Comments by "May L" (@MeiinUK) on "Is washing rice really still necessary?" video.

  1.  @chazbaz4519  : You actually have a sack of potatoes in your home ? Lol..... I also have some rice in my food cupboard, but mostly, I also don't buy a large portion. Am weaning off carbs right now these days... Having watched these youtube version of uncle rogers... Hm.. I feel like I am trapped in the middle of some kind of social media war here.... I love thai rice, and I also love Japanese rice. They are actually very very different. And thai rice, if it was just harvested, you can smell a glorious smell from the grain. But I also use an extremely sophisticated rice cooker too... And this is no ordinary rice cooker... It will indeed break the rice a lot better, than an actual boil and drain. It softens the rice a lot as well, and creates that "fluffy" rice. There is something also called "sticky rice", they are a different breed of rice, which in SE Asian cuisine, you use it differently... (The sad thing now in the UK is that, very good and reputable brands, have started to use American rice.. American rice, are not the same as Italian risotto rice as well... All of these rice grains, are or could be classified as "rice", but in reality, some of these "rice", is actually should be called a grain. And not a rice. in the UK, some companies have started to sell fake rice, when really, they are selling the grains... which is protein, and not carb.) Ever since those horse burgers fake food issue.. a lot of people, might have transferred brand names.. and used different suppliers.. but in reality, they cannot distinguish one rice, from another grain. Thank God we have the food and safety standards here. You can prosecute somebody for selling you fake things.. i.e. Labelling a bag as "rice", when really, it is a bag of "grain"....
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  2. I don't think that what Adam said is wrong... the internet is GLOBAL any way ? Just that, the USA, as a country, as a government, make sure that it is the duty of the seller, to wash and protect the food, before they sell it onto you ! THAT is what he is implying ! And I think that this "health and safety" standard, SHOULD exist.. in all honesty. Don't you think ?
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  3. Back in the days when people did not have fridges, and it isn't really that long ago ? But the chinese.. well, we just saved them. Like my mother would used to save the extra rice and just cover it. And then keep it in the kitchen, but then she would really either use it for congees, or whatever the next day. And this was still only in the 1980s... Not that long ago. Or what my mother would do, as a cooking technique was to use that good old traditional method of "double steam".. Meaning using those old porcelain pots, inside an actual wok as a steamer, and then steam for like a good 3-4 hours, at the very least in high wattage... (big fire, with lots of logs)... That should really "kill it".. and even if it does not kill it, in terms of those molecules, it would've broken it up sooo much that it does not harm you. And then your body does its thing which is to pass it through the body. But yeh... for those people who DOESN'T live life in that traditional way... Well, the chances of you getting sick can be so much higher. Which is possibly why those kind of webpages and health pages will exist to say things like "cannot eat precooked rice" or "used rice"... I wouldn't necessarily use cooked rice for fried rice, unless you have a super high 1.5-2kW cooker ring. traditional cooker ring is at around a mega whopping.... 3-4 kW... Which gives you that "wok hei". But being smart is far more important... just be sensible.
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  4.  @nafreal  : He has to call himself a "comedian", otherwise, he can be sued.. if he is not, and called himself a "journalist".... Basically. And I am sure that, some of his materials, are from stolen data from Yahoo....for sure. Cos some of those things, I've written before many moons ago. More like 20 odd years ago... or from those uni servers.
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  5. This is a reflection of the times... cos we did not used to import and export rice everywhere before. Everybody just "ate locally". I used to get my rice in the UK from HK. And HK used to only get their rice from regionally. e.g. Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, and just Southern China. The natural rice paddies. And even then.. people only ate a little bit. All rice bowls across the entire world was "standardised". So I don't get why we now see funky sizes.. that's one thing... and that, we now export rice from everywhere. Australia and US did indeed increased their rice production to feed most of SE Asia.. but those are "hard rice". I've seen the youtube video. I never knew that it was so the case.. No wonder rice cookers were invented to break them down. These are not the same types as the ones from paddie fields. Definitely not ! These ones are probably made for McD. And they have a different way to treat them as well. I still recall when McD used to sell "rice burgers". lol....
