to wonder why, in 2012, given all that mankind has achieved....

[Moominguru]

we still seem incapable of manufacturing a bag for rice that opens properly! All I want is for it not to tear in a way that makes pouring it impossible without covering the kitchen floor ffs! But it does. Every bloody time.

Is that really beyond us? IS IT?

(And if you know the magic/obvious trick to this that I am missing - please share! I don't care how stupid it makes me look!)

I am a terrible terrible person. I buy the 'boil in the bag' ones

Scissors...snip off the top in a straight line and then fold it over and tape it shut

Or use a rice jar after you've snipped the top of the bag off.

get thee to Home Bargains and buy one of those square tins that has a picture of a washing machine on it. Pour the rice into that, and then measure it out with a mug - the tin is big enough to get the mug into it.

No stress, no spills.

I was going to say I don't have that problem and then I realised you meant non-microwave

I'm sure I've tried scissors - the bag just seems so full that I still end up spilling. I must just be a cack handed so-and-so

I always empty my Basmati into this. I strongly recommend you buy one.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000FDVE84/ref=asc_df_B000FDVE8411083165?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B000FDVE84

I snip the edge of the rice packet with scissors and empty straight in. Voila! No more spilt rice!

Brilliant - an excuse to go to Home Bargains! Dp will be so pleased. He shudders whenever I announce I'm going there, almost as much as when I suggest a trip to Dunelm Mill.

i use a tub as it always tears

I have a Tupperware box and empty the bag in that, then use a cup to measure.

I only use microwave rice lazy efficient person that I am

It's always whole grain - does that make it any better

Mooning I shudder at the the thought of a shopping trip at Dunelm Mill. My sister and mum shopping together, its scary.

Tip the bag so that there is no rice in one top corner. Snip that corner so you have a gap of about an inch. Pour rice neatly. Put a bag peg thingy on the folded down corner so you don't get a cupboard full of rice.

I bought a big 5kg pot of basmati from ASDA. DH pours big bags of rice into it every so often.
(My hands are tiny, he can hold pot and bag, I'd make a huge mess)

I use the bags but when I first open it I open it inside the pan I'm going to cook the rice in.

cant you just snip the top corner of the bag and pour?

I'm with you Moomin - why?