On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 11:42:14 AM UTC-10, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 8:03:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "cshenk" wrote in message
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> > Ophelia wrote:
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> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
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> > > On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 12:34:57 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> > > > I don't know. My type is short grain used here for rice
> > > > puddings
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> > >
> > > Thanks for the clarification. Mochi rice is a different type of rice,
> > > one that is high in gluten. Beat me how that is. It is prepared by
> > > steaming and is quite chewy. I think it would work swell in rice
> > > pudding. I had some at a Thai restaurant on Sunday. It was mochi rice
> > > in sweetened coconut cream. Gosh, it's good stuff.
> > >
> > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osGfh5A7ta0
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> > > ====
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> > > Is that short grain rice?
> >
> > There are many types of short grain rice.
> >
> > ====
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> > Yes, I know, but I was asking if 'that' rice, was short grain!
>
> It's damn confusing! "sticky rice" to a Japanese person is mushy rice the way the Japanese prefer it. "Sticky rice" is also a high-starch rice served in Thai restaurants. It's not mushy but chewy. We can get sticky rice or regular Thai rice in restaurants over here. The Thai sticky rice is a long grain high-starch rice. The Japanese high-gluten rice is a short-grain rice that is not served with meals. They call it "mochi rice."
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> My guess is that I've made you even more confused than before. Sorry about that. If you would like to make mochi, don't start with the grain mochi rice - use sweet rice/mochi flour.
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> https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/84...-butter-mochi/

I was mistaken about the Japanese "high-gluten" rice. It is called "glutinous rice" but it contains, like all rice, no gluten. Go figure! Sorry about that.