Sushi for lunch

[zweisamkeit]

@tdn

I wonder how brown sushi rice would work in risotto.

A few weeks ago I got a real jones for risotto, so I set off for the closest market that wasn’t a health hazard. That happened to be Trader Joe’s.

First item to get? Rice. I looked and looked all over the place and couldn’t find the rice section. I decided to get a little help so I asked a customer if she knew where it was. “You mean, like, FROZEN rice?” OK, looks like someone’s have a blonde moment. Frozen rice? WTF? I asked someone else. They didn’t know. I asked a store employee and he pointed me to the right section. There were about .000002 inches of shelf space devoted to rice. They had giant bags of basmati, and that was the only raw rice they had. Everything else was prepared.

It was clear I was out of luck. If I wanted arborio rice, TJ’s was clearly not the place to get it. So much for risotto that night.

I ended up getting a few other things. Before I went to the checkout, I decided to take a look at the frozen foods. They did, indeed, have all sorts of frozen rice.

What is this world coming to?

That’s odd. My Trader Joe’s here in Metro Detroit have a bunch of different kinds of rice.

[tdn]

@zweisamkeit

That’s odd. My Trader Joe’s here in Metro Detroit have a bunch of different kinds of rice.

Send arborio!

[badbadrubberpiggy]

@zweisamkeit

That’s odd. My Trader Joe’s here in Metro Detroit have a bunch of different kinds of rice.

Mine in St. Louis does, too. Mmmmm…brown Jasmine rice. And basmati, and a few other kinds, all non-frozen, and not pre-cooked.

[tdn]

@badbadrubberpiggy

Mine in St. Louis does, too. Mmmmm…brown Jasmine rice. And basmati, and a few other kinds, all non-frozen, and not pre-cooked.

Actually, mine had two kinds of uncooked rice. Brown jasmine and basmati. Neither of which are good for either risotto or sushi.

[badbadrubberpiggy]

@tdn

Actually, mine had two kinds of uncooked rice. Brown jasmine and basmati. Neither of which are good for either risotto or sushi.

This is true. I don’t remember which other kinds mine has, but I know it has more - I don’t think they have short-grain, though.