[Sca-cooks] Partly OP: Brown vs. white rice?

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> 1.  Rice wasn't grown in northern Europe in period, and all of the rice
> they ate was imported from the far east.  Polished rice would have been
> sent to prevent it from spoiling on the trip.

Not to disagree with your theory, but I seem to recall rice was being
grown in Italy and some other parts of the mediterrean in period.

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