[HN Gopher] Carolina Gold was once the most popular rice grown i... ___________________________________________________________________ Carolina Gold was once the most popular rice grown in America (2019) Author : Tomte Score : 36 points Date : 2021-12-11 20:45 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.seriouseats.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.seriouseats.com) | selimthegrim wrote: | Apparently it is essential to Hoppin' John that actually tastes | good | walrus01 wrote: | If you really want to see good quality rice, take a look at the | quality and selection of product that an expert Pakistani chef | will use for a top quality biryani. Or the rice that Afghans will | use when cooking a Palaw the slow way. Generally within the | category of long grain basmati, but there's a lot of difference | between sub-types. | waqasx wrote: | Long grain basmati that has aged a couple of years. I dont know | if you can find aged basmati in the US. | jeffbee wrote: | Can I just mention how charming it is that there is such as thing | as a USDA Rice Research Center? People throw bureaucracy around | as a bad word but bureaucratic capacity brings us so many | positive things. Let's hear it for the deep rice state. | GhettoComputers wrote: | What else does it do and what cost? What is the cost benefit | analysis of the rice research center? | JaimeThompson wrote: | What was the cost benefit analysis of quantum mechanics | related research before it became one of the building blocks | of many modern technologies? | jeffbee wrote: | Let's see, one of the benefits is probably that we're not all | starving to death right now. Not sure if there are others. | | I guess you could get rid of it to save every American 5C/ | annually and trade that for a chance of a future rice disease | wiping out our crops. That might make sense, in the same way | that the Texas electric grid is very efficient. | [deleted] | ggm wrote: | Also the IRRI which is I believe the Philippines, Vietnam, Lao | and Cambodia who have the rice research cooperative agreement. | They do a lot of work on Golden rice. | [deleted] | 8ytecoder wrote: | Doesn't have to be a govt department though. India is still | primarily agricultural but almost all agri research happens at | the universities. Still funded by the government but they do | the dual work of training the next generation as well. | Aloha wrote: | You can find it here: | https://www.carolinaplantationrice.com/store/products/Caroli... | pitched wrote: | This one seems popular too: https://ansonmills.com/products/23 | TedShiller wrote: | If I've never tasted it, it leaves open the possibility that it | doesn't actually taste good | mlyle wrote: | I'm just curious what you think this adds to the discussion. | (I'm aware you were riffing off the title). | TedShiller wrote: | The title is click bait | dang wrote: | " _Please don 't pick the most provocative thing in an article | and rush to the thread to complain about it. Find something | interesting to comment about instead._" | | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html | ed25519FUUU wrote: | The story of heirloom fruit and vegetables is sad. People spent | their entire lives sometimes creating delicious varieties only to | be blown out by produce that was cheap to grow and looked good on | the supermarket shelf (taste didn't matter). | | Apples are a great example. Almost everything in the supermarket | (save for a few varieties) is bland and mealy. It LOOKS great | though, and that's all that matters. | lotsofpulp wrote: | > People spent their entire lives sometimes creating delicious | varieties only to be blown out by produce that was cheap to | grow and looked good on the supermarket shelf (taste didn't | matter). | | Why would taste not matter? Surely people take into account | taste when purchasing food. But they also decide to make | tradeoffs in how much extra money to spend for the additional | rate versus other things they could try with the additional | money. | | But given two foods at the same price and nutritional | qualities, surely taste is a prominent factor. | jcrawfordor wrote: | It's a pretty widely studied artifact of mass retail that | appearance was valued over taste, because appearance is | immediately obvious while taste must be remembered and most | consumers don't. In other words, it's immediately obvious | what produce looks good, while knowing what produce tastes | good requires time and attention. Most people don't really | remember the difference between varieties of apples, for | example, which are currently undergoing a bit of a | renaissance as breeders have discovered the value of branding | and marketing campaigns similar to those used for | manufactured goods. The general perception is that this trend | is starting to go away only now, as a largely internet driven | food culture has emerged that values unusual varieties. | | Moreover, for the retailer themselves, durability and shelf | life is perhaps the single most important property in today's | long supply chains, because produce is subject to rough | handling and consumers absolutely do not purchase bruised | fruit or wilted greens. Unfortunately it often runs opposite | to other metrics of quality for produce. | wikibob wrote: | Taste doesn't matter in the majority of the fruit and | vegetable market because it is not perceivable at the time of | purchase. | thomas wrote: | I've had it a few times and it's very good, but not better than | most good rice. I think people mostly just don't have nice or | fresh rice, they fine Carolina gold which is very well branded | and think it's the best. It's not hard to find better than | average rice online[0]. | | 0: https://helpatmyhome.com/buy-rice-online/ | indigodaddy wrote: | Are you sure it wasn't the Carolina brand that sells a | "Carolina Gold" that is NOT the real thing? | | I've had the real Carolina Gold (my parents get it-- I'll have | to ask them where/how), and it's definitely the best rice I've | ever had (and I eat a lot of rice / all kinds). | mlyle wrote: | His link includes a discussion of Anson Mills which is the | best source of the real thing. | | (Yes, Carolina-brand "Carolina Gold" is not the same thing | and not great). | indigodaddy wrote: | Ah, my bad for not looking thanks | cesaref wrote: | As a UK resident, reading Anson Mills description of their | rice products and how they taste, and what you can do with | them is really quite bewildering - 'They can also be | prepared in the creamy grits style and all the way to | congee, if pressed, or as crisp skillet cakes, both savory | and sweet.' | | I cook with a range of rices depending on what i'm doing - | Arbori, Carnaroli, Basmati and Bomba, but rarely with what | I consider an american long grain. | | I'll try and track down some of this Carolina Gold and see | what I can do with it. Any suggestions for a recipe that | shows it off (not knowing what a skillet cake is, for | example)? | monocasa wrote: | As a southerner, this sounds pretty good: | | https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/carolina-gold-pilau- | shri... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-12-11 23:00 UTC)