On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:18:43 +0300, Opinicus
> wrote:

>On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 22:26:03 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
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>>That would work if the rice were all one solid piece without airspace
>>in between the grains. ANd if
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>> And if .... and if...
>
>>Or you could just use a measuring cup.
>This has got me thinking about a measuring vessel or maybe a
>rice-cooker with a cone insert...
>
>Speaking about applying geometry to food, you know how you can pack
>seven circles into a hexagon shape? (One circle at the center with six
>more tangent to its circuference and forming a ring?) Long ago that
>gave me the idea for a seven-pack to replace the six-pack. You could
>carry 1.1666...% more beer in a single hand. There would be other
>benefits. The packs would be easier to stack up and would be more
>stable in those pyramids that they strew around supermarket aisles as
>traffic bollards.

But then six pack abs would be flab.