Rice

Wester

I am looking to buy a few bags , packets of rice to first cook at home and then reheat them in a microwave at work for my lunch which rice would you recommend and where to buy it instore

spacey2012

I would recommend you NEVER re-heat rice, if it goes wrong you will be lucky to survive.
An absolute recipe for food positioning.
The Bacillus bacteria excrete a toxin that can not be destroyed by re-heating and it can breed within 4 hours.
The toxin can kill even healthy people.

Stompa

Be careful:

http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/Can-reheating-rice-cause-food-poisoning.aspx?CategoryID=51&SubCategoryID=215

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One of the few times on here that people will recommend a ready meal or microwave rice the best option.

flubberyzing

You shouldn't reheat rice. It releases nasty toxins.

welshee

I have heard this before but i reheat leftovers from my chinese regular and never had a Hong Kong Pong.

PLRFD

I've just reheated fried rice from last night never had a problem.

paulineb_2

If you reheat rice it has to be piping hot, its the spores in the rice that can cause problems, if the rice isnt heated to a high enough temp. I once got very nasty food poisoning from a chinese meal and Im sure it was the rice that caused it.

Back to the original point, you can buy cheap packets of micro rice in home bargains for about 40p, Id do that rather than cook and then reheat.

geordie_joe

flubberyzing wrote: »

You shouldn't reheat rice. It releases nasty toxins.

No it doesn't! Why can't people read these days!

It is not reheating the rice that creates the toxins, it's storing cooked rice at room temperature. The longer the rice is left at room temperature the more chance there is of toxins forming.

If you put cooked rice into the fridge then take it out, reheat it and eat immediately there is no problem.

Edwardia

I wonder how the spores get in the rice because if you're talking long-grain white for example it has been dried and then processed in a factory to remove the outer layer.

Haffiana

The spores might be dislodged by the outer layer being removed, but they can just as easily resettle on the stripped (white) rice grain.

The toxins released by Bacillus cereus will NOT be destroyed by thoroughly reheating cooked rice - it is remarkably heat resistant.

Therefore the best cure is prevention - if cooked rice is cooled as rapidly as possible (within a couple of hours is best) and put in the fridge, then the production of the toxin will be slowed down so that the rice will be safe to eat cold or reheated for a good three days.