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The Mysteries of Foreign Rice

ŠO •Ä ‚Ì ƒ~ ƒX ƒe ƒŠ ?[

In 1853, U.S. Commodors Matthew Perry's "black ships" anchered in Tokyo Bay, and it signaled the end of Japan's feudal isolation.

‚P ‚W ‚T ‚R ”N ‚É ?A ƒA ƒ? ƒŠ ƒJ ?E ƒR ƒ‚ ƒh ?[ ƒ‹ ?E ƒ} ƒV ƒ… ?[ ?E ‚Ì ?u ?• ‚¢ ‘D ?v ‚Í “Œ ‹ž ˜p ‚Å •d ‚𠂨 ‚ë ‚µ ‚½ ?A ‚» ‚µ ‚Ä ?A ‚» ‚ê ‚Í “ú –{ ‚Ì •• Œš “I ‚È Šu —£ ‚Ì ?I ‚í ‚è ‚É ?‡ ?} ‚µ ‚½ ?B

Today, another alien intrusion has begun which some Japanese view with nearly equal alarm.

?¡ “ú ?A ‰½ ?l ‚© ‚Ì “ú –{ ?l ‚ª ‚Ù ‚Æ ‚ñ ‚Ç “™ ‚µ ‚¢ ‹° •| ‚Å Œ©‚é ‚à ‚¤ ˆê ‚ ‚Ì ŠO ?‘ ‚Ì ?N “ü ‚Í ?A ŠJ Žn ‚µ ‚½ ?B

For the first time in decades, foreign rice is for sale in local shops.

?Å ?‰ ‚Ì Žž ŠÔ ‚Ì ŠÔ ‚P ‚O ”N ‚É ?A ŠO •Ä ‚Í ƒ? ?[ ƒJ ƒ‹ ‚È “X ‚Å ”„ ‚è ‚É ?o ‚³ ‚ê ‚Ä ‚¢ ‚é ?B

Its arrival has been so traumatic that Japanese bureaucrats, TV stations and newspapers have launched special campaigns to assuage consumers concerns about unfamiliar grain.

‚» ‚Ì “ž ’… ‚Í ?A “ú –{ ‚Ì Š¯ —» ?A ƒe ƒŒ ƒr •ú ‘— ‹Ç ‚Æ ?V •· ‚ª ?e ‚µ ‚­ ‚È ‚¢ ?’ •¨ ‚É ‚ ‚¢ ‚Ä ?Á ”ï ŽÒ ‚Ì ŠÖ ?S ‚ð ˜a ‚ç ‚° ‚é ‚½ ‚ß ‚É “Á •Ê ‚È ƒL ƒƒ ƒ“ ƒy ?[ ƒ“ ‚É ’… Žè ‚µ ‚½ ‚Ù ‚Ç ?A ?¸ ?_ ‚Ì ŠO ?? ‚Æ ‚È ‚é ‚æ ‚¤ ‚¾ ‚Á ‚½ ?B

To rice neophytes, the difference between the short-grained sticky "Japonica" rice and the foreign grains that come from California, Thailand, Australia and China might seem slight.

•Ä ?‰ ?S ŽÒ ‚É ‚Æ ‚Á ‚Ä ?A ƒJ ƒŠ ƒt ƒH ƒ‹ ƒj ƒA ?A ƒ^ ƒC ?A ƒI ?[ ƒX ƒg ƒ‰ ƒŠ ƒA ‚Æ ’† ?‘ ‚© ‚ç —ˆ ‚é ’Z ‚¢ •Ä ‚É ‚³ ‚ê ‚½ ”S ’… ?« ‚Ì ?u Japonica?v •Ä ‚Æ ŠO ?‘ ‚Ì ?’ •¨ ‚Ì ˆá ‚¢ ‚Í ?A ‚í ‚¸ ‚© ‚É Œ© ‚¦ ‚é ‚© ‚à ‚µ ‚ê ‚È ‚¢ ?B

But the Japanese palate can distinguish almost as many flavor of rice as Western religions have denomination.

‚µ ‚© ‚µ ?A “ú –{ ?l ‚Ì –¡ Šo ‚Í ?A ‚Ù ‚Æ ‚ñ ‚Ç •Ä ‚Ì ?¼ ‚Ì ?@ ‹³ ‚ª ?@ ”h ‚ð Ž? ‚ ‚Ì ‚Æ ?A “¯ ‚¶ ‚­ ‚ç ‚¢ ‘½ ‚­ ‚Ì –¡ ‚𠎯 •Ê ‚· ‚é ‚± ‚Æ ‚ª ‚Å ‚« ‚é ?B

The attitude toward overseas rice offers an intrusive glimpse of Japan's love-hate affair with all things foreign.

