I Don't Like Rice
When you go to a Chinese restaurant and order from the menu, everything comes with rice! If you specify 'no rice, please,' you will throw the waiter/waitress into a state of utter confusion. Someone doesn't want rice? Ah, so. (They are thinking "Why did you come here in the first place?") I think cashew chicken would taste good with mashed potatoes, myself.
Solution? Go to a place with a buffet and avoid the rice! You may not recognize everything on the buffet table, but you sure know rice when you see it.
Rice seems to be the specialty of those healthy t.v.dinners. I love t.v. dinners, but I avoid those entrees served on rice! The rice can be watery and I don't need to increase my fluid intake, thank you very much.
My aversion to rice goes back a long way. I learned from more than one experience that the appearance of rice in a new puppy's stool meant the little darling had worms. That tends to take one's appetite away.
I will admit that rice does have some redeeming qualities, however. Dogs with upset stomachs recover quickly when served rice. Canine rice lovers can even be fed commercial dog food with rice. (Frankly, I think it�s the lamb in that food that they really like.)
If you are on a diet and run out of Styrofoam, you can always eat rice cakes. If you write on rice paper you can always eat your words!
I seem to recall adding some rice to salt shakers in a humid place to stop the salt from caking. Or was that a soda cracker?
Rice Krispie treats are tolerable, especially if butterscotch bits are added for some flavor. Rice pudding is o.k. if you are stuck on a bland diet.
I was sorry to see the tradition of throwing rice at weddings discontinued. It was started by people like me who attended even strangers� weddings just for the opportunity to throw away rice!
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
My apologies to Rice University, Ann Rice, Rice-A-Roni, red beans and rice, and rice lovers everywhere.
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