On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:20:11 GMT, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>jacqui{JB} wrote:
>> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>> I dunno, I've had stale white rice before. Seriously.
>>
>>> How could you tell? Seriously.
>>
>> I've had that problem before, too. It smells and tastes, well, stale
>> and a bit rancid. I've had it happen with both basmati and jasmine.
>> -j
>
>Yep, it's like a stale cracker - that off-cardboardy taste. I threw the
>whole container out. It was nasty.
>
>kili
>

I've experienced the same thing. It didn't take five years either. I
bought several bags of rice on sale and IIRC, I only had the last bag
for less than a year.