On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:13:28 -0700, Oregonian Haruspex
> wrote:

>On 2014-10-14 23:08:01 +0000, Janet Bostwick said:
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>> (not to be confused with instant rice)
>
>Close enough though eh? Anyway you shouldn't be using either instant
>or parboiled rice.

I wouldn't say that instant rice was anywhere close to converted rice.
I have only had instant rice a couple of times and the texture was not
even close to regular rice --unless something has changed in the last
20 or so years.. My point was that if someone is looking for instant
rice, they will be really disappointed if they choose converted rice.
Converted takes just about as long as regular rice to cook. You don't
pour it into boiling water and turn off the heat. Converted rice is
nutritionally comparable to brown rice.

From Uncle Ben's:
"UNCLE BEN’S® has all types of rice for your recipes and healthy
dinner ideas, from favorites like converted rice and brown rice to
jasmine, basmati, and wild rice."

From Wiki: "Parboiled rice (also called converted rice) is rice that
has been partially boiled in the husk. The three basic steps of
parboiling are soaking, steaming and drying.[1] These steps also make
rice easier to process by hand, boost its nutritional profile and
change its texture. About 50% of the world’s paddy production is
parboiled. The treatment is practiced in many parts of the world such
as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Guinea, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Nigeria, Thailand, Switzerland,
USA and France.[2]

Rice is easier to polish by hand (removal of the bran layer) after
parboiling but mechanical processing is harder since the bran becomes
somewhat oily and tends to clog machinery. Most parboiled rice is
milled in the same way as white rice.[citation needed]

Parboiling drives nutrients, especially thiamin, from the bran to
endosperm,[3] hence parboiled white rice is 80% nutritionally similar
to brown rice.[citation needed] Because of this, parboiling was
adopted by North American rice growers in the early 20th century"

Janet US