Of course "rice paddies". This post is making me revisit my
childhood. It's been close too four decades since I've had any
crawdad rice croquettes. The biggest harvest of the rice fields was
crayfish. I'd usually find them in the brackish water of a back bay
swamp. Actually crabbing was easier on the piers. I don't think any
Japanese ate any more fish and rice than I did growing up. We never
cooked eels.

Jim

(Space Cowboy) wrote in message . com...
All I know is stay away from refined and bleached rice which
automatically eliminates Uncle Ben. The Asian markets have the bags
which looks like they came directly from the rice patties side by side
with the rice cookers so it doesn't turn out as porridge. I grew up
on red beans and rice usually with rice pudding as desert. Making
good rice is like making good fudge.

Jim

crymad wrote in message ...
This whole brown vs. white rice thing has been bothering me. I recall
researching the topic in the past, and that's probably when I stopped
fretting about eating white rice.
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