"Aussie" > wrote in message
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> "James Silverton" > wrote in news:i6uabm$43k
> :
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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.
>
>
> Did you rinse it before cooking?
>
> I cook mine in a microwave rice cooker, and it's *never* smelt like mice!!

That's because nothing gets over the stench of your ass.

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