Brown Rice vs. White Rice - Page 2

ZTAngel · #1 06-25-2004, 08:00 AM

I like yellow rice.
If I prefer one type of rice over another, would that make me ricest?

(I know, I know...that was corny. I'll do it myself, Blaine: -10 points)

#2 06-25-2004, 08:05 AM

White or brown, I don't care...I only like sticky rice.

mmcat · #3 06-25-2004, 08:12 AM

i can tell i'm hungry.
they all sound good. i am a fan of fried rice, wild rice and minute rice, of course. mexican rice, sigh, really has to be well prepared.

AlphaFrog · #4 06-25-2004, 08:37 AM

Don't eat the Mexican Rice at Taco Bell...it's made with fryer grease, and I'm not even kidding...the recipe calls for 1 scoop of fryer grease per pan. That is about the most disgusting thing I can think of to do too...making Mexican Rice every Sat/Sun morning at 8 AM when I just got through washing the dishes from the night before at 3 AM (I don't think I had legal working condtions at Taco Bell, especially since I was 16 at the time).

AOIIBrandi · #5 06-25-2004, 08:49 AM

Brown rice, lower glycemic index and it still has the hull on it so more bran content whereas white is enriched and has been hulled. - This is really only important to dieters I suppose

Otherwise I love Wild rice and after that Jasmine or the short grained type rice that is stickier.

BTW to answer the what is yellow rice question, yellow rice is just white rice that has safron (sp?) added to it to give it color and flavor. Also has a couple of other things in it... You find it a lot in the south, but from what I understand it has Latin origins.

adpialumcsuc · #6 06-25-2004, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
Brown rice, lower glycemic index and it still has the hull on it so more bran content whereas white is enriched and has been hulled. - This is really only important to dieters I suppose

I like brown for this same reason

MattUMASSD · #7 06-25-2004, 01:12 PM

cous cous is good too

Phasad1913 · #8 06-25-2004, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
What's yellow rice?

The Iraqi guy probably didn't show you the good stuff. There are crappy middle eastern restaurants that serve it and just make it like regular rice. They make it like Anglos for Anglos. There are greasy middle eastern restaurants that make it oily and buttery and that's just appealing to poor people. Then there are the really authentic places that make it and it's like an art. The rice is pristine. There is an amount of butter added in. A tiny portion of the rice has saffron to make it a beautiful color. The aroma is drawn out and you can smell something wonderful - great with aromas and tastes of mint and rose that are usually in other parts of the meal.

-Rudey

How do you know he probably didn't show me the good stuff? Now I didn't describe the bismati rice AT ALL! You get on my nerves! *hands on hips*

Someone else described the yellow rice.

Oh, and send the pm again if you tried to reply to me...I cleaned out my inbox. I'm so popular

Rudey · #9 06-25-2004, 02:07 PM

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Originally posted by Phasad1913
How do you know he probably didn't show me the good stuff? Now I didn't describe the bismati rice AT ALL! You get on my nerves! *hands on hips*

Someone else described the yellow rice.

Oh, and send the pm again if you tried to reply to me...I cleaned out my inbox. I'm so popular

Because he was Iraqi and they mess everything up.

-Rudey

Phasad1913 · #10 06-25-2004, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
Because he was Iraqi and they mess everything up.

-Rudey

Oh now see, I'm not getting sucked into your nationalist/ethnic prejudices.

Rudey · #11 06-25-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Phasad1913
Oh now see, I'm not getting sucked into your nationalist/ethnic prejudices.

It's a joke dork although we had a long war with them. In the end it's Persian cuisine made best by Persians. But I'm sure what you had was good regardless

-Rudey

Phasad1913 · #12 06-25-2004, 02:22 PM

LOL @ dork!!! dayum.

Rudey · #13 06-25-2004, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by Phasad1913
LOL @ dork!!! dayum.

There is only one place in Chicago that comes close to decent persian food if you're interested.

http://entertainment.metromix.chicag...-23238,00.html

It's not as nice a place but the food is good and got good reviews.

-Rudey
--Try it before law school

Eclipse · #14 06-25-2004, 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
Brown rice, lower glycemic index and it still has the hull on it so more bran content whereas white is enriched and has been hulled. - This is really only important to dieters I suppose

In additon, my understanding is the hull or the brown rice is high in fiber. Your stomach has to work harder to process the fiber in brown rice, so there for not as much is absorbed into your body. On the other hand, it is very easy for your body to break down white rice so the starch/sugar is absorbed quickly. The fiber also makes you feel full faster and the full feeling last longer.

_Opi_ · #15 06-26-2004, 10:02 AM

The only thing i can stand is bismati rice.