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[dex]

Cooked rice starts going bad after two hours if not refrigerated .You need to store in smaller containers so it cools quickly too.I remember my son said kids in college had rice cookers and cooked it for dinner and ate again at breakfast without any refrigeration.

[wishmoon]

What do they say about youth being wasted on the young? 

[Grouchomarx]

Someone was in the news a few months ago, they died from eating leftover rice.  I think it was a student, and the rice had been at room temperature. 

[Tweety68]

Chinese  restaurants are a big no,no..They have huge vats of precooked rice.Good reminder.

[chrystaltree]

I saw that too and I did laugh.  It's a wonder we all  lived to be the ages we are.  I'm going to do what I always do because I don't know of anyone who died from rice that sat on the dinner table for 2.5 hours...LOL   

[dex]

@chrystaltree @But did they think they had a stomach bug ever.Sometimes I wonder if it was actually something we ate.

[lovesrecess]

This makes me never, ever want to eat at one of those Asian-style buffet restaurants. I know they have vats of rice that sit out all day under not-very-hot heat lamps, along with the chemical-laden food. Ewww

[lovesrecess]

I use diced cauliflower now anyway...

[SeaMaiden]

Another concern is high arsenic levels in rice.....always rinse the rise very well prior to cooking which might remove some of the arsenic.........and do not eat it often either. 

[blackhole99]

Who eats more rice than Asians and Mexicans and you don't hear of them dropping dead from rice  or arsenic poisoning.