dsi1 wrote:

> On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 12:41:58 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> >
> > Ok... you are in Hawaii and don't know sweet rice? WOW.
> >
> > No, you do NOT have to cook it in coconut milk. It is a sticky rice
> > so yes, it will 'glump' as it is supposed to do that.
> >
> > It's most common use is sushi for exactly that 'glump' factor.
>
> I do know what sweet rice is, I just call it mochi rice. It's the
> rice that you can get in Thai restaurants. They call it "sticky"
> rice. You can also get regular Chinese style rice at Thai restaurants
> too.
>
> Sushi rice is made with medium grain rice i.e., Japanese rice. The
> rice is made by cooling down the hot rice while stirring and mixing.
> The old school way is to stir with one hand and fan the rice with the
> other. The reason you stir the rice is to keep the grains from
> clumping up. When it's done, the grains will be glistening and
> separate from each other. They will stick together if pressed but
> sushi should never be gummy. I used to watch my auntie make sushi
> rice. I don't have the patience or temperament to make it myself.
>
> You probably do eat more rice than I do. I'll have it at most twice a
> day because I usually eat two time a day.

Ok, petty much same thing, you just use different terms for some of it.