Bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil and add the rice and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Return to a boil, cover, and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, until the rice is tender and all the water is absorbed. Transfer the rice to a bowl.
Opossums stop the spread of Lyme disease because they kill up to 4,000 ticks a week. Claims about possums and ticks are mostly true â but the amount of ticks one possum kills in a week has been skewed.
1 Opossums are omnivores and eat a variety of plant and animal matter. 2  Foods include carrion (dead animals), insects, fruits, nuts, grains, slugs, snails, snakes, frogs, and small mammals such as mice. 3  Around human habitation, opossums also eat garbage, pet food, birdseed, poultry, and handouts.