I was lucky enough to be asked by BzzAgent to Bzz Carolina Rice. If you don’t know what BzzAgent is, you can go read a post I did recently when I was Bzz’ing Tropicana Pure Valencia.

This time I got the chance to Bzz Carolina Rice – both Jasmine and Basmati. I was very excited when I saw the campaign, because the Carolina Jasmine rice is something I buy and use on a regular basis, and I have never tried the Basmati rice, so it will be a good chance to try something new.

When I was younger, I thought all white rice was the same. All I knew was it was boring, and something that I didn’t want to eat. Well, things really changed. When Scott and I bought our house and started cooking, we were looking for something to go with some of our Asian dishes, and by chance ended up buying Carolina Jasmine rice. I can’t tell you how much we like it. Well, I guess I can. Ever since then, that’s what we buy.

We both really enjoy the taste. I never liked “plain” white rice, and thought it was boring, but the Carolina Jasmine rice really goes well with the rest of my meal, and I really enjoy the taste.

I also really like the price! The Carolina Jasmine rice (the 2lb bag) is usually under $3.00. If you wait for it to go on sale, and use a coupon (there are almost ALWAYS current coupons for it out in the Sunday newspaper), you will never have to pay a lot for it.

I haven’t tried the Basmati rice yet. I had never bought it before because I wasn’t sure exactly what to do with it, but after visiting the Carolina Rice website, I have found a few recipes to try, which I hope to do later this week.

While not part of the Bzz Campaign, this is also a good place to recommend the Carolina Rice Mixes. They’re small packages, so you’d make the entire bag at once. They have a lot of different kinds, and when you use a coupon on them (they often have coupons for this as well!) you will hardly pay anything to get some great tasting rice!

It’s great to be able to buy something that doesn’t cost much, yet still tastes really great.