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By mistake I stored rice in a detergent box. I took it out for cooking, but it smells like detergent. What should I do? Is there any trick that can remove the detergent smell from rice, or is it not safe to use?










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          The simplest trick is to place all the contaminated rice in the detergent box in the nearest trash bin, then obtain new rice. When it comes to cheap food staples like rice it's not worth the risk of eating tainted product, specially with substances that can wreak havoc on your digestive system like detergents.






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            I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
            – RoboKaren
            6 hours ago






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            Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
            – Clockwork
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          The rice smells like detergent because it absorbs very well what you mix with or around it.



          If you have a new/old or hard to clean container/board that smells weird, you can put that detergent-smelling-rice in/on it and its smell will be reduced.



          Irregular containers cleaned up with rice



          Using dry rice for cleaning up things is an old grandma's trick. Here are other possible uses:




          In the case of water left from rice rinsing, you may be surprised that it virtually turns into a versatile cleaning agent that can be applied to diverse surfaces, from your skin to average kitchenware.



          • The smell of new paint on furniture can also be removed by wiping it repeatedly with a cloth soaked in rice water.


          • Towels that are tainted with fruit juices, sauces and sweat patches can likewise be cleaned by boiling them in rice water for about 10 minutes.

          • you can bleach a white shirt by submerging it in rice water for ten minutes before washing it with soap. The shirt will emerge as good as new.


          • removes the unpleasant odor from old chopping boards where meat is cut up. Submerge the board in rice water overnight and then scrub it with salt.

          • To remove rust from kitchen knives and other metallic instruments, put the items in the rice water for several hours before scrubbing them.






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            Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
            – Nuclear Wang
            4 hours ago






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            Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
            – SnakeDoc
            4 hours ago






          • 2




            @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
            – CPHPython
            4 hours ago






          • 5




            I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
            – dlb
            3 hours ago







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            You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
            – Justin
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          The simplest trick is to place all the contaminated rice in the detergent box in the nearest trash bin, then obtain new rice. When it comes to cheap food staples like rice it's not worth the risk of eating tainted product, specially with substances that can wreak havoc on your digestive system like detergents.






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            I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
            – RoboKaren
            6 hours ago






          • 2




            Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
            – Clockwork
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          The simplest trick is to place all the contaminated rice in the detergent box in the nearest trash bin, then obtain new rice. When it comes to cheap food staples like rice it's not worth the risk of eating tainted product, specially with substances that can wreak havoc on your digestive system like detergents.






          share|improve this answer
















          • 13




            I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
            – RoboKaren
            6 hours ago






          • 2




            Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
            – Clockwork
            1 hour ago













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          up vote
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          The simplest trick is to place all the contaminated rice in the detergent box in the nearest trash bin, then obtain new rice. When it comes to cheap food staples like rice it's not worth the risk of eating tainted product, specially with substances that can wreak havoc on your digestive system like detergents.






          share|improve this answer












          The simplest trick is to place all the contaminated rice in the detergent box in the nearest trash bin, then obtain new rice. When it comes to cheap food staples like rice it's not worth the risk of eating tainted product, specially with substances that can wreak havoc on your digestive system like detergents.







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            I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
            – RoboKaren
            6 hours ago






          • 2




            Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
            – Clockwork
            1 hour ago













          • 13




            I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
            – RoboKaren
            6 hours ago






          • 2




            Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
            – Clockwork
            1 hour ago








          13




          13




          I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
          – RoboKaren
          6 hours ago




          I find the trick of putting the contaminated product in a trash bin also works really well for pantry moths. You should get a patent on that!
          – RoboKaren
          6 hours ago




          2




          2




          Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
          – Clockwork
          1 hour ago





          Even if there was a way to effectively remove the detergent, the taste would still be awful. I had to eat rice which was prepared in a room full of paint scent once. The rice tasted like paint, despite not being mixed with it.
          – Clockwork
          1 hour ago













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          The rice smells like detergent because it absorbs very well what you mix with or around it.



          If you have a new/old or hard to clean container/board that smells weird, you can put that detergent-smelling-rice in/on it and its smell will be reduced.



          Irregular containers cleaned up with rice



          Using dry rice for cleaning up things is an old grandma's trick. Here are other possible uses:




          In the case of water left from rice rinsing, you may be surprised that it virtually turns into a versatile cleaning agent that can be applied to diverse surfaces, from your skin to average kitchenware.



          • The smell of new paint on furniture can also be removed by wiping it repeatedly with a cloth soaked in rice water.


          • Towels that are tainted with fruit juices, sauces and sweat patches can likewise be cleaned by boiling them in rice water for about 10 minutes.

          • you can bleach a white shirt by submerging it in rice water for ten minutes before washing it with soap. The shirt will emerge as good as new.


          • removes the unpleasant odor from old chopping boards where meat is cut up. Submerge the board in rice water overnight and then scrub it with salt.

          • To remove rust from kitchen knives and other metallic instruments, put the items in the rice water for several hours before scrubbing them.






          share|improve this answer


















          • 2




            Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
            – Nuclear Wang
            4 hours ago






          • 3




            Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
            – SnakeDoc
            4 hours ago






          • 2




            @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
            – CPHPython
            4 hours ago






          • 5




            I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
            – dlb
            3 hours ago







          • 2




            You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
            – Justin
            3 hours ago














          up vote
          8
          down vote













          The rice smells like detergent because it absorbs very well what you mix with or around it.



          If you have a new/old or hard to clean container/board that smells weird, you can put that detergent-smelling-rice in/on it and its smell will be reduced.



