Ten pounds of rice
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52146)
Staten Island, New York
May 31, 2023 10:37am CST
I have frozen orange chicken from Trader Joe’s at home. Usually I eat it with basmati rice. I don’t have enough rice to make this so I went to the Turkish store to buy some.
The smallest size I found was a 10-pound bag. What the heck am I supposed to do with that much rice? I obviously didn’t buy it. Now I have to see where else I can get it. Maybe my Russian store sells it in smaller packages and for a good price. I won’t buy it if it’s expensive.
It is weird though. The Turkish store had regular rice or even long grain and jasmine rice in smaller packages. So why not basmati?
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
31 May 23
I am assuming their customers buy up the bigger sizes of basmati because they eat lots of it (although I don't know much about the Turkish menu). We eat a lot of rice, so I tend to buy the bigger sizes too . . . but I know not all are rice freak like us 
. Isn't the TJ one like 3 pounds?
. Isn't the TJ one like 3 pounds?3 people like this
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
31 May 23
@lovebuglena If you were close by, I would gladly give you some of our rice (take your pick - we probably have all the varieties). I just checked TJs - it's 2 pounds - that'd last us only a couple meals 
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
@much2say Depending on how much I make for hubby and me for one meal. I try to do slightly less than a cup.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
I am not sure how much the Trader Joe's one is but it is not huge. We were actually in the store recently and I forgot to get rice because I thought we still have a lot. Maybe I will ask hubby to drive me there so I can get it.
The Turkish store had other rice in huge sizes as well. But it was also in small packs too. I looked over the shelves twice thinking I may have missed the basmati rice but didn't see it.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
1 Jun 23
I love basmati and have a lot of it in the house and use it all the time.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
1 Jun 23
@lovebuglena Yes it is..that is what I got..even 20lbs at times.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Jun 23
@RebeccasFarm I guess if you got room for it and it can stay a long time without going stale or bad then great.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Jun 23
Ten pounds is a lot though.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
1 Jun 23
@lovebuglena Basmati is an expensive rice, may be that bought in large bags is a lot less expensive. I usually buy the "Uncle Ben" Basmati and it's expensive, but right now it's unavailable, I had to buy another brand.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Jun 23
Maybe that is it. Still doesn’t make sense to only have the huge size. It’s not like it’s a store that only sells stuff in bulk.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Jun 23
@LadyDuck I have never seem basmati from Uncle Ben.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Jun 23
Is there not any American grocery stores where you live? Lol
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Jun 23
@lovebuglena We sell bulgur in my local grocery store. I see it every time I shop, but have no idea what it is and what it is used for. But it is located by the flour.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Jun 23
@moffittjc it’s a grain. It’s a great side dish to go along with meat or fish. I like to add sautéed onions to it after I boil it. And if I have mushrooms I sauté and add them as well.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Jun 23
There are lol but I was sure Turkish store would have it. Mainly went there for bulgur, which is hard to find in regular stores.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Jun 23
@LindaOHio We had 1/2 cup of rice left. Since I am doing two cobs of corn that I will remove from the cob and will mix it with rice and broccoli it should be enough I think to go along with the frozen orange chicken.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
1 Jun 23
I didn’t look yet. Maybe I will go today.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
2 Jun 23
@lovebuglena Good luck. Have a great weekend!
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@MarieCoyle (59216)
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31 May 23
A friend scored a bunch of rice and gave me way, way too much. 10 pounds each of Basmati and Jasmine. I put it in 2 glass gallon jars with some bay leaves to keep it fresh...we will get through it, but we do have enough rice for quite some time!
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
I did not know about putting bay leaves into uncooked rice.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
20 pounds of rice is a lot of carbs.
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@MarieCoyle (59216)
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31 May 23
@lovebuglena
I am hoping my daughter is in need of rice so I can share. I am careful about how many carbs I eat in a day.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
By car it’s super close. If I go there alone via buses it takes a while.
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@jstory07 (148734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
31 May 23
Did you ask them why they did not have the rice you wanted in a smaller bag.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
I did not. Perhaps I should've done so. Maybe they had it somewhere else and I did not see it.
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
31 May 23
That is a lot of rice. Since I live alone; I would not buy that much rice at one time.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
It’s just two of us and I still don’t want that much rice in the house. We don’t eat it that often.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
2 Jun 23
We never buy rice in small bag or in a smaller kilos. We always buy a sack of Jasmine rice.
