What's wrong with S.A rice?

Rwanda people are awesome. I want to take the wife there some time soon, taste some proper African rice for a change, not this Tastic crap we get down here
 
epah said:
Rice is not a staple food in South africa, Rice is not something we care about, Since you are from west Africa go find a Nigerian shop/restaurant and rather buy rice there. there should be plenty of shops in your area.
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Hey @epah, watch your manners, this person was asking a simple question politely. Be Nice else keep quiet.. And FYI they from east Africa not west Africa..
 
@op , as mentioned before ,rice is unfortunately not a staple as in other African countries, and therefore you wont find your decent grades , or brands locally. If you want grade 1 rice ,or premium grade rice , you are going to have to shop around a little. It is available in some spice stores.
If you are in Cape Town , Fargo trading Salt River corner of Lower Main Road and Albert Rd sells Grade 1 Basmati from Pakistan , and also seen Premium grade from Thailand there as well.
Some shops carry a brand from India, Az-Zahraa also grade 1, decent nutty flavour.
Basically just look for any rice packed at source and then imported, they will be better than local by far.

Also apply the same principle to pasta products, if its not marked packed and produced in Italy , dont bother.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Firstly maybe its so bland because you eating Tastic?
Secondly. you want to say rice is more bland than Pap?
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SauRoNZA said:
You’ve clearly not had a really good rice then.
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I’ve chowed every kind of rice you can think of. Home-cooked, fancy restaurant, ethnic, in Asia, cooked by guys who can’t speak English, everything. There’s hardly any dishes where the rice adds something worthwhile. In fact there are only two dishes where the rice really does anything: sushi (the vinegar does the heavy lifting in terms of flavour, and the rice actually has the job of being bland), and biryani (the masala does the work and again the rice is there to cut the flavour).

Pap is crap too, I’ll give you that. Arguing about what’s more bland between rice and pap is like arguing which is worse between EFF and ANC. The answer is both of them.
 
3WA said:
I’ve chowed every kind of rice you can think of.
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Wow :oops:

There are more than 40,000 varieties of cultivated rice (the grass species Oryza sativa) said to exist. But the exact figure is uncertain. Over 90,000 samples of cultivated rice and wild species are stored at the International Rice Gene Bank and these are used by researchers all over the world.
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The Rice Association
https://www.riceassociation.org.uk › types-of-rice

Types of rice - The Rice Association
 
UB40 said:
Wow :oops:

There are more than 40,000 varieties of cultivated rice (the grass species Oryza sativa) said to exist. But the exact figure is uncertain. Over 90,000 samples of cultivated rice and wild species are stored at the International Rice Gene Bank and these are used by researchers all over the world.
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The Rice Association
https://www.riceassociation.org.uk › types-of-rice
Types of rice - The Rice Association
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But noone can think of all 40k varieties.


Because they’re forgettable and bland.
 
3WA said:
I’ve chowed every kind of rice you can think of. Home-cooked, fancy restaurant, ethnic, in Asia, cooked by guys who can’t speak English, everything. There’s hardly any dishes where the rice adds something worthwhile. In fact there are only two dishes where the rice really does anything: sushi (the vinegar does the heavy lifting in terms of flavour, and the rice actually has the job of being bland), and biryani (the masala does the work and again the rice is there to cut the flavour).

Pap is crap too, I’ll give you that. Arguing about what’s more bland between rice and pap is like arguing which is worse between EFF and ANC. The answer is both of them.
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You are right, Rice is bland and I dont really enjoy it, and I hate when it goes up the wrong pipe and comes out through the nose.

Pap is bland too but I will take it over rice any day, Also i grew up on pap so i have learned to somewhat enjoy it.
 
3WA said:
But noone can think of all 40k varieties.


Because they’re forgettable and bland.
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I salute you Sir

Rice University - Badges - Credly
 
3WA said:
I’ve chowed every kind of rice you can think of. Home-cooked, fancy restaurant, ethnic, in Asia, cooked by guys who can’t speak English, everything. There’s hardly any dishes where the rice adds something worthwhile. In fact there are only two dishes where the rice really does anything: sushi (the vinegar does the heavy lifting in terms of flavour, and the rice actually has the job of being bland), and biryani (the masala does the work and again the rice is there to cut the flavour).

Pap is crap too, I’ll give you that. Arguing about what’s more bland between rice and pap is like arguing which is worse between EFF and ANC. The answer is both of them.
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But that is most starches?
A boiled potato is pretty bland?
Apiece of white bread is pretty bland with nothing on?
Same with rice and pap. You have to add something over it.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
But that is most starches?
A boiled potato is pretty bland?
Apiece of white bread is pretty bland with nothing on?
Same with rice and pap. You have to add something over it.
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Potatoes and pasta do something in their dishes. You can design a dish around them. They are the best starches.

Bread is interesting. Good bread can carry a meal by itself, but yes, Sasko is very bland. Mass-produced white bread is for hooligans, those who have abandoned civilization and gone feral the moment the touched the loaf in the supermarket.

Edit to add: you should lose your human rights when you put supermarket white bread in your trolley.
 
EastAfricaGuy said:
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Thank you everyone for your hospitality.

For today I gonna start with recommendation from @SauRoNZA.

A bit expensive though, R89.99 for 2kg. Oh my god! Let's see.

If it doesn't work out, @UB40 rec. will be next.
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Yo @EastAfricaGuy

How was this brand vs the Tastic schit?

I'm familiar with this brand, it is very common in CT spice stores.

I sure you will agree it is far better than the T-brand.
 
EastAfricaGuy said:
Guys, I'm new to this country, I'm from East Africa.
I live in Cape Town.

I have been trying to cook rice, but I always end up throwing it into the bin.

Why? The rice feels like plastic, especially when it gets cold.
Someone told me the reason is that most S.A rice is not as quality as what we eat from East Africa.

All am asking is which/where brand of rice is the best? I have been told if I want quality rice I should look around grocery stores owned by Indians, Malawians etc. But can't find them in the neighbourhood.

Below is the rice which I have been trying to cook. I bought it from Pick n Pay. It tastes very bad.
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Don't go searching for rice everywhere in Cape Town , it's not safe. Just go to any major shop and buy this:

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I know what you talking about, I can't also stomach the taste of Asian rice as I'm already used to our brands of rice here.

As others said, ours is much better, it's more firm and not mushy and has more taste.... Keep on eating it you will get used to it.
 
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