On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 22:16:04 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-11-01 5:07 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> On Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 3:50:58 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
>>> Bryan Simmons wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 6:52:17 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>>> songbird wrote:
>>>>>> making an old fashioned rice pudding
>>>>>> (with raisins, eggs, sugar, milk, etc.) ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i don't want instant rice, but some other
>>>>>> type, preferably not terribly expensive. i
>>>>>> have access to a number of places that sell
>>>>>> various rices so a list of preferences is
>>>>>> fine too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> as a kid Mom made some rice pudding and i've
>>>>>> not been eating much rice the past several
>>>>>> years but once in a while i have a fond
>>>>>> memory of this dish so i was saying to Mom that
>>>>>> the next time she feels like making something
>>>>>> we could try this. it was either this or
>>>>>> cream puffs (or perhaps both)...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> personally, i think i just really like nutmeg
>>>>>> and this was the dish that made me really like
>>>>>> it the most. otherwise i've always been a fan
>>>>>> of sweets, custards and such.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> songbird
>>>>>>
>>>>> How about Calrose rice? It's available everywhere, not an expensive
>>>>> yuppie item reserved for snobs. I bet it would work.
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't had rice pudding in a coons age, but it's good stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Calrose is fine for rice pudding, as long as you rinse it. Otherwise
>>>> it will get gummy. I bought a 10# bag of it last Spring, during the
>>>> panic buying, but then realized that I'd rather donate it than
>>>> actually eat it. It's also good for rice soup, but 10 pounds is a
>>>> lot of rice, and my family really prefers Basmati.
>>>>
>>>> --Bryan
>>> Rice pudding is supposed to be a bit gummy. Don't rinse.
>>
>> Don't rinse if you're using something like Basmati, but even rinsed the
>> short grain stuff is gummy enough.
>>
>
>I use aborio rrice for rice pudding and never rinse it, and I make
>really good rice pudding.

I think Tapioca makes a much nicer pudding, the recipe for rice
pudding can be used but I like the texture better.