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Aug. 10th, 2004 10:52 amBreakfast this morning: fried crookneck squash slices (enough browning to get that caramel flavor) with still-warm (yes, I know you're supposed to toss and fan until it's room temperature but damn it, I like it slightly warm) vinegared rice like you'd use for sushi if you weren't me.
Tossing short-grained hot rice with a thick liquid made from rice vinegar, sugar, and salt is sort of miraculous. It doesn't *look* like it's going to do anything, given the volume of sauce, but it makes each grain of rice sort of pearly and distinct while still letting the stuff hold together pretty well for stick-eating. It makes the rice taste more... like itself. Don't get me wrong, I like the stuff plain, too, but it's delightful when made as if it were rice for sushi.
I figure if it's okay for the Japanese to make raw-horsemeat ice cream (see here: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/photospecials/0406/ice-cream04/01.html), a concept which is rather disturbing to folks raised on ice cream flavors like chocolate, strawberry, and butter-pecan, then it's okay for me to eat still-warm sushi rice with fried squash. It might not be traditional or authentic or anything along those lines, but damn. It's probably not more wrong than raw horsemeat ice cream.
Tossing short-grained hot rice with a thick liquid made from rice vinegar, sugar, and salt is sort of miraculous. It doesn't *look* like it's going to do anything, given the volume of sauce, but it makes each grain of rice sort of pearly and distinct while still letting the stuff hold together pretty well for stick-eating. It makes the rice taste more... like itself. Don't get me wrong, I like the stuff plain, too, but it's delightful when made as if it were rice for sushi.
I figure if it's okay for the Japanese to make raw-horsemeat ice cream (see here: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/photospecials/0406/ice-cream04/01.html), a concept which is rather disturbing to folks raised on ice cream flavors like chocolate, strawberry, and butter-pecan, then it's okay for me to eat still-warm sushi rice with fried squash. It might not be traditional or authentic or anything along those lines, but damn. It's probably not more wrong than raw horsemeat ice cream.
