Hank Rogers wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> > songbird wrote:
> >
> > > cshenk wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > Calrose medium grain white whould be optimal for that.
> > >
> >> the two places i visited first had no smaller amounts
> > > of rice than 25lbs that were white rice or not special
> > > types and priced beyond what i'd want to pay for a few
> > > lbs of rice.
> > >
> >> wallysworld had a small bag of Mahatma rice which was
> > > plenty. we're not big rice eaters here. even a 5lb bag
> > > would be too much.
> > >
> >> calrose was available in 25lb bags, i just could not
> > > see us eating that much rice.
> > >
> > >
> >> songbird
> >
> > Interesting! I see mostly 5 or 10lb bags here. It is more
> > expensive, but it works better if you eat a lot of rice.
> >
>
> There must be a lot of asians there. I rarely see 25 lb or more bags.
> Haven't looked in asian or mexican grocery stores though.

I've seen up to 50lb sacks but generally 20-25 is it.

I was told a 'rule of thumb' when in Japan. Provide 1 cup cooked rice
per person per meal. If it's 4 grandparents, a stray 'Aunti or Uncle',
and 5 kids, thats 10 and each meal would need 3 1/3 cups dry rice plus
6 2/3 cups water per meal. Works out to 2.5lbs dry rice a day. You'd
go through 17.5 lbs a week and 25lbs is less than 2 weeks.

Of course it's not that perfect of a balance and not always so many
folks. Call it 5 folks, and 25lbs then comes close enough to a month
but not more.