J. wrote on Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:03:38 -0400:

> On 9/17/2010 9:11 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>> 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.

I've found the unwashed rice, cooked in a Japanese cooker, is perfectly
satisfactory.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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