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From: sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: Basmati rice
Message-ID: <930@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 09:09:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 09:09:36 1985
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Reply-To: sra@kaos.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Organization: University of Chicago, Department of Physics
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Summary: 

In article <1610@druil.UUCP> lat@druil.UUCP (TepperL) writes:
>A friend of mine swears by the local (U.S.A.) variety of
>this rice, which is known as Texmati.
>
>He claims it's just as good as Basmati and less expensive.
>Try asking at your local store.
>-- 

I have seen bags of Texmati with the state of Texas outlined on the
outside; guess where?   An Indian food store.  I don't recall it as
being a lot cheaper than the imported variety.

You might consider the different farming methods used to grow
these two varieties, if it is of any concern.  Texmati is
probably grown with standard American farming techniques, i.e.
fertilizers, pesticides, etc.  It is much less likely that Basmati
imported from India has undergone such treatment.

				Scott Anderson
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