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Omelet wrote on Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:57:45 -0500:

>> On 16-Sep-2010, notbob > wrote:
>>
> >> 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!

>> According to the Utah State University Cooperative Extension
>> website (http://extension.usu.edu/foodstorage/htm/white-rice)
>> : "Shelf life. When properly sealed and stored, polished
>> white rice will store well for 25 to 30 years."
>>
>> What you describe happening seems more likely in parboiled
>> rice or instant rice than plain old polished rice.


> Or something that weevils got in to!


Why does Bismati rice smell like mice when it is cooking? I have worked
with mice and the resemblence is obvious.
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