What the heck is Hiei holding? Because I don't think you're supposed to wash the rice with either one of those things...

Jarlath said:

What the heck is Hiei holding?

I think that's a toilet brush she's got. Looks like she's just exasperating in general rather than just being that way in front of Admibro.

Nah, that's a pot-scrubbing brush. And she's got washing-up liquid on the left.

And the most innocent of faces.

Whatever those are, I can see how Kongou started to want a kind of rice you don't have to wash.

Alright somebody get her away from the cleaning and bathing supplies. That should be a decent start.

You gotta give her props for trying though. Good intentions, needs direction.

Demundo said:

Whatever those are, I can see how Kongou started to want a kind of rice you don't have to wash.

It's the rice I use. Can't be bothered washing my rice when I want some. Not even that much more expensive.

Give her rice cooker Kongou, problem solved.

/\/\ao said:

Give her rice cooker Kongou, problem solved.

You still need to wash the rice even if you use a rice cooker though.

Hiei... you don't polish the rice that way....

Yea, one time I made my rice without washing it by accident and I ended up with some weird aftertaste.

Paracite said:

It's the rice I use. Can't be bothered washing my rice when I want some. Not even that much more expensive.

I do it out of habit, even with expensive rice. Mind you, I think Hiei would think that dish soap is added for flavour with any rice she cooks.

Tetsamaru said:

Yea, one time I made my rice without washing it by accident and I ended up with some weird aftertaste.

That, and it turns into one large clot if you don't wash the regular stuff.

I used to wash my rice, but I don't anymore. I honestly don't taste a difference. Using Jasmine btw.

When she say wash she doesn't mean literally wash it with soap, Hiei.

Haven't actually tried not washing it, so I'm somewhat curious on the taste.

Rukaroa said:

I used to wash my rice, but I don't anymore. I honestly don't taste a difference. Using Jasmine btw.

If the rice you bought is of the supermarket package variety already in plastic wrapping, washing makes little difference in taste.

For the majority of places in SEA though, the rice is often those bought from the local market stalls and other places that sell rice direct from the sacks and displayed in open air, in which case washing the rice is *very* important in order to remove dirt, bits of husks, insects, small stones etc. that may have gotten in between the grains.

Well, washing rice in Japan is generally done to remove the surface starch - which will change the taste. This is separate from the cleaning that is done at the rice packaging facility before bagging.

The rice that I buy has already had it's surface starch removed - if you wash it, the water will barely change colour, while normal rice will make it go pretty white.

All this arguing about Hiei now makes me hope that kouji's TTK is in a long distance relationship with nagomi's fabulous TTK

I think is useless for teaching how to cooking to Hiei

Paracite said:

Well, washing rice in Japan is generally done to remove the surface starch - which will change the taste. This is separate from the cleaning that is done at the rice packaging facility before bagging.

The rice that I buy has already had it's surface starch removed - if you wash it, the water will barely change colour, while normal rice will make it go pretty white.

Yup. Plus the starch makes it more likely the rice will stick together instead of being fluffy and loose as it acts like a glue.

I think Hiei needs more help than Kongou can provide.