On Nov 24, 10:21*am, blake murphy > wrote:
> fOn Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:24:34 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
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> > amandaF > wrote:
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> >> A few months ago, I did find an Indian grocer carrying brown basmatic
> >> rice (10 lbs), the one I bought before, and it was $18.00. Same price
> >> as white version. (They both were $10.00 a while). The lady told me
> >> that she'd be raising it to $20.00.
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> >> Today, I called Trader's Joe to see what brand brown rice they have -
> >> I have bought brown rice medley frpm them in the past - and found out
> >> that they have brown basmati (2lbs for $2.99). If it is exactly like
> >> the one I got from the Indian store (I assume that it would be), I am
> >> buying from Trader's Joe from now on.
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> > Rice Select/Texmati has three different kinds of brown rice in a
> > long-grain basmati-like strain. *They are all excellent. *You can
> > find them at CostCo, at least. *I'm pretty sure the brand is sold
> > nationwide (and it's US-grown).
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> > India is trying to disclaim it's basmati origin, and they're
> > probably right. *It's not basmati, but it's very similar and just as
> > good. *I especially like their Kasmati variety. *And their royal
> > blends are good as well (I've only tried the one with wild and red
> > rice).
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> >http://www.riceselect.com/Products/s...?id=70&level=1
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> > -sw
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> what do you think of using the brown/basmati for fried rice, steve? *i
> haven't tried anything like that, but i'm a little skeptical.
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> your pal,
> blake

I was thinking to make fried rice and am planning to pick up Lundberg
long grain brown rice cus last time I tried,, it tasted more like
white rice and I think it would be work for fried rice. Brown Basmati
might taste ok but in a different way..

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