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"I_am_Tosk" wrote

>> Tosk, not sure where you are from or what ethnic, but what you say
>> matches
>> not at all Asia. 'Sticky rice' is an engrish term for rice that is easy
>> to
>> pickup with chopsticks. Medium grain and no sugar is added.
>>
>> Once you add other things, it gets a different name. What you described
>> was
>> a vinegar-free sushi type or the basics for a sweet riceball (you hide
>> edible treats of fruit or sweet beans inside).

>
> No... What I describe is Stickyrice, that's what the Asians I worked
> with called it.. It's not regular rice, no matter how much you would
> like to consider yourself all knowing.


Quit being an idiot Tosk. If you have a specific version you like (which
will have another name in Asia depending on location) thats fine. It won't
change the general term used from India to Japan and all areas across it,
stretching even to Australia.