So...what the fuck do I do with these 800 pounds of rice I now own?

[theboss]

I believe everything I read on DU so I drug my fiance to Costco twice in the last three days. I bought my four bags...and she bought hers....and then we did it again.

I don't even like rice that much.

Seriously, short of building a railroad in 1873, I don't know how the hell I am going to use this stuff.

(Give that joke about six seconds...you'll love it).

[angstlessk]

1. Chinese slave labor..i get it!!!

on edit: mix it with some of those exotic food you purchase at trader joes and just get fat!!!!

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Sell it for a profit in two weeks?

The price of rice has tripled since the start of the year.

[theboss]

8. Can I just walk into PF Changs and heave it at the hostess?

That might be considered assault in this jurisdiction.

[IndependentDem]

26. I'm dying here, that was the funniest shit i have heard in long damn time.

:rofl:

[theboss]

31. I wish it was still winter. I could use it to salt my steps.

It has to be better than cheap kitty litter.

[newmajority]

3. Buy some Asian cookbooks

Try out some new recipies... Chinese, Thai, Korean, whatever.

[MUAD_DIB]

4. Use it to throw at many weddings and make friends, or

throw it all at one wedding and make a mess.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Well, I laughed

I just went shopping tonight for rice here in Canada. No shortages. No lineups.

No indication of any rice shortage at all.

How much you want for your rice?

[MadMaddie]

6. Ha..ha.. make sure it doesn't rot, that would really suck because

you had to wait in the Costco lines to buy it. he.he.

[poppysgal]

7. get married

just a thought.:toast:

[MercutioATC]

9. It didn't even take me 6 seconds :) But, on a serious note...

I'm atheist, but I really respect the Mormons for one thing. They, as part of their faith, prepare.

It's easy, it's cheap, and there's absolutely no excuse not to do it.


Personally, I think we should have a preparedness forum here at DU...but most here seem to think preparedness is something only gun nuts do. They're wrong, but they won't find that out until something goes really wrong and they find themselves in trouble.

[nebenaube]

10. I get the joke...

I also just walked the dog in the rain. There's two fires down by the river. I imagine that's five or six homeless people trying to stay warm and dry off. Maybe there's a non-faith based homeless shelter or food bank in your community where you could donate what you don't need.

[theboss]

15. Are you living in Detroit in the 1890s?

Why are the river settlements burning down?

[Dora]

11. Rice pudding. Horchata. Spinach and rice casserole. Biryani. nt

[poppysgal]

12. oh I forgot

better stick it in the freezer.:think:

[MercutioATC]

18. Only for a couple of weeks. Then you bag it in mylar with oxygen absorbers.

Nitrogen flushing is better.

[L. Coyote]

13. I'll give you five gallons of gasoline in trade.

[theboss]

17. This was the plot of Alas, Babylon, wasn't it?

After this, we can hunt down some highwaymen.

[htuttle]

14. Rinse it in cold water 3 times, bring 150% more water to a boil...

...dump the rice in, simmer on very low for about twenty minutes, remove from heat and let sit for 5 minutes, fluff with a fork and Bob's your uncle!

[Elspeth]

16. If it's brown rice, send me a bag

I could use it.

[MercutioATC]

19. If it's brown rice, start eating it.

Brown rice has too many oils and doesn't keep well...the oils go rancid.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. Stephen Colbert just said he uses it to make kiddy pool paella. ;)

[poppysgal]

21. it might become

the new currency, it may already be worth more than the dollar (globally speaking that is) better save it.:bounce:

[AlCzervik]

22. well you could open up a Arancini stand, i'm a feast of St. Somebody os coming up.

i don't want to know a person that doesn't like Arancini.

[theboss]

23. Arancini was the tenor in the Four Freshman, right?

Ah...that's when music was music.

[poppysgal]

24. one more thought

make one giant bowl of gumbo and get into the Guinness Book of World Records. :bounce:

[L. Coyote]

25. Buy a small farm in the tropics and plant it. You'll be rich next year. LOL

[sam sarrha]

27. they are only rationing it to hoard it till the price doubles to make more Money

[WheelWalker]

28. Open a marriage chapel

[SoCalDem]

29. ebay, baby

:rofl: or open up a Chinese Boardinghouse :rofl:

[catnhatnh]

30. Invite over your 6,400 closest friends for a free steak dinner...

you've got enough rice for a tasty side dish...

[theboss]

32. Good news. I just got an industrial rice cooker on Ebay!

I'm ready to start a delivery service. Can someone get me a line on 25 pounds of fresh ginger?

[hootinholler]

33. One word:

Saki

-Hoot

[PVnRT]

34. Make a lot of arroz con pollo

and then send it to me.

ON EDIT: Pollo has two l's. I am a dumbass gringo.

[benEzra]

35. Package it for long-term, keep it, and then eat rice at 2008 prices

well into the next decade.

Then around 2010 or so, start telling people how cheaply you bought it back in '08, back when the dollar was still above 62 cents per Euro, oil was under $120 a barrel, and gold was only $900/ounce. They'll all be kicking themselves for not buying 800 pounds of the stuff back when it was so cheap. :)