On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 5:29:49 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> 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.
>

That sounds pretty complex. We just winged it because we had a small family unit. These days, we don't cook rice every day. We don't even have an automatic rice cooker. An induction range makes cooking scorch-free rice a breeze. Cooking rice on a non-induction stove is kind of a drag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wHe9KdmrQ