cshenk wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> cshenk wrote:
>>> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:47:57 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 6:12:58 PM UTC-5, 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!
>>>>>>
>>>>> Short grain rice, but you still need to rinse it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> songbird
>>>>>
>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>
>>>> We use Canilla rice by Goya for all rice dishes, it's enriched so
>>>> shouldn't be washed/rinsed or all the added nutrients will be lost
>>>> down the drain. Canilla is very reasonably priced... sold most
>>>> everywhere in the US. We buy it in 20 pound sacks.
>>>>
>>>
> https://www.amazon.com/Goya-Canilla-...-4&tag=mh0b-20
>>>
>>> Not a bad brand at all.
>>>
>>
>> If Popeye buys it, it's the finest in the universe.
>
> LOL, not quite but it's a decent rice. I wouldn't get it in 20lb sacks
> though.
>
> When we first got back from Japan, we averaged 15lbs a month but that
> is down now to about 5lbs a month.
>
> We had rice with dinner tonight and tomorrow, our breakfast will be
> fried rice with eggs, bulk sausage, leftover stirfry veggies (mostly
> purple cabbage, mushrooms, and bell peppers), and black garlic salt.
>

Sounds like might fine chow for breakfast.

I buy jasmine rice in 5 lb bags, but it lasts for several months.
Favorite is imperial dragon (thailand I think). I used to also buy
calrose rice to make sushi, but haven't done that in years.