1.   Easy-cook rice is par-boiled to remove the surface starch that causes the problems when cooking other long grain rices.

2.   Long grain rice is the name generally applied to rice of varying quality and sold as an all-purpose grain.

3.   Short grain or pudding rice is almost round and slightly sweeter than long grain rices.

4.   And if Carolina long grain rice is offered on one steam tray, another needs to feature the sticky short grain rice familiar to Asian diets.

5.   But a well-sharpened block plane will lift a shaving off of end grain just as nicely as it would from long grain.

6.   Steamed long grain white rice, preferably jasmine.

7.   The Home Again Companion Animal Retrieval System utilizes a microchip about the size of a long grain of rice.

8.   Until recently, basic long grain white, brown and quick-cooking or pre-seasoned convenience rices were all they had.

9.   Lack of funds to pay farmers for grain long has been a problem in predominantly rural China.

10.   Rice Tec, the paper said, markets long grain rice under the brand name of Texmati and Kasmati.