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posted by BarbJ on Sat, 2009-06-13 05:14
This is the sweetest reason I've heard for washing rice. Such a cute story!
http://kimchimamas.typepad.com/kimchi_mamas/2006/04/washing_rice.html
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Very cute story! Ironically, The Guy (who is Swiss and didn't even have rice at all growing up) puts far more time washing rice than I do. He swears that a long and careful washing makes a big difference in flavor. So, nowadays I have assigned him the job of Official Rice Washer ^_^
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