Begin Japanology - Rice

[yuiyoshida]

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[haikugal]

1. I love Japanese rice, it's delishious!

Still rocking your videos, keep them coming...and thanks!

[amerikat]

2. Love this entire series.

Thanks. I think you turned me on to the series.

[yuiyoshida]

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[DetlefK]

4. I once tried to make special treat for my co-workers.

We were on a retreat and took turns cooking. For dessert, I cooked a stiff and sweet rice-pudding (with milk) and caramelized, slightly cooked apple-bits. I had two japanese co-workers. Well... They ate the apples.

[yuiyoshida]

5. I am sure they were probably used to

the kind of rice, one finds with Sushi, short fat, white grains. Much of the rice served in the US are the kind people find in India. There are Basically three types of rice Japonica, Indica, and Javanica...and if you ever had the Japanese rice, its really so much better than the other two.

[DetlefK]

6. You know what kind of rice Asians buy in german supermarkets?

The rice that is advertised for making "milk-rice" (rice-pudding): Round, white grains and when boiled it becomes sticky.

But I guess they only buy it when they are too lazy to get to a dedicated store for asian food. I don't know if those two kinds of rice are the same or just "close-enough" to each other.