Delicious Challenge ⑶ You know… I can predict it, but it’s impossible to express. So, I would like to announce the results of the Japanese government’s recent tests conducted on California rice and Japanese rice. It turned out to be a remarkably uninteresting result. Just as you said, that’s the Japanese. To bring out the flavor of this rice, that rice porridge is good, but pouring hot water over cold rice is also good. In soba and such, cold rice is warmed up and used as a side dish. When you try that, as you can see, there are no medicines; the warm rice that has continued to be served is even gentler on the stomach. The survivors have emerged, rice production. It would be quite difficult if it shakes in Nagasaki. This is the gourmet advance 36; that was the story up to that point. We recommend American brown rice, but there are fans of the anti-Western coalition who oppose it. We thought it was justified to take a stand, but with the recent influences, we should reflect on the reality that if we don’t eat it, it should be okay. They argue that the taste of steak is not good in Japan. There was potential, but in terms of taste, it just doesn’t cut it. Everyone should evaluate the taste of California rice and Japanese rice. Actually, I had prepared the results of California rice and Japanese rice here. Let’s take a look; initially, Central really did a serious taste test. I don’t remember the results of this California rice. However, at that time, there was an announcement that showed we had lost. The taste was the enemy, for all. No, in response to that, it was painful and severe, or was it a declaration of evolution? There are movable economies to show Japan even more. Although it was reiterated, the problem lies with Japan. Regarding further support for poor countries, we will protest. Well, everyone, let’s evaluate the taste of California rice and Japanese rice. It is hard to accept that California rice will continue to spread as the highest peak rice that can be eaten on Japanese dining tables.
Is this the American way?
Given the current situation where domestic rice prices are soaring and California rice is being sold at a somewhat lower price, I feel an unpleasant reality.
I want to try California rice, but they don’t have Calrose in my neighborhood.
>>3
Isn’t there something like that at Aeon?
California rice is a hybrid of Japonica and Indica, isn’t it?
>>4
It’s a type of Japonica rice.
I ate it when there was a rice shortage in the past, and it was certainly delicious.
The United States certainly lives up to its name.
If the market is opened up and a lot of inexpensive, high-quality products come in, everyone would be happy, but…
>>6
The strength of having staples controlled by other countries.
Do not give them the power of life and death over you.
Whether it’s California or Florida, I don’t care, just make it cheap.
>>7
If we buy cheap rice from California, it will lead to the closure of all Japanese farmers.
What will you do if California stops selling rice after that?
>>112
Don’t cut out the middleman then… The government should manage the stockpiled rice, idiots are reselling it…
It’s admirable to properly acknowledge that something is delicious.
Are you testing it by cooking with a Japanese rice cooker?
It’s the land of rice.
There is sake made from California rice, right?
I made Jeff eat a whale, so it’s a tie.
Cook U.S. rice with hydrogen water in a rice cooker!
>>14
It looked like Ai Iijima.
We need to at least become self-sufficient in rice, or it will be bad.
>>15
Both rice consumption and rice farmers are decreasing…
>>15
If I can’t buy it, then it doesn’t mean anything…
Because it’s a rice-producing area…
It seems like it’s a case where cooking Japanese rice isn’t good.
Isn’t it just that Japanese people are saying it on their own that it’s called the United States?
>>18
I’m narrow-minded, but I don’t like that it’s America instead of Japan.
In reality, it should be Bread Country or Corn Country… Japan should be called the United States…
>>19
Bangladesh becomes the United States.
Remember Pearl Rice!
California alone has the world’s fifth-largest economy, so it might be big as well.
Well, at that time Japan was in second place, so there’s nothing more to say than “don’t mess with me.”
Why is America producing rice? They should grow wheat instead.
>>26
Japanese immigrants worked hard to spread it…
>>26
The Japanese immigrants worked hard to create this…
It’s a hassle that I have to simply cook rice as a staple food.
You can eat bread just as it is.
Please pack more cooked white rice and sell it at convenience stores too.
>>27
Does your country have bread growing out of the ground?
Speaking of which, why does America equal rice?
