Ok crafty people - what would you do with this

Now that you mention it being a really "country" kitchen look, it wouldn't
go with my kitchen.

When I first saw the sack of rice at Sam's, my husband suggested getting one
and sharing it with his mother, his sister and my sister. There's just the
two of us at my house and it would take us forever to use all of it!

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
Definitely a "country" kitchen look.
If you want the bag, email off line! I liked it better when it was the
"original" bags, not the "Berkley and Jensen" brand.

I've bought jasmine and basmati rice in the 25 pound bags - takes too long
to eat it all though. I almost never buy "white" rice anymore - no flavor.

Cheryl


On 2/4/04 9:43 PM, in article BaiUb.6384$Le3.1613@okepread04, "Bonnie"
wrote:

I've seen rice in those burlap bags and thought I would buy one next
time we
make a trip to a Sam's. I don't know if theirs has a zipper in it tho.
I
don't know what I would do with the bag, either. I think I just want to
HAVE it. Maybe frame it.....not stretched, but just pressed under the
glass...and hang in the kitchen.

Bonnie

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

I find the 10 pound bag of basmati lasts around 10 months. The same amount
of jasmine lasts about 14 months. I do a lot of "Oriental/Asian" cooking
and even in chicken rice soup, we like the basmati better.
But I am feeding 4 with a teenager to be in the house.
Cheryl

On 2/5/04 7:10 AM, in article 9pqUb.6430$Le3.2620@okepread04, "Bonnie"
wrote:

Now that you mention it being a really "country" kitchen look, it wouldn't
go with my kitchen.

When I first saw the sack of rice at Sam's, my husband suggested getting one
and sharing it with his mother, his sister and my sister. There's just the
two of us at my house and it would take us forever to use all of it!

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
Definitely a "country" kitchen look.
If you want the bag, email off line! I liked it better when it was the
"original" bags, not the "Berkley and Jensen" brand.

I've bought jasmine and basmati rice in the 25 pound bags - takes too long
to eat it all though. I almost never buy "white" rice anymore - no flavor.

Cheryl


On 2/4/04 9:43 PM, in article BaiUb.6384$Le3.1613@okepread04, "Bonnie"
wrote:

I've seen rice in those burlap bags and thought I would buy one next
time we
make a trip to a Sam's. I don't know if theirs has a zipper in it tho.
I
don't know what I would do with the bag, either. I think I just want to
HAVE it. Maybe frame it.....not stretched, but just pressed under the
glass...and hang in the kitchen.

Bonnie

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

Since there are handles already - maybe a bag for DD or to hold supplies for
scouts!
Cheryl

On 2/5/04 7:48 AM, in article , "Mirjam
Bruck-Cohen" wrote:

Huuuuum Cheryl , a work of art, a dirty wash holder, embroider or
rather applique over it, and make it into a Ruck sack for handcrafts
supplies etc,,,
mirjam
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:54:42 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

Huuuuum Cheryl , a work of art, a dirty wash holder, embroider or
rather applique over it, and make it into a Ruck sack for handcrafts
supplies etc,,,
mirjam
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:54:42 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

On 2/4/04 10:08 PM,"Dr. Brat" posted:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 2/4/04 8:09 PM, in article , "Dr. Brat"
wrote:


Cheryl Isaak wrote:

I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Burlap is for hooking designs on with wool strips.

Elizabeth

Awfully small rug!

Doesn't have to be a rug. Can be a container for things. Or a pillow.
Can't you just see a couple of them filled with beans lined up on a couch?

Y'know, in India, people recycle them for other odd uses in the house. The
very poor might use them stuffed as a pillow, but I've never seen those used
for decoration (other than in a shop stall - hanging as adverts). The burlap
in the rice bags is pretty itchy, not great quality.

OTOH, years ago my cousin (the earth mother) in Australia brought me as a
gift - 2 very nice burlap bags. Much finer than the ones Basmati rice comes
in - with interesting designs on them - suggested making something. She
lived quite outside any city, and this was her homey idea. I still have the
bags - another Unstarted Project ;^)

ellice

I have a Filipina DIL and we buy rice 25 lbs at a time (Jasmine) and it
disapears about every month. There are5 of us and we all eat rice, tho DIL
eats the most- every day two or three times sometimes.
When I was a kid, we go dog food in 100 lb gunny sacks as well as chicken
scratch and food for cows and horses. We often made tote bags and
embroidered them with yarn and/or felt. We also made dolls and used the
burlap too, as she said, for rug backing. It also, depending on the its
weave, might do for a cross stitch wall hanging, maybe a huge sampler with
applique.
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
I find the 10 pound bag of basmati lasts around 10 months. The same amount
of jasmine lasts about 14 months. I do a lot of "Oriental/Asian" cooking
and even in chicken rice soup, we like the basmati better.
But I am feeding 4 with a teenager to be in the house.
Cheryl

On 2/5/04 7:10 AM, in article 9pqUb.6430$Le3.2620@okepread04, "Bonnie"
wrote:

Now that you mention it being a really "country" kitchen look, it
wouldn't
go with my kitchen.

When I first saw the sack of rice at Sam's, my husband suggested getting
one
and sharing it with his mother, his sister and my sister. There's just
the
two of us at my house and it would take us forever to use all of it!

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
Definitely a "country" kitchen look.
If you want the bag, email off line! I liked it better when it was the
"original" bags, not the "Berkley and Jensen" brand.

I've bought jasmine and basmati rice in the 25 pound bags - takes too
long
to eat it all though. I almost never buy "white" rice anymore - no
flavor.

Cheryl


On 2/4/04 9:43 PM, in article BaiUb.6384$Le3.1613@okepread04, "Bonnie"
wrote:

I've seen rice in those burlap bags and thought I would buy one next
time we
make a trip to a Sam's. I don't know if theirs has a zipper in it
tho.
I
don't know what I would do with the bag, either. I think I just want
to
HAVE it. Maybe frame it.....not stretched, but just pressed under the
glass...and hang in the kitchen.

Bonnie

"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
...
I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

Grocery shopping. Absolutely perfect for that! Get enough of them
along with freebie totebags, and you can come home without nasty
plastic bags!

Monique

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

On 2/5/04 9:04 AM, in article ,
"cheshirecat" wrote:

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:54:42 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
opined:

I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

Manure and make compost tea.

An other gardener heard from!

I had some old burlap that I had used for that purpose, but that sounds like
a plan!

Cheryl

Only for quickie shopping - it's only a 10 pound bag! I can just see
whipping it out next time I go to TJMaxx bra hunting!
Cheryl

On 2/5/04 10:36 AM, in article , "Monique
Reed" wrote:

Grocery shopping. Absolutely perfect for that! Get enough of them
along with freebie totebags, and you can come home without nasty
plastic bags!

Monique

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

I buy rice, in bulk, that comes in a nice burlap bag, complete with a
zipper.

Any thoughts on how to re-use this?

Cheryl

Burlap is indeep what you stitch on for many of the Swedish Christmas bags if
you are interested in that.
SWEDEN The children eagerly await the arrival of the dwarf Jultomten, or Tomten
as he is often called. Jultomten comes Christmas Eve riding on a goat and
bringing toys in a decorated burlap sack to all the childen.