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National Fried Rice Day
Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1"* wrote in message
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> On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 10:05:45 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1"* wrote in message
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>> We use medium grain rice for fried rice. The Chinese would use
>> long grain
>> rice. My guess is that most of the fried rice on the mainland is
>> made with
>> long grain rice. Fried rice is a very complex subject. 
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>> ** As you know, I use short grain rice, the same as the one we use
>> for rice
>> pudding.* The packs of Sushi rice I are also short grain rice. Is
>> yours?
>> I guess I have only seen short or long grain rice.
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> Sushi and musubi are made with short/medium grain rice. Beats me
> what the difference is between short and medium grain rice. My guess
> is that, for practical purposes, they are the same. My guess is that
> your daughter in China is eating a lot of long grain rice. I don't
> have a clue why the Chinese favor that stuff. It's almost impossible
> to eat with chopsticks.
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> The locals here buy short grain rice in 15/20 lb bags. My favorite
> brand of rice is whatever brand is selling for cheap. My
> mother-in-law would favor the high priced premium rice. I can't tell
> the difference but that could be due to the fact that I'm just a
> commoner-type person.
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> As far as brown rice goes, I'm surprised to see Asians eating the
> rice that used to be associated with white counter-culture hippy
> dudes into yoga, macrobiotic diets, and natural living. My son
> bought some pre-cooked bowls of brown rice. It's okay, I guess. I
> shouldn't be eating any color of rice anyway.
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> Namaste
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> ** To you too <g>
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