Bulk rice
gloria.p
I was in Costco today and walked by the rice selection.
They had quite a variety from white long grain to Basmati and
Jasmine, 10 pound bags to 50 lb.
Prices started around $1/lb for the smaller bags down to less
than $.50/lb for the larger bags.
Larger bags of sugar (25 lb.) were a good price, too.
gloria p
Storrmmee
checked the prices of sugar, the ten lb bag was cheaper per lb than the 25
lb bag but both were decdent. Lee
"gloria.p" <gpue...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Janet Bostwick
wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:27:17 -0600, gloria.p wrote:
>
>> I was in Costco today and walked by the rice selection.
>> They had quite a variety from white long grain to Basmati and
>> Jasmine, 10 pound bags to 50 lb.
>
>I tried the Zafrani(?) basmati in the burlap bag and I thought it
>tasted like dirt. And the grains broke easily before and after
>cooking. It's a really popular brand, but I returned it.
>
>Give me beets over Zafrani rice any day.
>
>-sw
I'm no rice expert, but isn't basmati supposed to be on of the really
dirty rices? It requires much rinsing. I had that basmati in the
burlap bag only once and wasn't really taken with it. I'd been
meaning to try it again so I am glad to have your report.
Janet US
John Kuthe
I used to buy basmati rice, and I never rinsed it. I always thought of
as the "cadillac" of rices. Dunno if that's so or not. I think it's an
Indian thing. Has a very good flavor as I recall. Long thin grains and
not sticky at all.
John Kuthe...
sf
<johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Long thin grains and not sticky at all.
That's everything I hate about rice. I like mine short/medium grained
and sticky.
--
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Ranee at Arabian Knits
Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
> I'm no rice expert, but isn't basmati supposed to be on of the really
> dirty rices? It requires much rinsing. I had that basmati in the
> burlap bag only once and wasn't really taken with it. I'd been
> meaning to try it again so I am glad to have your report.
Basmati isn't supposed to be dirty. The rinsing is to remove starch
so it will have grains that are very separate.
Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits
"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
Brooklyn1
>
> I'm no rice expert, but isn't basmati supposed to be on of the really
> dirty rices? It requires much rinsing. I had that basmati in the
> burlap bag only once and wasn't really taken with it. I'd been
> meaning to try it again so I am glad to have your report.
All rice imported into the US needs to be throughly washed, especially
basmati, one of the filthiest. US rice is grown under far more
sanitary conditions and is already washed prior to packaging, and
enriched rice should not be washed at all or the added enrichment will
be lost. You'd be much better off buying texmati rice, it's grown
under much stricter standards than basmati... basmati is grown in the
same flooded fields used for sewage.
Steve Pope
>Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
>> I'm no rice expert, but isn't basmati supposed to be on of the really
>> dirty rices? It requires much rinsing.
>All rice imported into the US needs to be throughly washed, especially
>basmati, one of the filthiest.
Most basmati one would buy in the U.S. is grown in Texas.
As such, it requires lots of rinsing.
Steve
Janet Bostwick
Is your comment regarding rinsing tongue in cheek? Or are you
recommending lots of rinsing?
Janet US
Brooklyn1
(Steve Pope) wrote:
>Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>>Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
>
>>> I'm no rice expert, but isn't basmati supposed to be on of the really
>>> dirty rices? It requires much rinsing.
>
>>All rice imported into the US needs to be throughly washed, especially
>>basmati, one of the filthiest.
>
>Most basmati one would buy in the U.S. is grown in Texas.
What's grown in Texas is texmati, NOT basmati.
>As such, it requires lots of rinsing.
Texmati requires no washing. No US grown rice requires washing.
Steve Pope
Both actually.
Seriously, basmati rice is usually coated with a sort of talc or chalk
and needs to be rinsed. Sheldon is not correct that all imported
rice needs to be rinsed; one need not (and should not) rinse arborio.
But most typical rice should be rinsed regardless of where it
comes from.
Steve
Steve Pope
>On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:49:25 +0000 (UTC), spo...@speedymail.org
>>Most basmati one would buy in the U.S. is grown in Texas.
