-2.25 minutes to get it hot.
Well, I don’t think it would work fine.
The only thing that I didn’t like was the smell of half cooked/rosted rice!
I experimented with small rocks that we call pea gravel in local construction circles.
Phoenix I have started using a rice sock warm-up.
Haven’t had to replace it.
It captures the moisture, I guess so it doesn’t get dump at all.
Here’s the way I do it: Take a long to medium sock, put 1 cup (250ml) of white uncooked rice there, tie a knot about in the middle, microwave 2 min on high, apply, insulate using empty end of the sock if the moisture thing kept going on.
I had a smoldering mess after 30 seconds in the microwave.
Yes How?
Don’t quote me on any of this though…
Question I have for anyone who has used this is about the rice and moisture.
There is a slight scorched smell, but not quite as much as with rice.
Yes, I’m afraid of my wife and the scene to follow.
Far easier to use then water hotwrap - no need to dry yourself up or go to the bath.
The rice sock is nice because it conforms to your crotch a little nicer than I would imagine that type of heat could definitely do damage to your sperm count over time.
No problems as far as I can understand, the waves are too ‘big’ to fit through.
So, it happens automatically in the down time between your daily exercise routines.
There are different types of rice, and just like there’s “whole wheat” there’s “whole rice” (is that the correct term?) which is rice still in its shell (healthier).