          Irregular containers cleaned up with rice



          Using dry rice for cleaning up things is an old grandma's trick. Here are other possible uses:




          In the case of water left from rice rinsing, you may be surprised that it virtually turns into a versatile cleaning agent that can be applied to diverse surfaces, from your skin to average kitchenware.



          • The smell of new paint on furniture can also be removed by wiping it repeatedly with a cloth soaked in rice water.


          • Towels that are tainted with fruit juices, sauces and sweat patches can likewise be cleaned by boiling them in rice water for about 10 minutes.

          • you can bleach a white shirt by submerging it in rice water for ten minutes before washing it with soap. The shirt will emerge as good as new.


          • removes the unpleasant odor from old chopping boards where meat is cut up. Submerge the board in rice water overnight and then scrub it with salt.

          • To remove rust from kitchen knives and other metallic instruments, put the items in the rice water for several hours before scrubbing them.






          share|improve this answer


















          • 2




            Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
            – Nuclear Wang
            4 hours ago






          • 3




            Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
            – SnakeDoc
            4 hours ago






          • 2




            @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
            – CPHPython
            4 hours ago






          • 5




            I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
            – dlb
            3 hours ago







          • 2




            You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
            – Justin
            3 hours ago












          up vote
          8
          down vote










          up vote
          8
          down vote









          The rice smells like detergent because it absorbs very well what you mix with or around it.



          If you have a new/old or hard to clean container/board that smells weird, you can put that detergent-smelling-rice in/on it and its smell will be reduced.



          Irregular containers cleaned up with rice



          Using dry rice for cleaning up things is an old grandma's trick. Here are other possible uses:




          In the case of water left from rice rinsing, you may be surprised that it virtually turns into a versatile cleaning agent that can be applied to diverse surfaces, from your skin to average kitchenware.



          • The smell of new paint on furniture can also be removed by wiping it repeatedly with a cloth soaked in rice water.


          • Towels that are tainted with fruit juices, sauces and sweat patches can likewise be cleaned by boiling them in rice water for about 10 minutes.

          • you can bleach a white shirt by submerging it in rice water for ten minutes before washing it with soap. The shirt will emerge as good as new.


          • removes the unpleasant odor from old chopping boards where meat is cut up. Submerge the board in rice water overnight and then scrub it with salt.

          • To remove rust from kitchen knives and other metallic instruments, put the items in the rice water for several hours before scrubbing them.






          share|improve this answer














          The rice smells like detergent because it absorbs very well what you mix with or around it.



          If you have a new/old or hard to clean container/board that smells weird, you can put that detergent-smelling-rice in/on it and its smell will be reduced.



          Irregular containers cleaned up with rice



          Using dry rice for cleaning up things is an old grandma's trick. Here are other possible uses:




          In the case of water left from rice rinsing, you may be surprised that it virtually turns into a versatile cleaning agent that can be applied to diverse surfaces, from your skin to average kitchenware.



          • The smell of new paint on furniture can also be removed by wiping it repeatedly with a cloth soaked in rice water.


          • Towels that are tainted with fruit juices, sauces and sweat patches can likewise be cleaned by boiling them in rice water for about 10 minutes.

          • you can bleach a white shirt by submerging it in rice water for ten minutes before washing it with soap. The shirt will emerge as good as new.


          • removes the unpleasant odor from old chopping boards where meat is cut up. Submerge the board in rice water overnight and then scrub it with salt.

          • To remove rust from kitchen knives and other metallic instruments, put the items in the rice water for several hours before scrubbing them.







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            Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
            – Nuclear Wang
            4 hours ago






          • 3




            Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
            – SnakeDoc
            4 hours ago






          • 2




            @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
            – CPHPython
            4 hours ago






          • 5




            I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
            – dlb
            3 hours ago







          • 2




            You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
            – Justin
            3 hours ago












          • 2




            Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
            – Nuclear Wang
            4 hours ago






          • 3




            Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
            – SnakeDoc
            4 hours ago






          • 2




            @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
            – CPHPython
            4 hours ago






          • 5




            I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
            – dlb
            3 hours ago







          • 2




            You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
            – Justin
            3 hours ago







          2




          2




          Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
          – Nuclear Wang
          4 hours ago




          Won't putting detergent-smelling rice in a weird-smelling container just result in rice that smells like both detergent and weirdness? I don't see how that will reduce the detergent smell of the rice. The question is about how to get smells out of rice, you seem to focus on how to get smells out of other things by using rice.
          – Nuclear Wang
          4 hours ago




          3




          3




          Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
          – SnakeDoc
          4 hours ago




          Perhaps this is a good, natural, trick to making something like a musty cabinet smell better!
          – SnakeDoc
          4 hours ago




          2




          2




          @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
          – CPHPython
          4 hours ago




          @NuclearWang the issue that mech raised in his answer was that the rice may go to waste. My answer just provides an alternative... Also, you do use detergent to clean most containers, so unless the container itself absorbs detergent, and since common rice generally absorbs smells, you shouldn't need to worry about it...
          – CPHPython
          4 hours ago




          5




          5




          I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
          – dlb
          3 hours ago





          I too hate to waste food, but too me once food is contaminated, it is contaminated. I consider this a nice alternative, use the rice for a secondary purpose. It is wasted as food, but try to salvage something useful from it. Suggest a combo of your answer and mechs. Don't eat it, but find another use.
          – dlb
          3 hours ago





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          You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
          – Justin
          3 hours ago




          You can also fill a new sock with rice and sew it closed. Use as a hot/cold pack for injuries (by freezing or microwaving it).
          – Justin
          3 hours ago










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