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Rice, honey?

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If you have celiac disease, or are gluten-intolerant, then rice is probably one of your "go-to" grains!  Thankfully, rice is plentiful and mercifully inexpensive, especially when compared with other gluten-free grains.  I have always been a rice lover--brown, basmati, jasmine, arborio...the list goes on and I love them all!! When my husband was in the Air Force, there was a little Asian lady who worked at one of the dining facilities that he ate at frequently.  When the men would walk up to the counter, she would look up and yell, "Rice, honey?"  But, with her accent, it actually came out sounding like, "Lice, honey??"  This has been a joke in our family for many years and never fails to get a good laugh when someone yells it out.   I'm not going to tell you that the only rice you should eat is brown rice--although, it is definitely the healthiest because it still contains all of the bran coating where the nutrients and fiber reside.  Many p