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>>>> Asians would be surprised to learn that some Westerners don't wash
>>>> their rice before cooking. It's just not in my DNA to follow that
>>>> practice.
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>>> But washing the rice gets rid of that cloudy stuff with bits in ... yes?
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>> If it is in there. Not all rice has that and not all needs to be washed.
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> How do you know the difference? I don't, so I prefer to wash. Heck it
> doesn't take hours!

Unless you are buying it in bulk, it should say on the package if it does
need to be washed. I got some brown Basmati at Costco a few years back.
Just barely used it up before it went bad. It said on the bag to wash it
and after I did, I could clearly see why. Had a lot of dust on it. My
preferred rice when I ate it was Texmati. It's very clean and does not need
to be washed. I cook Asian rice far less frequently as we tend not to eat
much Asian food. I never washed it and I never saw any stuff on it.