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It's inherited from Japan, where 180ml is one gō, the standard measure for a portion of rice. Even more confusingly, this originates from a Chinese unit which
by resolutebat 3y ago
It's inherited from Japan, where 180ml is one gō, the standard measure for a portion of rice.
Even more confusingly, this originates from a Chinese unit which was standardized differently in modern China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_(unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_(unit)
- Modified3019 3y agoInteresting. I wish they had just labelled it as a "gō" then, alongside the mL equivalent, and told us about why/the history in a blurb on the box/manual and then it'd have own neat little cultural thing going on.
- mdhen 3y agoRice cookers are all the same, they come with plastic measuring cups that are that size. I just call them rice cups.