On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 3:00:06 PM UTC-4, GM wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 2:00:43 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 09:58:02 -0700 (PDT), "
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:42:55 AM UTC-5, Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> As a Caribbean Hispanic, I proudly assert that rice goes with absolutely everything, including chili.
> > > >> --
> > > >> Orlando Enrique Fiol
> > > >>
> > > >In your corner of the world, maybe.
> > > Agreed, we eat very little rice... I think people convince themselves
> > > that rice is good because it's dirt cheap and they are cheapo
> > > *******s. Rice has no food value unless one wants to get scurvy.
> > > There are many more nutritious grains... other than carbs rice
> > > contains zero nutrition.
> > I like the taste. A little rice once in a while won't hurt me.
> >
> > It's not always about the food value, or you wouldn't drink Crystal Palace,
> > which has no nutritive value.
> I eschew white rice, I'll only eat brown...white rice is tasteless to me...

Perhaps my taste buds are just turned up to 11. The only thing that is tasteless
to me is distilled water.

To me, brown rice has an unpleasant astringency from the bran.

Cindy Hamilton