On 2/12/2016 11:24 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> Asians would be surprised to learn that some Westerners don't wash
>> their rice before cooking. It's just not in my DNA to follow that
>> practice.
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> But washing the rice gets rid of that cloudy stuff with bits in ... yes?
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I guess the rational is that American rice is super clean and contains
no talc. The best you can say about it is that it won't kill you if you
don't wash it. For Asians, that's not good enough! Hee hee.