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> does washing rice for 3 years really make your sushi that much better? I think so. Preparing rice properly is not easy. Most of the time it's not done well,
by Canada 11y ago
> does washing rice for 3 years really make your sushi that much better?
I think so. Preparing rice properly is not easy. Most of the time it's not done well, even in Japan.
> The way sushi chefs talk about sushi makes it sound like there's some sort of massive, order-of-magnitude difference between them and the "sushi men".
The way hackers talk about code makes it sound like there's some sort of massive, order-of-magnitude difference between them and some guy who started making web sites with Wordpress a couple years ago.
Having sushi prepared by a man who knows the names and favors of hundreds of different kinds of fish by heart, who knows exactly what time of year they're best, how to perfectly cut and season them, what temperature each needs to be served at, who has access to buy the best of the best and who won't accept any compromise on the rice is objectively different.
I also love the cheap junk food rolls. The ones that come with a generous amount of spicy mayo, tempura flakes and all that... but how much skill does it really take to prepare that? Deep fried stuff and favored mayo makes anything taste good.
It's like the difference between a cigarette and a cigar. Sure, they're both tobacco, and maybe the cigar is overpriced, but they're objectively not the same experience.
- jmspring 11y agoYou are correct, experience to distinguish differences is important. The original commentor really went for the "it's just X, why is it better than Y". There are some who have the experience, pallet, and knowledge where they could easily answer that question across every nuance brought up. At the same point, given the tone of the original comment, there are people where any explanation will not make a difference. Even more absurd is the main negative commentators may be the same type of people to push one popular coding solution over another because "popular". Just like becoming adept with coding (not instantaneous web scale, redesign a few months later), cooking, knowledge of ingredients, experimentation, and learning takes time. Three years on rice? The Japanese have built a culture around learning very specific techniques in-depth which has merit. Your skepticism is spot on. The OC and similar comments seem typical of a tech culture that needs to get out and experience more.
- archagon 11y agoBlind studies have shown that wine experts aren't nearly as good at identifying wine as they think they are. Same thing with high-end audio. People are incredibly susceptible to the placebo effect, and I think it's good to be skeptical when it comes to sensory matters — especially ones where the entrenched position is "this is sooo much better than everything else" and the price (whether in dollars or years of life given) is incredibly high. The brain is incentivized to value the product in these kinds of situation far out of proportion to its actual value.