On 3/1/2015 10:53 AM, cshenk wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Has anyone tried this organic brand? I have no clue where I bought
>> this bag and thankfully it was a small one.
>>
>> I took it out of the cupboard and immediately noticed two dark brown
>> things inside that were about the same size and shape as the rice but
>> not quite. At first I assumed that it was some stray grain of another
>> kind or something. But now. I picked them out, put them on a white
>> paper plate to view them better, then saw two more.
>>
>> I immediately ran to the computer and looked up images of mice turds.
>> Which these may well be. I really can't say for sure. But I also
>> noticed that the grains of rice didn't look very good. Some were
>> more white than others and some appeared to be broken. So, into the
>> Biobag it went because I didn't want to take any chances.
>>
>> The bag was totally sealed. No holes or anything. I must have been
>> in a hurry when I picked it up. But I don't think I will be trying
>> this brand again. Blech.
>
> Hi Julie,
>
> I can't speak to this particular brand but rice, flours and pastas can
> very easily be infested. It's more of a problem in some areas than
> others.
(snippage)

Yeah, Carol, and you keep feeding into her food and health phobias.
Anyone who buys any rice or any grain or beans understands there may be
some some foreign substance in it *before* it was packaged. The word
"organic" doesn't mean much. We understand and we are not necessarily
freaked out about it because we know about such things.

Julie is just starting another useless "I can't/won't eat/don't like,
it's going bad, about to expire, no one will eat it" thread. She's the
Queen of that.

Jill