to ask do people not make milk puddings anymore?

[5foot5]

I found a recipe I wanted to make Mincemeat and Shortbread squares. One of the ingredients is ground rice. Fine, but I knew I didn't have any so I added it to the shopping list.

DH did the shopping and came back saying he couldn't find it anywhere. Hmm. I went to look for myself. Admittedly it is not something I can remember having bought myself but I know it was a staple my mum always had in the cupboard for baking and making puddings with.

It will be where they keep the semolina I thought. I remembered all those weekday milk puddings my mum made - rice, ground rice, semolina, tapioca, sago. Find the ingredients for those and that is where the ground rice will be I thought.

Except they don't seem to exist anymore. I checked all the supermarkets in town and the wholefood store. No luck. Is this a whole species of pudding people just don't do anymore? Anyone know where I could get ground rice?

If you are still there and are at all interested I substituted ground almonds on the basis that:
a. It has "ground" in the name
b. I think my mum used ground rice sometimes as an economical substitute for ground almonds in recipes like maids of honour so maybe it will work out ok in reverse.

[MissTFied]

Have you tried the world food aisle? I think I remember seeing it there, next to the cornmeal.

[Davros]

It would have been pudding rice in my childhood, which we still buy as rice pudding is my absolute favourite. Ground rice I don't really know about

[GreenTulips]

Ground rice is American I think

Pudding rice would be in the flour isle

[Phosphorus]

Tesco sell it.

It's with the jelly/custard powder/meringues/pudding stuff.

I think those puddings are things people ate for want of a better option really.

If I wanted a nursery type pudding now, I'd go for crumble.

[DontMakeMeShushYou]

You can buy it from Amazon and I think in Waitrose too.

[MissTFied]

Pudding rice and ground rice are two different things.

[5foot5]

I know pudding rice and ground rice are different but my mum used to make a milk pudding with ground rice sometimes.

I thought I had searched Tesco pretty thoroughly but I am not sure I remember searching in the vicinity of jelly and custard

[Apocalyptichorsewoman]

I'll ask Ds1 - he's at uni and uses his slow cooker to make vats of rice pudding...

[HeyRoly]

Is it not the same as baby rice?

[SenecaFalls]

Ground rice is American I think
I'm American and never heard of it.

[Notso]

Unhelpful as I'm not telling you where I live but they sell ground rice in the corner shop near me.

[5foot5]

I think those puddings are things people ate for want of a better option really.

TBF My DD did comment that people prefer nice things these days. Which is a bit rich given the last time I bought semolina was 20 years ago when she was a toddler and the nursery told me she loved semolina. She didn't.

Actually I think a rice pudding baked slowly in the oven was lovely.

The other sorts of milk pudding were a bit boring really now I come to think about it

[GreenTulips]

You cat beat Angel Delight though

[Ivebeenaroundtheblock]

dh make pizza using semolina and corn bread using corn meal. i make rice pudding using left over rice and I've see rice pablum in the shops still but never heard of ground rice...

[5foot5]

Is it not the same as baby rice?

That's an interesting thought. Something I have not bought for over 20 years so I didn't think of it.

[bettytaghetti]

Apparently you can grind rice in a spice grinder. Alternatively rice flour will just have a smoother texture.
I love rice pudding! even when it comes in a can

[Aaviiii]

You can find ground rice in Indian stores. They have fine ground and also coarse ground.

[4catsaremylife]

Coincidentally I was eating some homemade ground rice pudding about an hour ago. I buy ground rice from Tesco and regularly make milk pudding but I am quite old and currently feel like death because of some dreadful virus I've caught

[CrazyDaze1]

I’m an expat in the US and sometimes my husband has to go to London for meetings. The last time he was over I asked him to buy some pudding rice (the only rice pudding I’ve seen here is in plastic yoghurt sized cartons and refridgerated...but usually has lots of weird sounding chemical preservatives/gums in it, which I avoid).

He came back with a couple of bags of pudding rice from Sainsbury’s; it’s in a clear plastic bag with a blue label. I made the pudding in my slow cooker and used almond milk as a vegan was joining me; she enjoyed it too!

[AssassinatedBeauty]

Is rice flour not the same thing?

[Asmallrole]

I have Whitworths ground rice in my cupboard. Morrison's, Asda and Waitrose sell it. As do Amazon. I love all milk puddings.

[Blondie1984]

You can get it in Tesco www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=ground%20rice

[CrazyDaze1]

Forgot to add; the blue label did state “Pudding Rice” from Sainsbury’s.

I think over here in the States, Arborio (risotto rice) is used in puddings. Basically you need short rice grains for puddings, or medium if you can’t find it.

[5foot5]

Thanks Aviiii.
I don't think we have an Indian store in our small town but I will bear it in mind next time I am in Manchester.
Strange really though that in the 1970s this wasn't an exotic ingredient but a store cupboard staple my mum always had.
Maybe it has just changed its name. Someone up thread mentioned rice flour.

Incidentally the ground almond substitute looks to have worked well.

[ferrier]

Tesco sell it www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254877419
I love mill puddings and so do dc. We have rice pudding and semolina or various flavours quite regularly. Delicious.