Arsenic in Rice

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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    TheDevastator wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm probably not eating sushi if those are the replacements for rice. Worthless is a subjective term when speaking of enjoyment of food. You're relating it to nutritional value.
    Brussels sprouts are great nutritionally over lettuce, but not everyone will choose brussels sprouts over lettuce because of the taste.
    For enjoyment and nutritional value I feel it's worthless except when I eat Asian dishes. Maybe the grains I listed would be better substitutes.
    Have you ever tried sushi with those grains? Who knows they could taste good with sushi. Rice is used because it is cheaper and possibly stickier.

    No, that is not why rice is used.

    Quality sushi rice runs well north of $15 a pound from quality providers. By well north, I used to live in Japantown in SF, I would buy some sushi rice from a market there that was hand polished, and $45 a pound.
    Quality sushi rice when properly dressed forms the correct bind to build the rice portion of nigiri.

    Rice is used because it is the traditional food that was eaten with the first sushi, and is the only grain that can do what it is needed to do.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    btw, did you know apples and cherries have cyanide?
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    But Arsenic is NATURAL y'all. And we all know NATURAL is best.

    And yes, brown rice sushi is nasty. And my children call quinoa keen-yuck.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm319870.htm
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    I like eating my white rice with a cup of apple juice on the side.

    #LivingOnTheEdge

    total rebel!
  • ithrowconfetti
    ithrowconfetti Posts: 451 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    ithrowconfetti wrote: »
    Now that we've all established that you'd need to eat mountain loads of rice for an extended period of time before the arsenic levels can do you any harm, I think we should divert our attention to the toxicity that is baking soda. Sodium bicarbonate? More like So long bye it's too late.
    Lots of people use baking soda just dont ingest too much bc it will kill you. It is used as a alternative therapy for cancer patients. It is used to brush teeth. Try baking alot of certain foods without it and see what happens. They are talking large quantities!

    I apologise for being so poor at jesting about baking soda. Also, I'm pretty sure if I ingest too much of anything, it will kill me, but thanks for the advice.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    GUISE, am I getting enough arsenic in my diet?! Heavy metals? Judas Priest?
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    ithrowconfetti wrote: »
    Now that we've all established that you'd need to eat mountain loads of rice for an extended period of time before the arsenic levels can do you any harm, I think we should divert our attention to the toxicity that is baking soda. Sodium bicarbonate? More like So long bye it's too late.
    Lots of people use baking soda just dont ingest too much bc it will kill you. It is used as a alternative therapy for cancer patients. It is used to brush teeth. Try baking alot of certain foods without it and see what happens. They are talking large quantities!
    Huh? What??

    From what I've heard, baking soda is the toxin in KFC....true story.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    RGv2 wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    ithrowconfetti wrote: »
    Now that we've all established that you'd need to eat mountain loads of rice for an extended period of time before the arsenic levels can do you any harm, I think we should divert our attention to the toxicity that is baking soda. Sodium bicarbonate? More like So long bye it's too late.
    Lots of people use baking soda just dont ingest too much bc it will kill you. It is used as a alternative therapy for cancer patients. It is used to brush teeth. Try baking alot of certain foods without it and see what happens. They are talking large quantities!
    Huh? What??

    From what I've heard, baking soda is the toxin in KFC....true story.

    You know why they changed their name?

    They don't use real chickens anymore.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    Yeah, they serve... CHUPACABRAS!

    (trigger warning!)
    1339631981_2663_chupacabra.jpg?itok=P1fAJwi2

    Watch out! I hear from my homeopathic chiropractor they're full of arsenic.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I'd roast that.
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