rice preference brown or white

MightyDomo

I like white a lot more... probably because I grew up eating it but I also don't mind long grain wild rice, that stuff is pretty good.

Lifting_Knitter

I know the sodium is high but add some chicken bullion to it, makes it more palatable!

billsica

You people are all riceists.

..white sushi grade rice.

nightengale7

Long grain wild rice or white, brown rice is super chewy and most that I've had tastes like cardboard :sick:

Maidofmer

You people are all riceists.

lol awesome :laugh:

Topher1978

Long grain wild rice or white, brown rice is super chewy and most that I've had tastes like cardboard :sick:

You aren't cooking it right.

Maidofmer

Long grain wild rice or white, brown rice is super chewy and most that I've had tastes like cardboard :sick:

You aren't cooking it right.

it tastes like that to me too and I put it in the rice cooker.

mmapags

I prefer brown rice, taste-wise, but the health benefit is marginal. We're talking a gram or two of fiber.

This for me also!

Topher1978

Long grain wild rice or white, brown rice is super chewy and most that I've had tastes like cardboard :sick:

You aren't cooking it right.

it tastes like that to me too and I put it in the rice cooker.

I cook it on the stove in stock with onions and garlic chopped finely...

Maidofmer

have to try that

Pinkylee77

I love rice but generally white. Risotto is my favorite but in sushi, Indian food ect... I agree with Asians eat rice as a large part of there diet. They have less obesity, diabetes and cancer. There diet in general is healthier than the average Americans.

Allyice

I love white, it soaks up the flavours so well. And I do like brown, but I just try and have smaller portions of it rather than the 4 heaps bowls I was used to eating, haha.

littlelily613

Brown has more flavour--I am not a fan of white at all. I love brown rice though.

mmapags

I love rice but generally white. Risotto is my favorite but in sushi, Indian food ect... I agree with Asians eat rice as a large part of there diet. They have less obesity, diabetes and cancer. There diet in general is healthier than the average Americans.

I think it's a myth that the Asian diet is more healthy than the Standard American Diet. Thier portion control is a lot healthier though, as a previous poster mentioned.

ShannonECTD

I like brown rice, especially with a tbsp or two of peanut butter!

Say what?!?! :noway:

I like overcooked smooshy brown rice... :laugh:

brower47

I like my rice wild... like my men... what, wait.

Yeah, just wild rice.

rosebarnalice

For me, the darker the better. Brown, red, black, wild. I will cook them for a pretty long time--some might even say I overcook them. But that's how I like 'em.

amberlynnsinspired

I grew up eating all kinds of white rice because it use to be one of my favorite foods but now I also like brown. I eat both. If I want to be semi-healthier, than brown but white rice will always win in my book, lol.

PikaKnight

Brown rice is okay now and again for certain meals...but white rice is my main rice. I grew up on it and I won't be giving it up

yesmikan

I think it's a myth that the Asian diet is more healthy than the Standard American Diet. Thier portion control is a lot healthier though, as a previous poster mentioned.

As an American living in Japan for the last 2 years, I have to agree with this x1000. When everyone else expects a smaller portion, it's easy to go along with it.

I was pretty heavy when I came and I spent my first year dropping "only" 20 pounds. What I think a lot of westerners don't realize is that there are plenty of things here to get fat on, too -- fried pork curry (omg so good), chips, candy, snacks, McDonalds, BOOZE. And ramen, a staple lunch food, isn't exactly health food.

tamaramsay

White rice, although i ate brown rice for a whole year. Got tired of the harsh taste. Sticking to white rice.

mmapags

I think it's a myth that the Asian diet is more healthy than the Standard American Diet. Thier portion control is a lot healthier though, as a previous poster mentioned.

As an American living in Japan for the last 2 years, I have to agree with this x1000. When everyone else expects a smaller portion, it's easy to go along with it.

I was pretty heavy when I came and I spent my first year dropping "only" 20 pounds. What I think a lot of westerners don't realize is that there are plenty of things here to get fat on, too -- fried pork curry (omg so good), chips, candy, snacks, McDonalds, BOOZE. And ramen, a staple lunch food, isn't exactly health food.

There does seem to be this perception that the Asian diet is more healthy and I'm not sure why. First there is no one Asian diet. Lot's of diverse countries and regions from Japan to China to The Philipines to India. Rice may be a common staple but there is a lot of diversity in diet. Secondly, if you know people from these cultures and eat with them, thier cuisine in no more healthy than any other one. The key thing that seperates how Asians generally eat and how Westerner's do is portion size. Given that the health markers in many Asian nations are better than some Western nations (USA) that would seems to support the notion that, within reasonable bounds, it's not so much what you eat but how much.