I suspect you are right, Chris, as gummy rice just will not do. Unless of
course you are eating it with chop sticks.
Charlie
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ho ho, Charlie. I think that that’s to remove some of the starch; some
> people in the west don’t like sticky rice.
>
> The trouble with husking rice, as I understand it, is that you will remove
> much of the goodness of the rice. I first realised this about 45 years ago
> and thought it ironic then: that subsistence farmers were removing much of
> the goodness of their staple crop.
>
> Chris
>
> On 16 Apr 2014, at 13:50, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Nice shot , Tina. Surely rice was treated the same way around here in
> the
> > 18th century when rice was the king of crops. Now I know why old recipes
> > for rice dishes that have been passed down for generations begin with, "
> > First, wash the rice thoroughly."
>
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