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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find this very confusing and little to no difference in final product.  I grew up not washing.  I try washing it now but at this point it seems a waste of time.  [/quote]

I feel the same way.[b] I don’t notice a difference in taste or texture when I wash it, so I have stopped doing so. [/quote][/b]

You wash it to remove dust, contaminants, and reduce (naturally occurring) arsenic levels.

Consider: you wash fruit from the supermarket before eating it, right?  And not to improve its taste.  Same thing with rice.[/quote]

Lindberg suggests rinsing it to remove starch and improve the texture when cooked. Since I have tried it both ways (I diligently rinsed rice for years) and find the final product the same, I’ll choose not to rinse. [/quote]

So again, rinsing it removes dust and surface contaminants, just like you are rinsing off your supermarket grapes and strawberries.

Do you also eat supermarket fruit and veg without rinsing them, since rinsing those doesn't have any impact on their taste either?

Gross.[/quote]

I’m confused. Do you rinse dry pasta before cooking, too? Isn’t that more analagous to rice than strawberries? [/quote]

omg what. [/quote]

the prior poster said you should rinse your rice like you do your fruits and vegetables. i am asking why boxed rice is more akin to fresh fruits and vegetables than it is to boxed pasta, which pasta i am guessing the poster does not rinse before cooking (and before you say that lasta water gets drained, some gets absorbed into the pasta and many of us use some of the pasta cooking water for the sauces). [/quote]
NP.  Really? As the PP made crystal clear, you wash rice and fruit in order to get rid of chemicals and contaminants, including arsenic in the case of rice. Pasta is not generally considered to have unwelcome chemicals or contaminants, so there is no need to rinse it prior to use. [/quote]

Rice comes from a farm. It's the seed of a plant.

Pasta is a[b] processed product that comes from a factory[/b], just like a cookie.[/quote]

Exactly. Many contaminants come from the factory machines and workers. [/quote]

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