stark wrote:
>
> Tired of paying $8 for 5 lbs of Tilde basmati rice with $9 for
> shipping, so I shopped a Mediterranean store in town and bought 25 lbs
> of Pakastani basmati for about $8. 25 lbs. was the smallest quantity
> offered. This came in a nice cloth bag with handles and a zipper and
> after a month, some creepy-crawlies.
>
> Yeah, I know . .it's protein. But I had been washing what I used. Most
> American grown rice states "doesn't need rinsing" but I think I'll
> continue rinsing all my rice.

Freeze it now. Next time, freeze it when you buy it. Bas shouldn't get
creepies....I've have creepies in all kinds of Indian stuff, but never
bas. Where are you? Even our backwoods Costco has basmati.
blacksalt