cshenk wrote:
>
> Get a 20lb bag of calrose medium grain. Tuck it in the freezer for 2 weeks
> then a plastic bug-proof keeper (size it if you do not have one and get one
> for her). When I lived in Japan for almost 7 years, this was regarded as
> highly as 'Premium Japanese Rice' by the Japanese who had access to the USA
> military commisary. It's apparently cheaper and a little better. Another
> brand is 'Koko' in a white bag with a red label. Almost as good as Calrose
> brand and quite close. If she wants some long grain and the India basmati
> is too strong tasting for her recipes, try Texas version of it.

I think you mean "Kokuho Rose" rice. Would it really
be necessary to freeze it to kill the bugs? It was
my understanding that white rice keeps indefinitely
as received, that only brown rice has weevil eggs
in it and will become wormy if kept too long.

> Although she may like brown rices also, ask her first. They have a nutty
> taste many orient-raised folks outside India find objectionable.

I've been told that among Japanese eating brown rice
is associated with poverty. It's a poor people's food.
Everybody else eats polished rice.