Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, There is no question of avoidance - I have never ever heard of it, or of any problems whatsoever in eating old rice (of course, before it goes 'bad' or starts decomposing) - this is a rice eating part of the world - our staple is rice, you know. Nowadays, the leftover rice tends to get refrigerated and reheated as well. So it is just weird. My feeling is that this is excessive precaution for a rarely occurring circumstance...After all, everything that we eat also has a capacity to harm us in some circumstance or the other. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> Spencer, >> We have done it every day of our lives, nothing cooked in an electric >> cooker, steam-cooked as it has been done for time immemorial down >> here, and rice from the fields - no preservatives, no processing. >> Everyone I know eats leftover rice - in fact it is called "payedi" or >> "old", and is considered healthier than freshly cooked rice, and >> traditionally eaten mixed with natural yoghurt (again home-made daily, >> no processed stuff). I, too, am hearing about this things for the >> first time! I can only think it must be caused by processing of one >> sort or the other. > > > Bacillus cereus and then the toxins that it makes, is the cause... this > organism ?is found naturally in many crops/foods, but is not generally > introduced by processing. It's a spore former, high enough heat can kill > the organism and inactivate the toxins... > > please see the answer to Spencer... > > http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science/data-sheets/bacillus-cereus.pdf > > I'd love to hear more about how it is avoided, > > > Steve > > >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 14, 2010, at 10:07, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>> as they say... B. cereus ? (Bacillus cereus)... rice is a major player, >>>> ways to get it, ways to avoid it....cook it hot enough, eat it, don't >>>> store it, don't reuse it.... >>> [...] >>>> http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/food-safety-topics/foodborne-illnesses/safe-cooling-of-cooked-rice/index.htm >>> >>> Interesting. I have eaten a lot of rice. Pretty well all of it cooked in >>> an electric rice cooker (before the keep warm feature) and plenty of >>> leftover rice cooled to room temperature and kept in the fridge for >>> several days for making fried rice. Never experienced these symptoms. >>> Must have gotten lucky I guess. I never head of this kind of food >>> contamination amongst all my Chinese relatives and friends. >>> >>> To throw out left over rice is to waste food. It's just not done. >>> >>> George, I like Tiger brand. It's what we use at home. The same one for >>> the last 15 years. For 2 people, a 5 cup model is plenty big. Features? >>> Turns on manually and turns off automatically when done. Nothing else >>> really matter. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Spencer >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >