I don't know if there's a truth to this "Extra Fancy" line that Botan brand uses for their Calrose rice but we buy it anyway. This 20 lbs bag of rice costs almost $18 at Walmart. I grew up eating rice and I find it weird that when I don't eat rice for a day, I get such a massive headache. Not sure what's the connection but it does, so we have cooked rice everyday at our home.
When I first came here in the States, I was very shocked how expensive rice is. When I left my country eight years ago, a 50 kilos sack of rice would cost like 1,500 pesos which is about $30 dollars and that was when the exchange rate of dollar to peso was 1 to 50. When the President got re-elected the rate of dollar went down from fifty to 39 at the present. To estimate the cost and content of the rice, five bags of this 9.07 kilos of rice here is way too expensive compared to the price of a 50 kilos rice over there. Oh well...