>>28
America
From now on, our house or Bangladesh should be called America.
Let’s import Thai rice.
This time, unlike the low-quality rice during the Heisei rice shortage, it is proper Thai rice.
Since it’s America, it’s fine to call it A-country!
Just because there are chewy types of California rice doesn’t prove that they are chewier than Japanese rice, right?
I honestly can’t help but think that focusing solely on self-sufficiency in rice might not be that meaningful.
To begin with, the fertilizer for growing that rice and the fuel for operating agricultural machinery are both imported.
>>35
Even if the prices of fertilizers and fuels remain unchanged, it is common for food prices to soar, so there is significance.
America
America
It probably could have been countries like A or Ri or Ka, since it comes from there.
>>36
The reason it’s called “rice” is that “American” sounds like “meriken.”
I heard that it’s good as fried rice, and I’m a little curious about Calrose.
>>38
I haven’t had it in a few years, so I’m happy to eat it again, and it actually tastes good.
However, because it has the characteristic of being less sticky compared to domestically produced rice, it might not be satisfying on its own as a side dish, although it goes well with fried rice, for example.
It is delicious, but it is not as popular among Japanese people as branded rice, and there are also post-harvest issues.
A person who gets really angry when you say that.
You can also normally grow Sasanishiki abroad.
I love the story about a gourmet critic being invited to re-cook McDonald’s food.
The immigrants from Japan who started rice farming in California, I wonder if those who criticize U.S. rice from a nationalism perspective are aware of that.
>>45
No, it started with Chinese immigrants…
It’s the Japanese who established the famous variety known as the National Treasure Rose, though…
So you’ll be providing the premium items…?
The West Coast of the United States has a lot of Asian immigrants due to its location, so there is a high demand for rice.
The rice of America was probably called that from “Ameiriki” (the United States)…
Even though I’m shutting them up with quality, every word they say is thorny…
The climate is changing, so isn’t it necessary to grow traditional Japanese rice in cooler places?
>>51
Rice is a crop of warm regions!
>>55
However, Koshihikari is not that resistant to high temperatures, so rice-producing regions in Japan are currently considering high-temperature resistant varieties.
>>99
It’s already harvest season, and it’s getting too hot.
>>55
The Koshihikari variety, which dominates more than half of Japanese rice, is a breed that has been improved to be grown in cold regions.
>>43
Since it’s made in the USA, the A element tends to go somewhere, after all.
I can’t say it in a loud voice, but it’s the rice that the U.S. military is diverting!
It’s California’s shiny rice!
I don’t eat rice, but I eat American oats every day.
It’s delicious and cheap, I can’t turn my back on America…
I don’t want to import because I want to protect Japanese farmers.
Just because American rice is from Japanese immigrants, doesn’t that just lead to the conclusion that it’s actually not good?
Actually, I’ve hardly eaten any Koshihikari rice in my life, so other types of Japanese rice might not suit my taste, and anything other than Koshihikari might just seem like trash to me…
I thought so, but while writing it, I realized that I probably ate other things while dining out, so I feel like I can eat anything well.
It seems like the large land in America would be more suitable for rice fields.
>>58
The cultivation of rice depends on water, not on the land.
If it’s cheap and delicious, I don’t mind if it’s not domestically produced rice anymore…
In old Japan, American bankbooks were distributed for the management of rice distribution.
When imported rice comes in cheaply here, consumers are initially happy, but…
In the first place, the rice consumption of Japanese people has been continuously decreasing, and in response, the acreage has been reduced… so even if foreign rice comes in cheaply now, the overall consumption is not increasing, and it seems like it will just put more pressure on domestic farmers and lead to an end.
But I want to eat cheaply…
>>61
Right now, the price of rice has skyrocketed, and even if it’s said to be the fair price, I can’t feel supportive of it.
Isn’t it normal for something like this to gradually increase in price?
Japan is around 50th in the world in rice consumption.
Everyone eat more.
>>62
Because both bread and noodles are delicious…
>>65
Ramen is delicious, right…?
