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Okay, I'll bite: who's dying from wedding rice?

• danparsonson 11mo ago
  Not the OP, but cooked rice if not properly stored and reheated can lead to food poisoning (Bacillus Cereus is the bug).
  • quuxplusone 11mo ago
    Ah. I don't think of cooked rice as a common wedding-dinner dish, but I guess it must be common in parts of the world that eat a lot of rice in general (and who don't have the same default association between "rice" and "weddings" that we do in the West). What I heard: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fanciful_drawing_by_Marguerite_Martyn_of_a_newlywed_couple_at_St._Louis_Union_Station,_1906.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fanciful_drawing_by_... What they meant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin_polo
• ndsipa_pomu 11mo ago
  https://www.karmactive.com/uk-food-poisoning-cases-rise-due-to-bacillus-cereus-in-cooked-rice/ https://www.karmactive.com/uk-food-poisoning-cases-rise-due-... > Rice left at room temperature for more than two hours should be discarded rather than refrigerated. I believe part of the problem is that re-heating the rice doesn't kill off bacillus cereus so once the rice has been sat around for a couple of hours it can't easily be made safe to eat.
• rsynnott 11mo ago
  The classic one for rice is bacillus cereus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_cereus#Pathogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_cereus#Pathogenesis, specifically the emetic form). That said, while unpleasant, it very rarely kills people.