Hip Mama wrote:
>
> We eat quite a bit of rice ... the norm in our house has been the store
> brand brown rice and occasionally the store brand white rice. It seemed
> fine w/ me.
> Recently on a trip to the West Side Market, I bought some specialty rice ...
> WOW ... amazing! It was just a simple short grain white rice that I can't
> remember the name of right now. I had no idea that it would make such a
> difference!
> All these years I have missed out on GOOD rice, thinking that it really
> didn't matter.
> I'm wondering what is your favorite rice? Do you think there is a big
> difference between store brand and the brands that are sold in specialty
> stores?
> Thanks!
> ~Kat

If you like brown rice, get a good quality, it does make a difference.

There is a big diffence in rice. I eat lots of rice and unless doing
mexican rice dishes, it is always prepared in a rice cooker.

Other posters have mentioned other rices. Good quality Japanese sticky
rice is great but probably not for everyone.

In spite of all the rice I eat, I was surprised at how nice and
different Thai rice was. Now it is almost the only rice I make unless
I am making Chinese food then I use a Chinese rice.

Athough I have eaten Thai rice in resturants, I thought it was just
Chinese white rice cooked or adapted to Thai cooking. Well, nothing
could be further from the truth. White Thai is my all-time favorite.