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Bruceh's avatar

Great scene-setting. It was almost like I was there with you. Now that you mention it, I was.

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Marjorie B.'s avatar

I was fortunate to live in Okinawa, Korea and Japan over a two year period. The three kinds of foods that seemed to dominate the cuisines were seaweed, fish and rice. The rice was a revelation -a different variety and quality from what passes for rice in the United States. Asian varieties of short grain white rice have real flavor and moderate stickiness. Here's a good article on buying Japanese rice which demonstrates the importance of rice in the culture:

https://bestlivingjapan.com/which-japanese-rice-to-buy/

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