> I checked out 'asian' section yesterday and nothing like you mention was
 > there.  Lots of soy sauces and stuff like that, but nothing designed to
 > flavor rice per se.


Only bigger places would have it.

 > However we do have a very large asian market out on Clairemont mesa that
 > has all kinds of things you would like - squid, octopus, stuff like that
 > and I'll bet money they have the rice flavoring too.  I know they sell rice
 > in 100 pound bags so odds favor they would carry the flavoring?

Yup!  Sure would!

 > I admit I look at a lot of the stuff they sell and have no idea just what
 > it is, and no way would I eat it!  :)

Try a durian ;-)
               xxcarol
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