On Sep 16, 2:15*pm, notbob > wrote:
> I made Emeril's Cajun Jambalaya, last night.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5excp5
>
> Pretty dang good for an FN recipe. *Only one problem, OLD rice!
>
> 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!
>
> This was long grain white rice and was only about 8-9 mos old. *What's
> the shelf life of most rices?
>
> nb

Gee, have never run into that problem. Was it Uncle Ben type pre-
cooked or sumthin?