Rice question

[Guest guest]

What an odd problem, Blair! Sorry to hear about it. Is there any chance that

bacteria could have slipped into the rice from another food that you mixed

with it...?

 

You'd think that the boiling/simmering from long-cooking rice would get rid

of impurities, so I'm confused. Perhaps somebody else here can give a much,

much more professional opinion. :-)

 

~Emmy~

[Guest guest]

Hello all -

I've been a lurker for months, and I really enjoy the recipes and

thought-provoking posts. What a great list! Now I have a question for

the list.

 

Has anyone ever gotten food-poisoning from leftover cooked rice? I have

gotten Bacillus (sp?) poisoning twice from leftover rice. The first

time was from a chinese restaurant. The other time was from my own

cooking! A friend with a food science degreee said that rice is not a

very sterile food (given the way it is grown - and we're talking the

long-cooking rice), and that the bacteria multiplies in leftovers. Now,

I no longer cook with regular brown or basmati rice - I always use

Instant Rice, which has been pre-cooked a bit so it has less chance of

making me sick.

 

I'm just wondering if I'm the only one susceptible to this?

 

Thanks to everyone for providing this supportive community.

 

Blair

[Guest guest]

Hi lair,

 

In response to your question about the rice, let me just say the

following:

 

Cooked rice would be a perfect food sourse for bactieria to grow in.

since cooked rice is wet or holds some moisture and is a sourse of

sugar in that it is a simple carb. I would like you to perhaps take

a look at your refreg, It may not be set at a proper Temp and my need

to be colder in order that bacteria does not grow as quickly. Also

how you sotre the rice may make a difference. lets say you have the

rice in a pot that you cooked it in and you pot that pot in the

refrig. If the rice does not cool down quickly enough this could

also

allow bacteria to grow. Make sure that hot foods are stored in

smaller or more spread out dishes, becareful of cross contanmination

from other cooking instruments and buy a small themometure at the

hardware store to check your temp in the refrig. Rice in and of

itself should not make you sick. \

 

Hope t