AYJAYDEE Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I remember a some years back when I still had to return to the states for work I told the guys I worked with, most grew up sons of rice farmers in SE Texas, that I had read an article that Thailand had patented Jasmine rice. They just laughed, said they had been growing Jasmine rice for over 20 years. i prefer cardboard to texas jasmine rice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfukata Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 with the carryon weight restrictions tightening on board as well as security check points, does one want to go this far with rice? for the same weight, I rather carry a box gift of chocolate or snack of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFarang Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 What a load of Poppycock. 1-2KG added to baggage of substandard Rice from stockpiles only fools will do. Anybody that knows Rice (Farangs) Have a great source of unpolished superb Jasmine rice and it makes its way round the world no matter what. Silly TAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trihent Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I wonder how many bags will end up in the trash as passengers go over the weight limits for baggage for connecting flights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Ah, 50 kilos of good Thai Jasmine rice is about 2000 baht, 40 baht per kilo. No bad! But, what will the airline charge for overweight luggage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Wonder what the tourists will think when on returning home they get sprung for bring food products into their country. Big fines.... And what about the creepie crawlies in the rice ?? Quarantine will go mad !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyLaos Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 You'll find a K of the Basmati is much much better and the taste and smell is far superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I know you can't take it back to Oz. Anyone out there know which other countries would take if from you at customs or fine you for tryng to import it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spermwhale Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 While Thai Hom Mali rice is probably the best rice I've ever tasted and smelled, the Thai government has in my 10 years in this country always been delusional about the "fame" of its Jasmine rice. They think it's renown all over the world and that people in other countries clamor for it. Well, nobody buys it overseas because it is always the most expensive rice on the grocery store shelves. Their main customers are Thais living abroad and Thai restaurants.But really, to think that people want to bring rice back home is so absurd. If someone gave me a bag of rice, I'd think, "Thanks cheapskate, next time I go to Idaho, I'm picking up a sack of potatoes for you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonarax Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Australian Customs are gonna love this... expect to get a call from DFAT you idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBerg Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Is someone actually being paid to come up with plans like this? Or is it just another way to spend public money to launch a pr-campaign. A campaign of course organised by a TROC (= Thaksin related overcharging company). Could be more profitable than selling clocks for government house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockman Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Meanwhile you go to board, flight personnel say oh cannot take on board, too heavy; must check as bag..for a nice round figure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisrazz Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 If an Australian or any traveller flying into any of our airports from Thailand walked up to quarantine/ customs holding a bag of rice it would be immediately confiscated and burned. It will be burned along with all the other crap food passengers bring in to Australia from SEAsia and China. Who the hell wants to receive a gift or buy a bag of useless rice and fly anywhere with it ? Has anyone overseas ever heard of Thai jasmine rice . who cares? How old is the rice anyway....2 years? Idiots. Your comments about Australian Customs is not correct. If you fail to declare food products on your incoming declaration form, and are caught, yes, you are in for trouble. If you declare food items, you are funnelled into quaranteen where your belongings are inspected, and, dependant on what it is you are carrying it is up to the discretion of the inspecting officer. This is on the the whole a faster way through customs than the 'Nothing to Declare" queue. My customs declaration usually has a few issues declared, my favorite is to get my boots checked for mud, as I live in a rural area, and when visiting Oz it's usually to the country, I feel it is of paramount inportance not to bring desease and or insects in. I give my footwear a really good scrub prior to departure and the often friendly quaranteen inspectors, in appreciation of my honesty, give them an added clean for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I think it's a brilliant idea for tourism. Some guy in the U.K. , Australia or wherever..... To his wife "honey we've run out of rice . I'll just duck out and get some" A couple of days in Pattaya and he picks up the 1KG of rice at King Power on his way out through swampy to take back home to the wife. What could be better. Couple of days in Pattaya and he'll probably pick something else up and take back home to the wife too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Makes one wonder what asylum was consulted for this idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Nice one. Share the weevils and that unique jasmine fragrance of rotting, fumigated Thai rice from government warehouses with loved ones back home. Amazing Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 This is a time when we should be allowed unlimited number of. with the occasional or We would then be allowed to show are true feelings on this magnificent plan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 They are getting desperate, the idiocy continues and reaches new heights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyuk Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Give them a break! It's marketing, MARKETING dear boy. Can't be any worse that much of the King Crap tourists usually buy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan michaud Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 What's going on here, we had this exact same stupid story a couple of weeks back? It is still an incredibly dumb idea but it does make for a good laugh on a Sunday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tragickingdom Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Why is the header so much different from that on the email in which your people suggested it was a load of c*** ? Maybe they have better marketing people at thai Visa. (but I doubt it given the 80's look of the site) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technology Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Ok please pick me off the floor when im done laughing. Yanyong Phuangrach, a Deputy Minister of Commerce has come up with a plan to put rice packets on airport shelves. Yanyong struggles to contain a rip-roaring burst of laughing loudly himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiinasia Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Great idea! I suggest the following gifts for other countries: Ireland = Bag of potatoes England = Plate of black pudding New Zealand = Bag of kiwifruit Australian = Tonne of Coal France = Spoonful of snails Germany = Half of Poland Sweden = 5 Ikea Meatballs Denmark = Box of Lego China = A bottle of fake milk I am stuck on what the USA could offer.,.. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat6 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 mr. yanyong hasn't done his homework.. Most food products are banned from entering Australia and I would imagine that there are other Countries that have similar policies. Australia grows good quality Jasmine Rice which is available from any local Supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBerg Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Great idea! I suggest the following gifts for other countries: Ireland = Bag of potatoes England = Plate of black pudding New Zealand = Bag of kiwifruit Australian = Tonne of Coal France = Spoonful of snails Germany = Half of Poland Sweden = 5 Ikea Meatballs Denmark = Box of Lego China = A bottle of fake milk I am stuck on what the USA could offer.,.. any ideas? Germany = half of Poland Can you elaborate on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonsequitur Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 This is totally non PC (not paleolithically correct): "...subtle aroma and flavor, and also full of nutrients,the ministry considers it an edible culture of the country."Hmm, aromatic, nutrient dense and edible!The Thai mad-men have thrown this irresisstable copyinto the mix and now we're going to have ricemountains in Europe, not to mention the already wellestablished grain mountains across the globe.Damn! ...and I had just started the Paleo Diet!Fingers crossed that rice eating doesn't take-off in the west. This is just not PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 You'll find a K of the Basmati is much much better and the taste and smell is far superior. Like coffee, the best rice in the world is the one that "you" like... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newermonkey Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Big problem will be the confiscation of it when they get back to customs/agriculture in their own country ... No... you see the Thai goverment is really cleaver, as you leave the kingdom your prized collection of rice will be confiscated by the customes department because you wont have the correct export documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 WIl they gift wrap mine at no charge? Just in time for the holidays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usual Suspect Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Bullwinkle: Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat! Rocky: Oh Bullwinkle, that trick never works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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