Comments on: Japanese Rice: then and now http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-2699 Doug Sat, 16 May 2009 08:47:48 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-2699 Thanks Adrian and welcome to the JLR! Sadly, the pot is gone but we got a simliar Le Crueset, just larger (works even better now for cooking rice). Hopefully others will find your comments though. :) Thanks again! Thanks Adrian and welcome to the JLR! Sadly, the pot is gone but we got a simliar Le Crueset, just larger (works even better now for cooking rice). Hopefully others will find your comments though. :)

Thanks again!

]]> By: Adrian M. http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-2698 Adrian M. Sat, 16 May 2009 02:48:05 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-2698 This advice may come a little bit late, but you can probably recover that Le Crueset pot. Take it outside and spray down the burned-on crust with a few good shots of oven cleaner. Let it sit, according to the instructions, and rinse it thoroughly. Wipe it down with something disposable and repeat if necessary until the crust is gone. Once all the crust is gone, boil a few full pots of water through it, just to make sure you didn't leave any oven cleaner residue behind. The oven cleaner won't "contaminate" the pot or anything - the porcelain coating is as impermeable as glass. You just want to make sure it's completely cleaned. This advice may come a little bit late, but you can probably recover that Le Crueset pot. Take it outside and spray down the burned-on crust with a few good shots of oven cleaner. Let it sit, according to the instructions, and rinse it thoroughly. Wipe it down with something disposable and repeat if necessary until the crust is gone.

Once all the crust is gone, boil a few full pots of water through it, just to make sure you didn’t leave any oven cleaner residue behind. The oven cleaner won’t “contaminate” the pot or anything – the porcelain coating is as impermeable as glass. You just want to make sure it’s completely cleaned.

]]> By: isabella mori http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-2531 isabella mori Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:07:41 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-2531 this is exactly how i learned to cook rice, from my (german) mother, who learned it from a korean friend. my japanese husband frowns at it and always measures the rice out. love the idea of adding other grains. will have to try that - flax comes to mind. what do you use? sprinkles? furikake, you mean? this is exactly how i learned to cook rice, from my (german) mother, who learned it from a korean friend. my japanese husband frowns at it and always measures the rice out.

love the idea of adding other grains. will have to try that – flax comes to mind. what do you use?

sprinkles? furikake, you mean?

]]> By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-2509 Doug Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:49:05 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-2509 <strong>Kendall:</strong> Brown rice is great, but you can't feed it to little kids, as it's hard to digest, so we still eat white rice, but cook it with millet and other grains. But when they were on vacation recently, I did mix half brown rice and half white rice frequently. :) <strong>ロバート:</strong> Wow, thanks for the food safety advice. That was news to us. As for water measurement, I totally tried this same argument and my wife wouldn't stand it. Turns out it doesn't make as much difference as I thought it would. She was right, it was the right amount. As for obesity I agree with you all the way: easy access food, sedentary life and lots of processed food doesn't help. :( <strong>Jishin:</strong> Hm, haven't tried that one either. Let us know how it turns out. ;) Kendall: Brown rice is great, but you can’t feed it to little kids, as it’s hard to digest, so we still eat white rice, but cook it with millet and other grains. But when they were on vacation recently, I did mix half brown rice and half white rice frequently. :)

ロバート: Wow, thanks for the food safety advice. That was news to us. As for water measurement, I totally tried this same argument and my wife wouldn’t stand it. Turns out it doesn’t make as much difference as I thought it would. She was right, it was the right amount. As for obesity I agree with you all the way: easy access food, sedentary life and lots of processed food doesn’t help. :(

Jishin: Hm, haven’t tried that one either. Let us know how it turns out. ;)

]]> By: Jishin http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-2508 Jishin Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:13:48 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-2508 How about sprinkles? I personally am not that keen on them. How about sprinkles? I personally am not that keen on them.

]]> By: ロバート http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-1719 ロバート Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:50:01 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-1719 By all accounts you need to freeze/refrigerate your rice quickly and not have it standing around. http://www.storingandfreezing.co.uk/storing-using-leftover-rice.html Is there anything worse than burnt rice in a pot?. But at a point before being burnt it's a sought after treat. okage. My rice cooker doesn't give okage (TT) The amount of water used by the rule of knuckle is going to vary, based on size of hand and diameter of pot. I use equal volumes (and then a bit more water for more glutinous rice.) I wonder if rice was more for paying tax and the peasantry ate less desirable cereals. 600 grams of rice and some small side dishes can't have amounted to more than 1,200 calories, if even that; the rice only amounts to around 6-700 cal. Not much if you were engaged in physical labour. Developed world obesity is about being more sedentary overall and food being inexpensive and readily available. More processed food and less home cooking as well. Treats like cake and sweets are commonplace. When I were a lad we could eat them less often than nowadays. My parent's generation was a wartime one so still had views about food based on rationing. The Japanese I know from the same generation would have know famine conditions. That's a bit hard to imagine. I'm convinced it's why they eat everything given to them as a sign of good manners. By all accounts you need to freeze/refrigerate your rice quickly and not have it standing around.
http://www.storingandfreezing.co.uk/storing-using-leftover-rice.html

Is there anything worse than burnt rice in a pot?. But at a point before being burnt it’s a sought after treat. okage. My rice cooker doesn’t give okage (TT)

The amount of water used by the rule of knuckle is going to vary, based on size of hand and diameter of pot.
I use equal volumes (and then a bit more water for more glutinous rice.)

I wonder if rice was more for paying tax and the peasantry ate less desirable cereals.
600 grams of rice and some small side dishes can’t have amounted to more than 1,200 calories, if even that; the rice only amounts to around 6-700 cal. Not much if you were engaged in physical labour.

Developed world obesity is about being more sedentary overall and food being inexpensive and readily available. More processed food and less home cooking as well. Treats like cake and sweets are commonplace. When I were a lad we could eat them less often than nowadays.

My parent’s generation was a wartime one so still had views about food based on rationing. The Japanese I know from the same generation would have know famine conditions. That’s a bit hard to imagine. I’m convinced it’s why they eat everything given to them as a sign of good manners.

]]> By: Kendall http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/03/21/japanese-rice-then-and-now/#comment-1717 Kendall Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:27:53 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=3481#comment-1717 The problem with white rice is that it removes so much of the nutrients. That's why I use brown rice these days. I also love the boil-a-bag rice that my grocery store has. I can get a good amount of rice in just ten minutes. Can't beat it, and it taste just as good. I also found some rice that cooks in a minute, but it doesn't taste as good. I like my food fast, but taste is still very important. I'd agree the easy and effortless access to food is a big contributor to the obesity issue. That, and portion sizes have nearly doubled in the past 50 years. The problem with white rice is that it removes so much of the nutrients. That’s why I use brown rice these days. I also love the boil-a-bag rice that my grocery store has. I can get a good amount of rice in just ten minutes. Can’t beat it, and it taste just as good. I also found some rice that cooks in a minute, but it doesn’t taste as good. I like my food fast, but taste is still very important.

I’d agree the easy and effortless access to food is a big contributor to the obesity issue. That, and portion sizes have nearly doubled in the past 50 years.

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