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Hi, Rafael, you'd better wait till you get the original RiceReport.
If you don't receive one till the end of this week, let me know.
I shall send you a copy in E-mail.

santos@mickey.ai.kyutech.ac.jp (Rafael &) writes:
> Well, here we go. I am still against using fj.misc for the posts, but I will
> go on this discussion, since it is very interesting.

   Right.  There are so many interesting things to discuss
that I can hardly wait till the end of this summer.  Let's go on.

> Uh, sorry, I really cannot say the difference between some kind of rices,
> what is gen-mai ? 

    Yeah, I thought someone has already described, but let me explain
again.  Rice grains, with their shells removed, have thin gray skins
around them.  In this states they are called gen-mai.  After that,
large grinders at rice shops will grind them and remove this gray
skins, resulting in white-looking rice grains.  They are called
haku-mai.  Most people eat haku-mai in Japan (and perhaps in many
countries).  But gray skins contains rich vitamins and fibers, so
it is believed that having gen-mai will be good for health.  But
I myself do not like their taste. 

> The only thing I can say about the differences of rices is something about
> the way we do it in Brazil. It is not so cooked as in Japan, so if we
> used hashis (chopsticks) it will be very difficult to eat it, but we 
> use forks and knifes.

    Well, you mean rice in Brazil are not sticky?  Perhaps this is the
very reason most Japanese believe foreign rice taste bad.  We Japanese
prefer sticky rice.  But Califolnia rice, Dave has described in his
RiceReport, is sticky as Japanese rice.

> We have some recipes of rice with vegetables, and
> I like it very much. Soon I will start translating some recipes of 
> Brazilian cuisine to post to some people that asked for it, if there is
> somebody interested, just say it.

     I prefer plain cooked rice best, but let's hear about your
recipes.

> When I came to Japan, some people said that I will need a rice cooker, but

    Yes, we Japanese believe everybody need a rice cooker to live :-)

> since I almost always eat at the University, I did not buyed one. Another
> reason was that I thought that all of them were too big for me. Can you say
> the maker's name and code (?) of yours ?

     When you get short of your money, rice cooker and a stock of
plain rice grains will help you much :-).  Makers?  Well, many makers
produce rice cookers for singles.  Toshiba, Matsusita (National ---
you know Panasonic and National are the brand produced by Matusita
Electric co.  No?), Mitsubisi, Sanyo, at least.  I bet you can find
some if you go to large shops.  At least, you can find them in the
catalogues you get in almost any electric shops and make an order.

							Yasushi Kuno