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  6. ​ @S Fr : Fake rice are.... (And they literally do this, in order to make the weight a lot heavier, in order to sell, and earn the money, They do this, just purely for businesses....and not to hope to feed you or be honest?).... These are like 2nd, 3rd or 4th seller already... And they want to make money from their stock, so they "add a little bit extra" in order to recooperate their costs. This is one example. I have heard of bad stories, and rumours and things, but I have never seen the video until now? This one was captured from someone's handset... I used to find it annoying as well, whenever people tell me lies... or what I thought was lies. Well... I now take everything with a pinch of salt. I acknowledge it. youtube com/ watch?v=_JgedoGXyQk&t=173s So "fake" in this instance is...1) used oil, from the sewage system, 2) the sewage had pesticides and building debris flushed into them... So this is why, I think I read somewhere that those "x peppercorn" was banned in the USA. So USA banned Sich__n cuisine basically. Cos they must have caught this a while back... www dot youtube dot com/ watch?v=2furktgOT_I If you watch the whole thing, then you will see the actual part whereby people literally put in fake goods... like, substitute them. Dilute them. Or add something else.
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  7. Some people refer "fake rice" as.... the brand, does not reflect exactly what is written on the labels ? Meaning say..."Made in the USA", but actually it is made in Vietnam, say. It HAS to show where it is made, and where it is grown from. This is the tough food regulation that European countries had to show.... and forces these kind of non-global compliant independent companies to be regulated, and stick to a global standard. Once upon a time, can you imagine that this was what happened ? I cannot imagine that this is so widely an issue... That is so bad. Yes, changing suppliers can happen. Then create a new company, or ask for bank loans to keep yourself afloat, or to merge with another company, or whatever ? For me, I normally say ... it is "fake rice"... Meaning that the brand was licensed across a few global suppliers.. and this is also not made known by the actual company. In HK... "fake rice".. can mean that.. some did not reach a global standard for export.. and then, they use it locally. Farmer > Export Licensee > Buyer abroad e.g. Like you say... they may not wash them first before packaging them, for example. Whereas rice from Australia, is washed first to get rid of anything.. before exporting. (There's a youtube video somewhere, I was watching it with surprise...) But this is a good thing. But the Australian case is, they are the rice farm owner, and it is the farm selling the export. And not the cases of those individual sellers... who is a single shopper, buy something, and want to make pocket change. This is not a done thing in US or the EU ? If you sell to customers, then you need to be registered as a business to begin with ? And it is taxed as well ? And you are regulated. Meaning, has to be licensed before selling ? [FYI... In the UK... if your product, or the bag of rice, shows that... the label is not representing the food items. Say... a "beef burger"... but it had horse meat. In this example, the seller... can go to jail. It is a prosecutable offence. I wonder.. if these sellers know that, they can go to jail abroad when they decide to create these kind of "fake rice" ??? ] This is why those companies like Amazon, blocks them. Cos if this go through... yes, the individual in the end sale, can sue you.. and let their government know.
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  8.  @iguana6746  : In SE Asia, this is a proper dish, and a proper main. Some people call it "rice porridge", others may call it "congee". (I don't even know where this term came from. It could be a semi-half tried attempt as ping yum/romanisation from Fuijian, or Malay, or whatever.) It is basically boiling rice, with a lot of water, so it is watery, but still quite sticky. I think this is called "Gruel" in the US. This is definitely a proper dish ! What people in Southern China do, where they have the rice paddy fields are... is to use these kind of thing, with either fish stock, or pork stock, with it. And they make it a complete meal. Then you sprinkle things like... crispy onions, or chopped spring onions... alkaline preserved egg... Oh, it is so nice. It is basically a stock with... some carbs and veg, and flavourings. A very light meal, but filling, never the less. Tasty.
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  9.  @iguana6746  : There are some commonalities somewhere here. Because a lot of people say that South America migration came from SE Asia as well. The rice paddy fields are usually around countries like Thailand, Vietnam, Myamnar etc... I think even HK did have them at one point in time too. Japan still have some rice paddy fields. Their quality is quite high. UK used to have things like "rice pudding", which is rice in cream. It used to be served in school meals.
