On 2014-10-14 19:15:49 +0000, Janet Bostwick said:

> On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:18:45 +0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex
> > wrote:
>
> snip but I think that
>> there is a large population of people who would never use anything but
>> Uncle Ben's or other instant rice products, and this is the only "rice"
>> they know. That or these inept recipe writers are trying to kill us, which
>> (if you have ever watched Sandra Lee) is also a distinct possibility.
>
> Uncle Ben's is not just instant rice
> http://www.unclebens.com/
> Janet US

Of course they have an array of stuff from packaged microwaveable
pre-cooked rice, to "meal" packets made almost entirely out of MSG, and
so forth, but Uncle Ben's popularized quick-cook parboiled rice to such
an extent that it is a synonym for it much like Kleenex is a synonym
for facial tissue.