"Mark Thorson" wrote
> 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

2 brands, the other is Kokuho Rose.

> be necessary to freeze it to kill the bugs? It was

Yes, depends on climate but advised always.

>> 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.

It's not just Japan and it is also a taste issue.

I dont recall seeing brown rice in Korea or the Philippenes. I may have
seen it in Thailand bit not sure. I did see it in Indonesia and Timur.
It's generally just not liked and i think for taste more than 'poor food'.