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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >Every rice cooked the wrong way in my house can come out 
> sticky.

Fluffy rice that is as loose as a bowl of maggots is apparently a western 
thing.  Some say it was fabricated in the 50's in order to sell parboiled 
rice 
(like Minute Rice [I accidentally typed Manure Rice]) to try to make every 
disadvantage into an advantage.

On several occasions oreintal relatives or friends have cooked rice the 
"right" way and it is either soupy or else very sticky so that it can form 
balls.

James