Rancid rice???

[gulfcoastruth]

Hi Everyone,

 

How can you tell when brown rice has gone rancid??

 

I've heard it can and does happen pretty quickly. I have a whole heap of it stored. It looks and smells ok to me.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Ambergris]

If it looks okay and smells okay, it probably is okay. If it were mine, I would cook some up and taste it.

[Suz]

If it looks okay and smells okay, it probably is okay. If it were mine, I would cook some up and taste it.

 

 

Without dying from laughter... what would it taste like if it was rancid?

 

I cant believe I just asked that

[PoGo]

If it's rancid, you'll know.

 

ran⋅cid Show Spelled Pronunciation [ran-sid]

–adjective

1. having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, esp. of fats or oils: rancid butter.

2. (of an odor or taste) rank, unpleasant, and stale: a rancid smell.

3. offensive or nasty; disagreeable.

 

 

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Origin:

1640–50; < L rancidus rank, stinking, equiv. to ranc(ēre) to be rotten + -idus -id 4

 

[Leah]

It will smell fermented after cooking if it's spoiled.

Very obviously.

 

The colder you can keep it, the longer it will last.

[HSmom]

I learned what "rancid" smelled like by the burps I got after eating some old grain products. Now that I know what it is, I don't like it, but honestly I don't think it's a "nasty" smell like spoiled meat or produce.

 

If you seriously don't know, put a small amount of cooking oil in a small glass jar, and leave it exposed to light for a few months. Then take a whiff. Don't worry; it won't bowl you over; It's not that bad.

 

[HSmom]

Also, you could compare the smell of your rice to the smell of some fresh rice. To me, rancid grains, rancid oil, rancid whatever...they all smell the same.

 

[gulfcoastruth]

Thanks Everyone, for your input!

 

I"ve had this rice since May of last year, and it seems fine to me. It has been vaccuumed sealed and kept in a dark closet.

I put some in chicken soup I was making...that soup tasted good!! And suddenly I thought about the rice..and got to thinking...

 

Anyway, I've eaten some of the good tasting soup, with no ill effects!

[Ambergris]

Your rice is fine, then. Put the rest of it in the fridge if you can. We picked up a roadside fridge "It never gets below 42 degrees" they said. I said it would be perfect for storing wheatflour and brown rice and all. It's on the side porch now, stuffed with beverages. Sigh.