Rice or Pasta?
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (95905)
United States
February 20, 2023 2:44pm CST
I like both. But, I do prefer rice mostly over pasta. They both have their uses and their purposes. But honestly, I find rice to be much more versatile and adaptable to dishes than pasta is.
Plus, being the cheapo guy I am, it also works better for the wallet since rice is typically cheaper and goes much farther.
Granted, which I choose to use depends on the dish. I mean, I guess I could make spaghetti and meatballs with rice. But that would just be weird.
Which do you prefer and why? Rice, or pasta?
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@astutimeliana723 (4667)
• Indonesia
21 Feb 23
You are like most of Indonesian people. They can eat noodles with rice, but I don't like it.2 people like this
@astutimeliana723 (4667)
• Indonesia
21 Feb 23
@sol_cee I just avoid the carb double.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
20 Feb 23
Both are amazing, but you can do so much with rice. Even more so, I can eat white rice with nothing on it, (I don't prefer to,) but it can be eaten plain, where as plain pasta...that is just sad.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
27 Feb 23
@porwest there are so many different kinds of pasta, but you can just have basic rice and turn it into anything and it is amazing!
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@porwest (95905)
• United States
3 Mar 23
@DesirousDreamer Yep, that's one of the things I love about rice.
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@much2say (57145)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Feb 23
Both - depending on the dish of course. Rice is in my blood (I'm Japanese). I grew up on it and now I like various rice varieties . . . I could literally eat rice with anything. I love my pasta too though (do Asian noodles count?). Mom's spaghetti was always my favorite . . . having it was a treat . . . not having it a lot made me crave it more. Both will stretch a meal. I think I do like rice a tad more than pasta 
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@RebeccasFarm (92002)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Feb 23
See, I do not think you are cheap, you are a survivor..with rice like me haha
like me haha4 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (92002)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 Feb 23
@porwest I love getting people to agree ..I should have been in sales
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@porwest (95905)
• United States
22 Feb 23
@RebeccasFarm On that note, since I am definitely not an old biddy, I have nothing else to do other than to agree.
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@kaylachan (74877)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb 23
I'm more of a pasta person. I don't know why. I guess my tastes have changed. I used to have buttered rice every now and again. Now, I don't think I've done that in years.
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@kaylachan (74877)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Feb 23
@porwest My husband would say neither, although he'll occasionally eat both.
@porwest (95905)
• United States
22 Feb 23
I guess it does also depend on what kinds of foods one prefers over the others. I mean, if one is into sauces both red or white, pasta is the way to go. Gravies and soups? Then it is rice. Although I guess you could call many Asian condiments "sauces," but they are quite different of course.
Generally I eat way more rice than pasta. But if I were to ask my wife this question she would say pasta.
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@RasmaSandra (82412)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Feb 23
Considering that many bowls of pasta I ate growing up and just loved stuffing my face with pasta and spaghetti sauce now I prefer rice more than pasta.
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@porwest (95905)
• United States
22 Feb 23
We can definitely sometimes get too much of something and get tired of it. When I worked for Kraft Pizza Company where we made Jack's, DiGiorno and Tombstone, we used to have a freezer full of broken pizzas in the break room with pizza ovens and I ate so much frozen pizza that for a while I could not even look at a frozen pizza. lol
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@Deepizzaguy (106501)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Feb 23
I like rice over pasta since I have eaten rice for a longer period of time than pasta.
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@Deepizzaguy (106501)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Feb 23
@porwest Thank you for sharing your tastes in food.
@marguicha (224946)
• Chile
20 Feb 23
I, too, think that rice is more versatile. I like pasta when the sauce over it is awesome. I love the easy pasta with pesto I make (a favorite of my grandchildren for a long time). But now I make rice to last me a week every week. In a Tupperware in the fridge it is a side for almost anything. And while pastadoes not heat well in a microwave oven, rice can be heated to perfection there in 2 minutes.
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@aninditasen (16658)
• Raurkela, India
21 Feb 23
I don't like pasta but I am a Bengali and therefore take rice everyday for lunch.
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@aninditasen (16658)
• Raurkela, India
23 Feb 23
@porwest In India in the north wheat is the staple food.
@thislittlepennyearns (63467)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
20 Feb 23
pasta! or potatoes.
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@porwest (95905)
• United States
20 Feb 23
If I had to choose between the three, rice, pasta and potatoes, it would be rice and potatoes for me. And probably potatoes would win since I do eat much more potatoes than rice and much more rice than pasta. So in that group, rice would be a #2 with potatoes at #1 and pasta at #3.
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@thislittlepennyearns (63467)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
20 Feb 23
@porwest Potatoes are just way cheaper in the long run.
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@porwest (95905)
• United States
22 Feb 23
@thislittlepennyearns I think you are right. I mean, what's a 10 lb bag of potatoes these days? $4? $5?
I think the last time I bought rice I got 2 five pound bags for about $3 each or something like that.
Rice is much more versatile than potatoes are though.
@porwest (95905)
• United States
22 Jan 24
@Treborika It would be mine as well. lol
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@Treborika (17853)
• Mombasa, Kenya
22 Jan 24
@porwest Rice is my cup of tea so to speak
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