non-food uses for rice, all suggestions welcomed!

weezl74

Hi there,:beer:

after a store cupboard hoarding frenzy, I realised the importance of putting things in boxes with lids on, and discovered 3 x 1kg bags of rice which have definately been nibbled by mice. :eek:

The hole is big enough for them to have gotten in, and as mice are incontinent, I'm going to have to conclude that the rice is now not fit for food.:o

So I just wondered if people could think of anything useful, but non-foody to do with 3 kg of white long grain rice!!!

Thanks in advance,

Weezl x

abaxas

Why not cook it and give it to the birds?

anguk

You could make some rice heating pads?
http://www.quilt.com/MiscQuilting/RiceBags.html

pink_princess

Fill toys with it,or donate to a local nursery for shakers.

Gigervamp

Oh, was that you offering non food rice on cardiff freecycle? I saw that post and wondered why it couldn't be used (didn't read the whole post, just saw the title). Now I know!
If mice have been weeing and pooing in it, I'm not sure I'd want to use it for heat bags or use in something for children. Probably better to just throw it away.

pink_princess

Yes your right gigervamp,never thought about it properly,the bird option suggested by some-one is still good though.

clutterydrawer

if youre crafty you could make bookends/doorstops by making a sort of beanbag affair but filling with rice....?

xxvickixx

If you drop a mobile phone in water or spill a drink on your keyboard then put in in a tub or plastic bag with a load of uncooked rice and it absorbs all of the moisture out and it should work again.

Probably not a solution to your problem but I think it's an interesting use!

Cheapskate

I use old rice for baking pastry blind - you put greaseproof or baking paper between the pastry & rice anyway, so contamination shouldn't be a problem. I know this is food-related, but you don't eat the rice iykwim!

penguine

You could use it to fill long tubes of fabric to use as draught excluders at the bottom of doors.

Dave101t

stupid question:

can you plant rice and grow it?

that might be fun!