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brento1138
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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:54 am Post subject: Rice |
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I regularly buy both American and Korean rice. I like both. The Korean rice is just the usual brand of sticky rice, but a high quality one. The American rice is Uncle Ben's long grain rice. Now, I really enjoy long-grain rice and when I was buying the Uncle Ben's from the red-door in Itaewon, the woman there said that Koreans do not like that kind of rice since it falls apart. I keep hearing this from Koreans that they hate pretty much every rice except Korean rice. I also have a stock of Thai rice in my house I sometimes make with curries.
Personally, I like all kinds of rice, and my personal fav. would be the "Kohuna Rose" brand (sticky rice) from Japan, which strangely enough, you cannot find here. I like long-grain rice... But now I am wondering which one is actually more healthy? Long-grain or sticky? I think I just "feel better" after eating the American rice, actually...
Kind of a boring topic, but I just made some rice now, and thought about it. Anyone know which one is actually more healthy? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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lisac1983
Joined: 14 Dec 2008
Location: sydney, australia
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| Can you buy true sticky rice in Korea - the sticky rice that the northeast Thai and Lao eat? I have recently located it at a Laotian grocery store back home and it has become a staple of my diet. Once you go sticky, all other rice becomes icky! |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| lisac1983 wrote: |
| Can you buy true sticky rice in Korea - the sticky rice that the northeast Thai and Lao eat? I have recently located it at a Laotian grocery store back home and it has become a staple of my diet. Once you go sticky, all other rice becomes icky! |
Ahhh. You mean glutinous rice? The best I've ever eaten comes straight out of Hong Kong. And you're right about the sticky / icky thing. This stuff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_mai_gai |
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lisac1983
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| That's it! How good is it?!!! All it needs is a bit of soy sauce and chopped chillies or some crushed peanuts and it may well be the best thing since sliced bread! I hope I can find it in Korea. I will be a happy camper if I do. |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| lisac1983 wrote: |
| That's it! How good is it?!!! All it needs is a bit of soy sauce and chopped chillies or some crushed peanuts and it may well be the best thing since sliced bread! I hope I can find it in Korea. I will be a happy camper if I do. |
Hmmm... well, you pretty much cannot find it... except I've seen it frozen in shops nearby Ansan station. Just walk out of the station, follow all the Indonesian looking people... and walk into the "china town" area. I didn't try it tho, since it isn't fresh and probably more Northern Chinese style. But you can try it, lemme know if it's any good... |
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lsrupert
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I bought a huge jug of glutinous rice at Costco last month. I like sticky rice, but this stuff is crazy! It basically turns into one big chunk of rice.  I have added a mixture of grains to it, and it's a bit better, but I prefer the slightly sticky rice I guess. Not into eating hunks of rice. |
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