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Why is some Japanese rice $30-70 for a smallish bag?
They do indeed. The rice generally found is a different type from american grown rice. It's a shorter grain. Sushi rice tends to be a bit more expensive because it's a more specialized strain. Japane doesn't even let out the real sushi rice I hear. There's a specific rice species native to Japan that they grow only there and is especially good for sushi, but it's partly a heritage thing and isn't allowed out of the country.
So I imagine even the stuff they do export goes up in price from your general long grain, narrow American grown rice.
Oshi Sushi & Okonomiyaki
lol I kind of like mackerel (had to look up saba). But usually it's too rich for me, too oily. I much prefer lean tuna to anything else. But then my health is rather poor too. I used to love salmon and white fish, but I can't even stomach it anymore without feeling kinda sick cause of the oils. Though having tried mackerel, both when I could handle it, and loved it, and when I couldn't, it makes me want to try it grilled sometime.
Perhaps it's simply that American tastes can't handle the more rich tasting fish like it's come to with my health? ::mouth is watering from the thought of a nice, meaty, red tuna::
Oshi Sushi & Okonomiyaki
Same here in Louisiana (:p LA without the L.A.). We get plenty of nigiri and roll type sushi, but so much is americanized, I wish we could get more authentic dishes and more actual japanese variety, though most of the asian population in Louisiana tends to be Vietnamese or Laotian. I'm not sure I've run into an actual Japanese American in our town yet. But it's mostly Vietnamese that run all the asian styled food places here, from thai to americanized chinese to americanized japanese. Still the thai places and noodle house tend to be more authentic in their dishes.
Progressive food?
I would think the same there. Progressive generally means one's trying unconventional means or ingredients to make new dishes someone hasn't tried before. Early cajuns were considered progressive, taking some of their old know how and the ingredients found in their new environment to generate "progressive" dishes to survive in an alien place.
So "progressive" isn't necessarily hoity toity elitist bull. It's just something not really done or thought of.
Mayo Fear vs. Salad Dressing (Miracle Whip)
lol Speak for yourself. I live in Louisiana and we'll stomach it if we get it by mistake, but everyone I know likes real mayo best. What drives me up the wall is it's not always that clearly labeled, it'll say "dressing" REALLY small and my husband accidentally picks it up thinking it's mayo. Then we opened it and had some on a sandwhich and UGH! Not mayo at all!
Do any cultures eat owl?
lol Actually, rats aren't that filthy. They're quite clean for a rodent. I would be half curious to try nutria rat. Wonder if it tastes any good. In asking if a culture eats a certain animal too, a person has to keep in mind, not all animals taste so good. For a very long time people didn't eat caftish even if they were quite readily available because they were considered trash fish because they lived on the bottom and rooted around in river detritus. It took a cajun to figure out they and tilapia were very tasty.
