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After I released a lamb that had got its head stuck in a fence, it ran halfway across the field to a ewe and immediately started suckling. I heard no calling, so how did the lamb recognise its mother from all the other ewes it ran past? It can hardly have been the coat she was wearing.
An earlier question in The Last Word gave warnings about eating leftover rice. I have seen this advice before, saying it is not safe to keep cooked rice for more than a short time, even in the fridge. Yet supermarkets sell a lot of chilled meals that include rice and these can have "use by" dates up to a week away. What is different about the cooked rice in these meals?