Thanks for this. I was recently reading about rice handling and learned what you mentioned. I don't think I have ever gotten sick from left over rice but am now being more careful. I am curious what details you have learned about proper handling of cooked rice.
A little anecdote from when my wife and I operated a small cafe in Annapolis, MD. I can still hear the Health Department inspector who was licensing us, in her south county drawl., when we told her the kinds menu items we planned. That's what we call the part of Anne Arundel County (where Annapolis is) that is south of the South River off the Chesapeake Bay. Some people say the south begins at the Mason-Dixon line (MD-PA border). I think it starts at the South River. Here's what she said, "They may eat it raw in Provence, but . . . not here in Anne Arundel County"
I was surprised to learn that cooked rice carries this danger, something I hadn't heard during my 10+ years living in Asia, where we had rice all the time. Though come to think of it, over there people tend to eat the rice right away, or leave it sitting in the rice cooker where it stays too warm for the microbes to ruin it.
nah, I don't usually worry too much about stuff that makes nationwide news. Everything depends on your local, personall situation. Though coincidentally my parents live in one of the rural Michigan counties affected (they're fine!)
Hi Richard:
Thanks for this. I was recently reading about rice handling and learned what you mentioned. I don't think I have ever gotten sick from left over rice but am now being more careful. I am curious what details you have learned about proper handling of cooked rice.
A little anecdote from when my wife and I operated a small cafe in Annapolis, MD. I can still hear the Health Department inspector who was licensing us, in her south county drawl., when we told her the kinds menu items we planned. That's what we call the part of Anne Arundel County (where Annapolis is) that is south of the South River off the Chesapeake Bay. Some people say the south begins at the Mason-Dixon line (MD-PA border). I think it starts at the South River. Here's what she said, "They may eat it raw in Provence, but . . . not here in Anne Arundel County"
I was surprised to learn that cooked rice carries this danger, something I hadn't heard during my 10+ years living in Asia, where we had rice all the time. Though come to think of it, over there people tend to eat the rice right away, or leave it sitting in the rice cooker where it stays too warm for the microbes to ruin it.
I'm curious if you've changed anything re:what you wash/cook/eat with the news of the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
nah, I don't usually worry too much about stuff that makes nationwide news. Everything depends on your local, personall situation. Though coincidentally my parents live in one of the rural Michigan counties affected (they're fine!)