"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> You could try rinsing it well before cooking or only use it in sweet
>> dishes
>> like a rice pudding with fruit or some kind of middle Eastern type rice
>> with
>> raisins in it.
>
> uhh...no!
>
>> But most likely I would just toss it. It might be spoiled
>> if it tastes funny.
>
> Food that tastes "off" should always be trashed. ALWAYS! The chance of
> food
> poisoning is never worth trying to save a few dollars by salvaging bad
> food.

Well that is what I would do. I wouldn't even question it! Then again I
would never have stored it like that to begin with!

But I do know some people who are unwilling to ever toss anything out. Then
again, some of those people are also often baffled as to why they are sick
to their stomachs so often.