quote:Originally posted by Howard Roark:
For several reasons there is a world shortage of rice and other grains. Most of the areas where Wal-mart and Costco are limiting sales have large Asian populations. They are buying the rice and sending it to their relatives in the Phillipines, India, etc.
I wondered WHY they were rationing rice! I eat very little rice due to my issues with diabetes, but my son and husband love to eat it. I just happened to get sick of buying expensive rice at my local grocery store (literately over $6.00 for a medium container of the stuff!!) several months ago and bought a huge bag of basmati rice (the kind that has to be rinsed first) that came in a brown bag that looked like the old timey burlap sacks from Costco. I guess it is a good thing I did. That bag will last my hubby and son at least two years!
This rationing thing is a bit disconcerting!