On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:42:44 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>
>> Oh, I don't think jasmine rice is any more "fragrant" than other rice
>> either.
>
>WHAT??
>
>Do you think that water and vinegar smell the same?
>Do you think that vanilla and cabbage smell the same?
>Do you think that shit and shinola smell the same?
>
>Seriously, if you don't recognize that jasmine rice is more fragrant than
>normal long-grain rice, your olfactory sense is *severely* degraded.
>
<shrug> Jasmine rice has never had a "wow" factor for me. It's
regular rice with a different name.

AFAIC, the people who think jasmine rice has a wow factor are the same
people who listed salt and pepper as their "herb or spice" of choice
in another thread. Just another example of bland Middle America.
Gaak.



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Sometimes I even put it in the food.