cshenk wrote:
> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:15:02 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>> Hank Rogers wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Jasmine rice and Basmati are good stuff but for just regular eating,
>>> Calrose is more my style. We make it about 5 times a week (works
>>> out to our 5lbs a month) and it shows up in lots of things.
>>
>> I wouldn't recommend that imported rice, those slant eyed countries
>> grow rice and everything else in animal and human waste. I buy Goya,
>> grown in CA. Also buying rice in five pound packages is very
>> wasteful, rice doesn't spoil and costs a lot less in the larger sizes.
>> I buy a 20 lb sack and is a better deal even if I give away half.
>> Where I lived previously there was a large Hispanic and Asian
>> population, those families with ten kids bought rice in 100 lb sacks.
>
> Clueless as normal Sheldon. It's called storage space and the bug
> proofing we required south of you. But then, you will just call us
> nasty to need basic bug proofing becaue you don't live in the south so
> have no clue at all.
>

I'm surprised Popeye don't buy Canilla rice in 55 gallon drums