>>67
It’s salty and tastes bad…
Rice is originally cheap, so even if cheaper American rice comes in, they said they wouldn’t buy it…
If Japanese rice is resold or sold overseas at an outrageous price, then that’s a different story.
I want to try Taiwanese branded rice.
I didn’t get to eat it when I went over there, or rather, I didn’t go that way…
Abolition of automobile tariffs in exchange for the liberalization of rice.
Is there a chance?
If something happens and we can no longer import, it will lead to a sudden food crisis, so we need to aim for a self-sufficiency rate close to 100% for staple foods.
The original creator of California rice is Japanese.
Rice is super expensive.
Can’t we do something about it?
Volume 36 was in ’92, huh…
It’s been a long time ago…
The rice in California has its origins from the Chinese who crossed over during the Westward Expansion, so its history is surprisingly long.
There are more rice farmers around me going out of business.
If you want to at least be self-sufficient in staple foods, I don’t think it’s possible without subsidies.
Rice is a food that uses a lot of water, but California really has that much water available, huh?
>>78
Because a large amount of snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains flows, of course.
Recently, the snow in the Rockies has decreased and the drought has gotten worse.
Was A too Asian, I wonder…
If you’re suddenly doubling the price and claiming that’s the fair price, then I’m not going to eat that anymore.
>>80
Until now, the farmers who have been too cheap have been deceived by the idea that they are barely managing, and so on.
What do you mean the farmer’s share and purchase price haven’t changed?
I knew that it would be just as bad by last year.
Supply won’t increase that quickly, and there will likely be speculative movements.
Well, I recognize that it has become an even worse situation than that…
If it’s a secondary country, it will end up looking like it’s not even a country, so that won’t work…
I’m not worried anymore since they casually claim it’s Uonuma-grown Koshihikari (even though it’s not).
As long as it is the Japonica variety.
Isn’t the government that is ordering reductions just foolish, considering we have finally established a brand of rice for the world?
>>86
They don’t do “genpan” anymore.
The establishment of the rice brand was a result of gradually building sales channels abroad because domestic consumption is sluggish.
Even so, there are many farmers who feel that rice farming isn’t worth it and plan to end it in their generation.
The reason for the current price surge is that the A grade, which is allowed to flow into the market, has decreased due to abnormal weather conditions.
It seems that stockpiled rice is meant for emergencies, but looking at the current situation, isn’t the amount completely insufficient?
>>87
The fact that the stockpiled rice was being sold everywhere gives off a sense of darkness.
The number of farmers is decreasing, and rice will probably be mostly imported soon…
If the food completely relies on imports, I can’t complain if we are treated poorly.
There isn’t a good one for the letter “a”.
Part A is a little difficult for Asians to hear.
It cannot be helped to end up as American or American-born.
It’s crazy to rely on the U.S. at this timing.
By the way, Japanese rice is currently sold at a lower price in American supermarkets than in Japan (although it is old rice from the 2023 harvest).
Is rice going to be made in China too?
Restaurant prices haven’t increased, citing a rice shortage as the reason.
There’s definitely something going on.
>>97
The portion for the vendors was properly secured.
As expected, prices are gradually rising due to the general demand, so they are increasing somewhat.
For the time being, I hope something can be done about the situation where making spaghetti the staple food is cheaper.
At this rate, I will become Italian.
It seems you’re using words that someone who likes “nakabuki” or “gomo” would use, and the rise in rice prices is a good quality tool for manipulation.
The decline of rice farmers and the fact that it doesn’t pay off is certainly a problem.
The sheer number of articles that seem to constantly bring up this issue or promote it feels suspicious to me.
It’s more like being coerced into saying things to go along with the trend.
Right now, the issue of high temperature problems is serious, but people in the city don’t seem to know about it…
If we’re recognized as the world’s enemy at the level of a rice export ban, isn’t it already too late to be discussing food security?
>>107
I don’t know if they will import it in case of an export ban or a poor harvest.
There are also cases where some inconveniences are imposed in exchange for imports.
>>107
It’s not that kind of story; it’s about how things would end if something like what Trump did happened.
Eating out is also a common struggle, isn’t it?
This is a story from over 30 years ago.
I can’t say it out loud!