ŠC ŠO ‚Ì •Ä ‚É ‘Î ‚· ‚é ‘Ô “x ‚Í ?A ŠO ?‘ ‚Ì –œ •¨ ‚Å ?N “ü “I ‚È “ú –{ ‚Ì ˆ¤ ?[ ‘ž ‚µ ‚Ý Ž– ‚ð ‚© ‚¢ ‚Ü Œ© ‚é ‚± ‚Æ ‚ð ’ñ ‹Ÿ ‚· ‚é ?B

"The best way to enjoy Thai rice is to think of it as a totally different vegetable." advises Chiemi Akohori president of a cooking academy.

?u ƒ^ ƒC ‚Ì •Ä ‚ð Šy ‚µ ‚Þ ?Å ?‚ ‚Ì •û –@ ‚Í ?A ‚» ‚ê ‚ð ‘S ‚­ ˆÙ ‚È ‚é –ì ?Ø ‚Æ ‚Ý ‚È ‚· ‚± ‚Æ ‚É ‚È ‚Á ‚Ä ‚¢ ‚é ?v ‚Æ ?A Šw ‰@ ‚ª —¿ —? Chiemi Akohori ’· ‚É Š© ‚ß ‚é ?B

The government-run Food Agency of Japan has issued a booklet assuring housewives that if they soak foreign rice longer than usual, it will taste more like the homegrown product.

“ú –{ ‚Ìgovernment-run ?H —Æ ’¡ ‚Í ?A ”Þ ‚ç ‚ª ‚¢ ‚ ‚à ‚æ ‚è ’· ‚¢ ŠO •Ä ‚ð ?Z ‚· ‚È ‚ç ‚Î ?A ‚» ‚ê ‚ª ‚æ ‚è homegrown?» •i ‚Ì ‚æ ‚¤ ‚È –¡ ‚ð Žå •w ‚É •Û ?Ø ‚µ ‚Ä ‚¢ ‚é ?¬ ?û Žq ‚ð ?o ‚µ ‚½ ?B

Newspapers and TV stations have asked professional chefs for cooking tips.

?V •· ‚Æ ƒe ƒŒ ƒr •ú ‘— ‹Ç ‚Í ?A —¿ —? ƒ` ƒb ƒv ‚Ì ‚½ ‚ß ‚É ƒv ƒ? ‚Ì ƒV ƒF ƒt ‚É ?q ‚Ë ‚½ ?B

Showa Sangyo has introduced a line of oil filled gelatin capsules.

?º ˜a ŽY ‹Æ ‚Í ?A ˆê —ñ ‚Ì ƒI ƒC ƒ‹ –ž ‚½ ‚³ ‚ê ‚½ ƒ[ ƒ‰ ƒ` ƒ“ ?E ƒJ ƒv ƒZ ƒ‹ ‚ð ?Ð ‰î ‚µ ‚½ ?B

"It gives a stickiness and glaze to California and Australian rice."

?u ‚» ‚ê ‚Í ?A ”S ’… ?« ‚Æ ‚ ‚â ‚ð ƒJ ƒŠ ƒt ƒH ƒj ƒA ‚Æ ƒI ?[ ƒX ƒg ƒ‰ ƒŠ ƒA ‚Ì •Ä ‚É —^ ‚¦ ‚é ?v ?B

The Tokyo metropolitan government's rice hot line has been fielding 50 calls a day from citizens seeking reassurance about the safety of foreign rice.

“Œ ‹ž Žñ “s ‚Ì ?­ •{ ‚Ì •Ä ƒz ƒb ƒg ƒ‰ ƒC ƒ“ ‚Í ?A ŠO •Ä ‚Ì ˆÀ ‘S ‚É ‚ ‚¢ ‚Ä ˆÀ ?S ‚ð ‘{ ‚µ ‚Ä ‚¢ ‚é ?Z –¯ ‚© ‚ç ?A ‚T ‚O ‚Ì ƒR ?[ ƒ‹ ?E “ú ‚ð ‚³ ‚Î ‚¢ ‚Ä ‚¢ ‚é ?B


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