http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3205979Oh my. Ms. Ed, the unappellated eohippus:
Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:00 AM
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Rice is one of my least favorite foods
However...I have this overwhelming urge to stockpile some. I am guessing that I could will it to my kids if I never eat it.
Now, Ms. Ed, ostensibly being an R.N. ostensibly living in northern Texas--no, it's eastern Texas--no, it's northern Texas--and making $24,000 a year, $6,000 of which goes to pay for medical insurance; the other $18,000 going to support and maintain five motor vehicles--would know that rice is good for one, and despite that one might not like it, well, to maintain a healthy life, one HAS to dine on things one might not like.
NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:03 AM
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2. I'm going to get my "hurricane survival kit" together soon myself
when people get panicked, I get nervous
theoldman (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:03 AM
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4. So why do you think that most of the people in the world eat it?
Because it is very nutritious, that's why.
Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:06 AM
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5. Liver is very good for you too
But you won't catch me eating it either.
People are allowed to have food likes and dislikes, aren't they?
I'm just saying...the media driving this rice story makes it seem like something you cannot be without.
I dunno.
Whether in northern Texas or eastern Texas, doesn't Ms. Ed live near the largest rice-growing area in America, Arkansas?
Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:17 AM
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7. Thanks for the reminder.
I'm going out to buy 400 pounds of liver to tide me over the next year.
Just kidding. I'm a vegetarian.
coriolis (220 posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:37 AM
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11. I just assumed they ate it because it's cheap and available.
I guess it is one small step above cardboard, however.
ScarletSniper (554 posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:23 AM
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8. Not a fan of rice..at all
HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:32 AM
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9. I wasn't -- until I started dating a Latina and eating her food
I grew up with Uncle Ben's, which is what most Americans think of when they think rice -- some variety of long grain. Most Latinos eat medium grain rice, which when cooked properly is very fluffy.
I've also come to appreciate the different subtle flavors of the varieties.
Now I eat rice most days of the week -- Spanish short grain, Indian basmati, Jasmine, medium grain brown, basmati brown, and once in a while even Uncle Ben's.
eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:34 AM
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10. that's why the SMART hoarders this season are loading up on Ramen
alyce douglas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-25-08 10:40 AM
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12. in some cultures it is a staple food in their diets.
I love rice pilaf, that is that my Armenian culture coming out.
Now, I dunno.
Rice isn't one of my favorite foods--poppyseed rolls are number one, when it comes to fine cuisine--but rice wasn't created to please my palate; rice was created to serve certain nutritional needs that keep one alive and healthy.
One's life and health is more important than one's palate.
If one ate only those things he liked, the primitives would be dining wholly upon chocolate and sugar, nothing else.
Me, those times I have rice, it's brown rice, half-cooked, half-raw.
