Cheap Rice for the Masses, but would YOU Eat it?

[Dauntless]

Its possible its just an unpopular variety of rice. It could also be the Monsanto product of our nightmares being test marketed right now.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/africa/nigeria-fake-plastic-rice/index.html

 

[dogman dan]

Not the first counterfeit food product we've seen. I'm going to guess the source country is similar.

 

[spinningmagnets]

How long before we see "Best Tomato" brand battery packs on Aliexpress?

I don't think these were ever intended to be consumed, someone at a plastics factory figured out how to make realistic "looking" rice, and realized bargain hunters in poor countries would pay 90% of the going rate for real rice. Try to boil it, and it stays hard, and tastes like plastic (definitely a scam)

I have seen Japanese restaurants that had realistic looking plates of food in their front window, in order to help non-Japanese speaking tourists select a dish to eat. I recall an amusing story about an American tourist who thought the "fake food" plates were really cool looking, and wanted a couple to give as gifts. When he re-entered the US at the airport, customs read where he had written that the items were "fake food" and they told him he would have to fill out another form without using the word "food" in it. The tourist objected, saying that "fake food" was exactly what that was. The customs official had been through similar situations before, and told him that he would have to consult his supervisor. Four hours later, the tourist asked if he could have another form to fill out, and used the recommended term "table decorations".

My point is...there are already companies that make "fake rice" for the "table decoration" market (the front windows of Japanese restaurants).

Everything in the picture below is plastic.

 

[The fingers]

Even looking at the food representations, I still don't know what it is I'm ordering. :? I'll have a Mr. Potato Head to go. :lol:

 

[Dauntless]

I'll just remind you that nature itself produces plastic that man made plastic imitates. The one government opinion that it might have been real rice might prove accurate, thought it could be undesirable rice. Or maybe a frankenfood goof.

Scary stuff.

 

[markz]

Off with their heads
Thats what China does.
I remember babies milk was faked, and corporate suits were killed.

 

[spinningmagnets]

Since the beginning of time, anyone who sells milk for a profit has "added a little water" to boost profits. The cheap and quick test to find out how pure milk is involves measuring the protein level in it. There is a type chemical called melamine, and also registers as a false positive on the milk-protein test. So...unscrupulous Chinese milk brokers add water and melamine to boost profits (not the dairymen, they are held on a short leash by the brokers). So...if 2% doesn't make anyone sick, why not add 3%?...they kept going until some children died...

Nobody will eat this rice. It is a scam, but nobody will die.