>What's grown in Texas is texmati, NOT basmati.
Okay, I probably am confused. Now I'll have to look this up. Thanks.
Steve
Janet Bostwick
I looked up washing rice. If you trust Beth Hensperger, here's your
answer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102172.html
Janet US
Brooklyn1
Being PC by talking starch when truth is filth. Rice IS starch,
think.
dsi1
My mom taught me how to cook rice at an early age. I've read how you
don't have to wash the rice anymore but my Asian mind just can't seem to
get over that mental hurdle. That's too bad cause it would sure make
cooking rice a lot easier.
Brooklyn1
Asians wash rice because their rice paddys are also their septic
fields. Years of watching ones mom wash rice makes it a difficult
habit to break but rice grown in the US needs no washing.
dsi1
>...rice grown in the US needs no washing.
This is what I have heard...
J. Clarke
says...
A legal fiction--the term "Texmati" is the result of a settlement in
which Ricetec, having attempted to patent the Basmati genome and having
had the every living crap sued out of them by just about everybody who
knew a lawyer, settled and one of the terms of the settlement was that
they didn't call their basmati rice "basmati".
J. Clarke
says...
>
> On 7/23/2011 4:09 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >...rice grown in the US needs no washing.
>
> This is what I have heard...
The washing doesn't have anything to do with dirt. The farther rice is
shipped the more time and motion there is rubbing the grains together
and producing rice gluten powder. Most rice grown in the US and sold in
the US doesn't get shipped very far compared to rice grown in India or
the like. The main effect of not washing is that the rice is stickier
than it would be if washed.
Jim Elbrecht
My Basmati is grown in the US. Package doesn't say where-- Is it
just Ricetec that can't call their rice Basmati?
Or is Earthly Choice still fighting the fight?
http://www.earthlychoice.com/basmati-rice.html
Jim
Brooklyn1
Rice gluten? Dumb asshole!
Brooklyn1
wrote:
As your article says basmati is now grown in the US... but it's very
pricey. If basmati is in a sealed package and is labeled a product of
the US then it is clean... if as most basmati it comes from Asia it's
FILTHY!
gloria.p
>
> As your article says basmati is now grown in the US... but it's very
> pricey. If basmati is in a sealed package and is labeled a product of
> the US then it is clean... if as most basmati it comes from Asia it's
> FILTHY!
You will go to your grave believing that everything outside the borders
of the U.S. is filthy, unsanitary, and disgusting, won't you, Sheldon?
You'll never know what you are missing by staying in your bubble and
unreasonably shutting out the rest of the world. Nothing will change
your opinion, but you are the one who is losing because of it.
gloria p
J. Clarke
elbr...@email.com says...
I think so.
> Or is Earthly Choice still fighting the fight?
> http://www.earthlychoice.com/basmati-rice.html
They don't seem to have done anything crazy like trying to patent the
Basmati genome so they shouldn't have a problem.
Brooklyn1
wrote:
>My practice is to wash all rice, regardless of origin. When I do that
>I want the final water to be clear, not cloudy from starch or dirt.
>If it's clear after one wash like most U.S. rice, fine. If it takes
>ten washes before the water is clear (like some basmati) then I wash
>it ten times. Reality vs. theory works in this case.
>
>To the notion that you lose the vitamin enrichment of U.S. rice when
>you wash it I say, so what? I want to eat rice, not some random
>vitamin mixture that was sprayed on during processing. If I need
>vitamins I'll take a pill. -aem
That's okay, but then don't buy enriched rice, you're paying a few
cents more a pound for nothing.
dsi1
> On Jul 23, 8:13 pm, dsi1<d...@eternal-september.invalid> wrote:
> I want the final water to be clear, not cloudy from starch or dirt.
> If it's clear after one wash like most U.S. rice, fine. If it takes
> ten washes before the water is clear (like some basmati) then I wash
> it ten times. Reality vs. theory works in this case.
I won't cook rice without washing it either. What barbarians - they must
think they can fix their hair without washing it too! :-)
blake murphy
and get off his lawn!
your pal,
blake