Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoJapan faces rice shortage as South Korea battles oversupplywww.channelnewsasia.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167external-linkJapan faces rice shortage as South Korea battles oversupplywww.channelnewsasia.comYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareKoolio [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoJapanese people also just refuse to eat non-Japanese rice as an “inferior” product.
minus-squareElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoHave they never tried jasmine rice? It arguably better and I say that as someone who likes Japanese rice
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoIt’s just different tbh. Short grain Japanese style rice is great with certain meals. Using jasmine rice to make like sushi, for example, would be very weird. Jasmine rice has a different texture/feel than short grain Japanese/Korean rice.
Japanese people also just refuse to eat non-Japanese rice as an “inferior” product.
Have they never tried jasmine rice? It arguably better and I say that as someone who likes Japanese rice
It’s just different tbh. Short grain Japanese style rice is great with certain meals. Using jasmine rice to make like sushi, for example, would be very weird. Jasmine rice has a different texture/feel than short grain Japanese/Korean rice.