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On Sep 16, 12:00*pm, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:21:42 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
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> >On Sep 16, 11:15*am, notbob > wrote:
> >> I made Emeril's Cajun Jambalaya, last night.

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> >>http://tinyurl.com/5excp5

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> >> Pretty dang good for an FN recipe. *Only one problem, OLD rice!

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> >> I guess I never thought of rice getting too old or going bad, but it
> >> does. *Unlike cereal grains, which tend to go rancid, rice gets old and
> >> porous, making the cooked product crumbly and mealy in mouthfeel.
> >> Ick!

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> >> This was long grain white rice and was only about 8-9 mos old. *What's
> >> the shelf life of most rices?

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> >> nb

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> >Here's a good read on the shelf life of rice.
> >http://www.buzzle.com/articles/shelf-life-of-rice.html

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> Pretty silly article: says "rice should be stored at 70 degrees F, in
> cool, dry place."... 70ºF or cool, which one?


I think you're probably the only one that doesn't "get it". L