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From: lorinda@uiucdcs.UUCP (lorinda )
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Subject: Re: do you wash rice? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 22:26:16 EST
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uiucdcs!lorinda    Feb 24 03:40:00 1984

my dad (also chinese, and also a restauranteur) taught us to wash rice too. one
reason was because you got rid of unwanted foreign particles (chaff, bugs, etc.)from rice that was harvested under not so savory conditions (like in the old
country). another reason (more relevant to us here) was that a lot of rice grownin this country is dusted with vitamin d powder. i guess the idea was to make it
more beneficial when exported to developing nations (and the u.s. is the 2nd
biggest exporter, after thailand - china grows more but not for export).
however, that dusting of vitamin powder seems to make the rice less fluffy, so
we wash it off.