"Sqwertz" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

> the other way about. He's talking a specific variation in thailand but
>> using the generic name used across all asia for a much wider version.
>
> So you're saying "Stick Rice" is the default rice in Asia? (you
> conveniently snipped what you said). But that is far from the truth.

Whatever. You have issues if you add 'stick rice'. That actually has a
meaning but it''s a noodle form.

> It's true that steamed white rice (Asian-style) sticks together more
> than say...Uncle Ben's, but it's not called "Sticky Rice",. I will
> grant you that there are two levels of "Sticky Rice" but neither one
> is the default white rice of Asia.

Sticky rice would scream in horror at being associated with Uncle Bens.