In article >, pecan > wrote:
>Sheldon wrote:
>> James wrote:
>>> Does the more expensive Basmati taste better than the cheap
>>> ordinary extra long grain rice? �I'm not sure I can taste the
>>> difference in rice.
>>
>> There is no such thing as "taste better"... taste better to who?
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>
>Ah... but basmati is also recommended as it has a lower GI than the
>others. I like it better than other normal rices.

I always thought of it as more of a physical difference such that
different types of rice were more suited to different cooking
processes. However, I must admit my Thai friends seem to recognise
more types of rice than processes! (Bit like Eskimos and snow!).

Cheers, Phred.

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