Shock horror. Brown rice isn't more healthy than white.

[fritz katzenjammer]

Arborio won the Giro in 1928….

Yeah but wasn’t Arborio later busted for starch doping and stripped of its title…

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yeah but wasn’t Arborio later busted for starch doping and stripped of its title…

I think it was a little Po faced after

 

[chathomas]

Interesting find! I switched to brown rice years ago and never looked back. It might be a small difference, but I feel better overall.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Interesting find! I switched to brown rice years ago and never looked back. It might be a small difference, but I feel better overall.

It does take a lot longer to cook

25 mins for Tesco Brown rice - 10 for Tesco Basmati

surely it has more fibre or something??

 

[simongt]

So shall we start comparing the pros & cons of rice vs. pasta - ?

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

So shall we start comparing the pros & cons of rice vs. pasta - ?

Could always just choose orzo. Pasta that looks more like rice. 😏

 

[presta]

Could always just choose orzo.

They stopped selling that during the panic buying, and it never came back again.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

They stopped selling that during the panic buying, and it never came back again.

I bought some last week.

 

[Cycleops]

surely it has more fibre or something??

Certainly has more brown.

 

[kynikos]

Just buy white rice and, if you want brown, add a bit of marmite.

People either love it or hate it...

 

[PeteXXX]

All these jokes.. You all need a patna back!

 

[Tenkaykev]

I'm more of the Chris Brailsford school of thought. All these marginal grains can add up to significant improvements

 

[presta]

I bought some last week.

At the time I used to buy it, I got it from Sainsburys because they sold it as 'ordinary' pasta, whereas Tesco regarded it as something special and sold it for megabucks under their 'Finest' brand. Sainsburys stopped selling it during the panic buying, and as I eventually switched to an alternative I haven't paid a lot of attention, but it wasn't there on the odd few occasions I looked out of curiosity. I've never checked Tesco's, because I'd already written them off as too expensive.

I used to use it for this, but after switching to spaghetti cooked in a separate pan, I've never been tempted to go back, largely because orzo went gooey after reheating it from frozen.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

At the time I used to buy it, I got it from Sainsburys because they sold it as 'ordinary' pasta, whereas Tesco regarded it as something special and sold it for megabucks under their 'Finest' brand. Sainsburys stopped selling it during the panic buying, and as I eventually switched to an alternative I haven't paid a lot of attention, but it wasn't there on the odd few occasions I looked out of curiosity. I've never checked Tesco's, because I'd already written them off as too expensive.

I used to use it for this, but after switching to spaghetti cooked in a separate pan, I've never been tempted to go back, largely because orzo went gooey after reheating it from frozen.

In the ASDA just round the corner from me it’s around 75p for 500g and no different in price from any of the other pastas. Tesco, on the other hand, have it at £1.70 for 500g.

 

[presta]

In the ASDA just round the corner from me it’s around 75p for 500g and no different in price from any of the other pastas. Tesco, on the other hand, have it at £1.70 for 500g.

Yes, that sort of difference sounds familiar. Spaghetti is 28p/500g, and more convenient for the recipe I was using the orzo in.