Aussie wrote on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:24:54 GMT:

>> 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!!

I don't think it should be necessary to rinse rice before cooking and I
have used a Japanese rice cooker for 30 years.

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James Silverton
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