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Pretty skeptical about that. Rice is rice.

• sithadmin 11y ago
  >Rice is rice. Coming from a long line of rice farmers...I can assure you that this is really not the case. Rice has HUGE variations between various rice cultivars, and HUGE variations in the end result depending on how the grains are polished. Environmental factors and cultivation/growing methods also influence the taste and nutritional profile of the grain. A lot of people, particularly in the West, just simply aren't aware of these differences because they've historically never had access to much other than regular milled white rice. You're also overlooking the fact that Japan's farmers grow nearly every sort of vegetable and fruit produce imaginable.
• veidr 11y ago
  Ha ha ha! As an American living in Japan, who doesn't even particularly like rice, I would have once thought so too, but have learned that's not true in the slightest. That would probably be like saying to somebody in my native Northern California, "Hey, grapes are grapes." I have also learned rice is not the only foodstuff Japan makes that kicks ass. Peaches, garlic, strawberries, and melons are among several plant-based foods I have had here, with a quality that I never experienced back home in US and A (or anywhere else). (Of course, one perfect, individually-wrapped peach night cost $8, but that's another story.) Then of course there's the beef...
  • mucker 11y ago
    NorCal is also a major producer of rice...just not in the hill country but in and about Sacramento all along the river.