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  10.  @abyssstrider2547  : Presumably you live in Europe then. Well.. depends on which city you reside. Shop around for your food. Because... where I am in the UK, we can get both the English supermarkets.. as well as the Asian supermarkets, and Indian supermarkets etc. They all do operate with different suppliers. The thing is to find one that YOU are happy with, and stick to that one? I do know that, in Europe now.. there are some SE Asian ones.. which had been overtaken by some listed companies, they bought them out... and then maybe something fell over somewhere, because... Well, they have been changed to a DIFFERENT supplier now. Some of the Chinese names, or SE Asian names... now contains literally "rice grown in Italy".. Even though say the name was from HK, or from Thailand, and it was literally "grown in Thailand rice, brand". This is no longer the case ? SO... be a savvy shopper in Europe.. go to a chinese supermarket, and CHECK all labels.. and ask the cashiers, which one they buy, and WHY they buy this one. And ask them the direct and blunt question "is this rice, grown in the SE Asian areas, or have they changed suppliers behind them?".... I think you will find that they changed suppliers' ... This is the fault of our government in not letting people know when trade has changed etc. And some shipping routes are no longer applicable etc ? I normally buy rice that do not cost me more than say around 4 GBP per kilo... I know that some Japanese rice are pricy, but then they come directly from Japan. Some rice, or most people buy from Vietnam, or Thailand etc. Or some of the US rice, literally mortgage their assets to get a business loan, in order to fetch me those 4 pound mark. Cos otherwise, they will compete themselves out of the market... These are wholesale prices... If consumers, it should indeed go up a little bit as well... But some people, or businesses will rather take the hit, especially if it is a main staple. Because many countries, do see rice as a commodity ? Some would literally raise it higher, for you.. depends on which country you are at. and they add on top of the shipping and currency fluctuations etc. Some people inside China, used to get a bond.. before they would supply to you.... I do not really think that the video-makers literally know, why people feel so precious about "rice". In Imperial times.. not everybody is allowed to eat rice for one. And NOT everybody could get rice. Or buy rice. It is usually harvested in the Southern part of the country, and some were imperial lands... and it was not that long time ago that this happened? Second world war saw through the capitalistic globe.. But bare in mind... many still see it as a precious thing. WW2 was around 1940s....
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  11. They must've sold it into the UK market then... cos I am now seeing Korean "Made in the USA" rice here !!!... And they are soooo hard? I don't like it. I normally press my rice cooker TWICE ! I add extra water, and cook another round of 20 minutes... on top of the original 20 minutes. Or I save them for congees.. Make rice porridge with. Which is a lot nicer. I've recently bought a slow cooker for this purpose. It seems to be working so well. Never used to like slow cookers, but boy... as you get older... Godsent. I used to... buy small bags to test the rice before I buy the big bags. But these days.. seeing it as very cheap, I just bought it anyway. Won't do that any more. Cos one of the major supermarket in the UK, has now imported Vietnamese rice directly. Am thinking of switching over now to those... Cos some people are playing games in this sector in the UK. So much more competitions.. and people dared to "repackage and resell" using somebody's labels.. but shifted the bags ? That is so low... Social media has allowed so many crazies... into the food sector. Once upon a time, this was a super regulated sector, and people were healthy ? And now.. I now see a LOT of food and health related issues.... People are sooo despicable. Really low.
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  12. I am not surprised that the youtuber was really angered by the TikTok viewers... Cos, yes, the "arsenic" really is just exists inside the rice, only if you do not cook it thoroughly as well. Test, and do another experiment, between "before cooking", to "after cooking"... And before you also say that it can be a high level thing for people, remember that... rice in China.. is literally "grown in water"... They are grown in paddy fields. So those rice grown inside China, literally uses the water to help them grow. So their arsenic contents must have been a lot lower any way ? And I have bought rice from the USA...(and it is weird that those grains are actually grown in the USA... because the US and the Australian rice, are grown in dried land, and not as much water as in China or in SE Asia....).... I have bought a shop bag of rice here in the United Kingdom.. It was classified as "korean rice".. From the USA... however, when I did cook it, it was so tough and hard ? Some of those grains are actually not rice, I don't think. Some of those are literally grains. This is whereby... if it is that kind of rice. What you need to do, is really to soak your rice overnight, or at the very least, buy a pressure cooker. Cook it first time, and then drain it, before recooking it, to soften it up. The rice which we get in the UK, some of those sealed in a tub, is literally "parcooked"... Meaning, partially cooked. Not fully cooked, and this is why they are a lot fluffier.... I have had rissotto before, that was literally uncooked. Cos when I bite into the actual middle of the rice, it was actually uncooked. I never went back to that establishment again... Cos I don't trust the chef. But then again, I know that chef wasn't Italian... but was English... so..... Just something to be super mindful of. It is also super rare to find actual good Italian chefs that can cook, and do cook in the UK too. Saying that, I live in the UK, and am of British Hong Kong descent... so... I do have a Japanese rice cooker, as well as the fact that I don't cook as much rice as I did when I was younger. I do eat more bread, than anything. These days, I try to eat rice porridge a lot more. Used to gorge on pastas when I was a student. Cos it is so cheap.. and tasty. Also, jacket potatoes are my go to as a kid too. But if I shop, I do tend to buy linguine... than spaghettis. Tagliatelle is also my favourite too. Anything Marks and Sparks sells.. my mother is onto them like a hawk. :)
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