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Default what kind of rice would you use for

Hank Rogers wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> > Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >
> >>On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:15:02 -0600, "cshenk" >

> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hank Rogers wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > cshenk wrote:
> > > > > > Hank Rogers wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > cshenk wrote:
> > > > > > > > Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:47:57 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> > > > > > > > > Simmons
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 6:12:58 PM UTC-5,
> >>songbird >> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > making an old fashioned rice pudding
> > > > > > > > > > > (with raisins, eggs, sugar, milk, etc.) ?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > i don't want instant rice, but some other
> > > > > > > > > > > type, preferably not terribly expensive. i
> > > > > > > > > > > have access to a number of places that sell
> > > > > > > > > > > various rices so a list of preferences is
> > > > > > > > > > > fine too.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > as a kid Mom made some rice pudding and i've
> > > > > > > > > > > not been eating much rice the past several
> > > > > > > > > > > years but once in a while i have a fond
> > > > > > > > > > > memory of this dish so i was saying to Mom that
> > > > > > > > > > > the next time she feels like making something
> > > > > > > > > > > we could try this. it was either this or
> > > > > > > > > > > cream puffs (or perhaps both)...
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > personally, i think i just really like nutmeg
> > > > > > > > > > > and this was the dish that made me really like
> > > > > > > > > > > it the most. otherwise i've always been a fan
> > > > > > > > > > > of sweets, custards and such.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > thanks!
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Short grain rice, but you still need to rinse it.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > songbird
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > --Bryan
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We use Canilla rice by Goya for all rice dishes, it's
> > > > > > > > > enriched so shouldn't be washed/rinsed or all the
> > > > > > > > > added nutrients will be lost down the drain. Canilla
> > > > > > > > > is very reasonably priced... sold most everywhere in
> > > > > > > > > the US. We
> >>buy >> > > > > it in 20 pound sacks.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >

> >

https://www.amazon.com/Goya-Canilla-...-4&tag=mh0b-20
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Not a bad brand at all.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If Popeye buys it, it's the finest in the universe.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOL, not quite but it's a decent rice. I wouldn't get it
> > > > > > in 20lb sacks though.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When we first got back from Japan, we averaged 15lbs a
> > > > > > month but that is down now to about 5lbs a month.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We had rice with dinner tonight and tomorrow, our breakfast
> > > > > > will
> >>be >> > fried rice with eggs, bulk sausage, leftover stirfry veggies
> >>(mostly >> > purple cabbage, mushrooms, and bell peppers), and black
> >>garlic salt. >> >
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds like might fine chow for breakfast.
> > > > >
> > > > > I buy jasmine rice in 5 lb bags, but it lasts for several
> > > > > months. Favorite is imperial dragon (thailand I think). I
> > > > > used to also buy calrose rice to make sushi, but haven't done
> > > > > that in years.
> > > >
> > > > Jasmine rice and Basmati are good stuff but for just regular
> > > > eating, Calrose is more my style. We make it about 5 times a
> > > > week (works out to our 5lbs a month) and it shows up in lots of
> > > > things.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't recommend that imported rice, those slant eyed
> > > countries grow rice and everything else in animal and human
> > > waste. I buy Goya, grown in CA. Also buying rice in five pound
> > > packages is very wasteful, rice doesn't spoil and costs a lot
> > > less in the larger sizes. I buy a 20 lb sack and is a better
> > > deal even if I give away half. Where I lived previously there
> > > was a large Hispanic and Asian population, those families with
> > > ten kids bought rice in 100 lb sacks.

> >
> > Clueless as normal Sheldon. It's called storage space and the bug
> > proofing we required south of you. But then, you will just call us
> > nasty to need basic bug proofing becaue you don't live in the south
> > so have no clue at all.
> >

>
> I'm surprised Popeye don't buy Canilla rice in 55 gallon drums


Gotta laugh there! He;d shrug off the 'added unintentional live
protein' as deliberate for the deer.