all that talk of rice and beans

Anna1111 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:14 pm **Posts:** 8115

Nice discovery this AM. I often have brown rice & fruit for breakfast. I was running low on prepared brown rice & didn't want to wait for more to cook. So, I mixed 1/2 & 1/2 prepared calrose white rice & prepared long grain brown, and nuked them together. I found that it TASTED like white rice : ) Nice to know if you want to eat more brown rice, but prefer eating white.

LisaTX · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:37 pm

I looked for short grain rice at the store yesterday and they don't sell it. Just medium and long grain. Weird! I'm glad they have plans to expand this store because their selection stinks!

Anna1111 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:14 pm **Posts:** 8115

I've been to stores like that too, Lisa. Thank goodness our Kroger expanded a couple of years ago.

It IS a specialty product. Asian groceries are a good bet if your grocery doesn't carry it.

Jenileigh · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:12 pm

Pam- really? I love brown rice. Some things are harder for me to get use to but brown rice hasn't been one of them.

Pam in Colorado · **Joined:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:58 pm **Posts:** 1095

Anna1111 wrote:

Nice discovery this AM. I often have brown rice & fruit for breakfast. I was running low on prepared brown rice & didn't want to wait for more to cook. So, I mixed 1/2 & 1/2 prepared calrose white rice & prepared long grain brown, and nuked them together. I found that it TASTED like white rice : ) Nice to know if you want to eat more brown rice, but prefer eating white.

Good to know Anna. I will have to try this and see if I can learn to like it that way!!

Sis · **Joined:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:22 pm **Posts:** 8837

Pam, try different ways of cooking it. I am currently boiling it in water like pasta and then straining it. You can also "toast" it before cooking it. But, if you don't like it, you don't like it and I'm sure you'll still live a long and healthy life.

Jenileigh · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:10 pm

They do not sell short grain rice in our area either Lisa! I have a friend who moved here from CA and she hates that this is one thing you simply cannot buy here in VA.

LisaTX · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:22 pm

I didn't know it was a specialty item. I wonder why that is, when the other one's aren't. I thought rice was just rice.

Jenileigh · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:25 pm

I'm not sure. I didn't think there was a difference either. One thing I haven't done is google it. Maybe I'll do that and see if I can figure out why this is.

Anna1111 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:14 pm **Posts:** 8115

It is assumed by retailers that Americans prefer a fluffy grain that does not stick together. Indeed, a lot of Americans assume that sticky rice is bad (which, if your long grain is sticky, you DID ruin it!)

Short grain rice sticks together when it is properly prepared - it is much easier to pick up with chopsticks.

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