Sweet tea is an abomination and an affront to all the Indians and Chinese that were exploited/enslaved/massacred by the English and Dutch. If I want something that sweet, it damned well better be a Mint Julep (the pinnacle of southern mixology).

However.

We must all face the fact at some point in our lives that Alton Brown is not a god but a mortal being, you are facing it now and I sympathize.

Be strong little soldier.

When I was a kid the wonderbread children always talked about how horrible whole wheat was (because it wasn’t sweet and had flavor). I’d like to say the white rice brown rice is the same issue (and nutritionally I think it is), but brown rice only seems to go with a few dishes. I like it with bean-tomato dishes. It isn’t bad with golden curry. But it just doesn’t seem to work with a lot of finer sauces.

Of course, this ignores the fact that the only acceptable starches are oats, potatoes and barley. If you’re eating anything else, you’re a pervert and probably some kind of criminal as well.

That said, Indian rice is usually OK because of the great sauce that’s all over it making it stick together.

An older rice show had long grain white and rice pilaf.

Look them up on goodeatsfanpage.com

and I like brown rice too, so nyah