It’s California rice that was siphoned off by the U.S. military!!
Because rice lasts a long time…
If it had a shelf life comparable to fresh food, it might have been different.
Well, staple foods are usually chosen based on the fact that they last long when they are dried.
>>111
Since they are also processed from the wheat family, they last extremely well…
Japanese rice requires a large amount of water for both cultivation and consumption, so the location is chosen accordingly.
Large food companies usually contract directly with farmers, so the price of rice doesn’t change that much (since the wholesale price of rice doesn’t change), so there won’t be a significant price increase… but there is a gradual trend towards price increases.
They’re working hard to provoke a confrontation with America.
Thank you for your hard work.
It’s impossible to say that everyone should start farming from tomorrow, because overseas won’t sell to us due to various circumstances.
The declining consumption of rice among Japanese people has been a long-standing issue.
I honestly think it’s stupid to suddenly say that both the rich country and the agricultural cooperatives should die.
>>122
Did you still think that the Japanese people in recent years weren’t stupid?
Got it.
If you provide the tools, land, and know-how, I’ll be a rice farmer.
>>123
They seem to be happy because they are struggling with a shortage of successors.
Back in the Showa era, everyone, both men and women, from the top to the bottom, was probably just eating rice all the time, but that is no longer the case now.
If the imported rice is cheaper and of decent quality, everyone will choose that.
The future may come soon when sweet potatoes become a staple food again, just like during the war.
Why is it cheaper to sell to other countries when it’s expensive to buy in America?
In our home, the cycle was that we had bread for breakfast, whatever we felt like for lunch, and basically rice for dinner.
It seems that the ratio of pasta and udon during the night is likely to increase.
So
It’s not like farmers aren’t selling rice or anything.
It’s not like there’s a bad harvest either.
It’s not like I’m making a killing!
Stop the idiots who are either lifting them up somewhere or reselling them.
>>132
As soon as the TV stirred up the rice shortage, it was terrible how resellers jumped on it.
>>137
Well, the worst part is that the ones doing the reselling were originally the rice suppliers themselves.
>>132
What should be hanged are not the pesky weevils that spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain, but those who speculate on rice, right?
>>146
To be honest, the same thing is happening now as when various items were in short supply during COVID.
The only option I have is to desperately endure and pray for calm.
There are various possibilities such as not being able to sell due to a poor harvest even without an embargo, or because they found better buyers and won’t sell to you.
For Japanese people of a certain generation or older, rice is something that must be protected regardless of reason.
Well, as long as we’re alive, we have no choice but to protect what’s around us, even if it’s irrational.
Which variety is the original for California rice?
It’s fine to protect domestic industries, but if you’re going to do it, you might as well implement proper price controls.
Even without mentioning domestic business shutdowns due to import liberalization, businesses have been closing down without ever making a profit from the start, haven’t they?
The current situation with only 930,000 farmers is quite dire.
On the other hand, there are fewer farmers than immigrants, with 700,000 Chinese and 500,000 Vietnamese staying for more than a medium-term period that is not for travel.
Normally, for example, if we harvest 1000 kg, the agricultural cooperative buys 800 kg, and the remaining 200 kg can be consumed by the family or sold through their own sales channels. About 100 kg of that leftover 200 kg often has no buyers and ends up being bought cheaply by rice wholesalers from the farmers, which then circulates as cheap rice.
Last summer, it was all bought up and disappeared from the market, and the agricultural cooperative has purchased all the harvested amount from farmers this autumn, excluding what they will eat at home this year.
So this year, there is no surplus rice that farmers can’t sell to the agricultural cooperative, so it won’t be distributed cheaply.
I can’t help but think that farmers, JA, and the country are taking margins for times like these, aren’t they?
Why are you trying to ride on the expansion of the margin?
In the end, this story is related to the active issue of pesticides.
Let’s work hard to protect food safety together, and while it has become a form close to bringing water in, I wonder how it is now.
“Japanese people buy rice that is delicious even if it is expensive.”
By the way, I wonder why it’s the United States and not Asia… Maybe it’s because it overlaps with Asia?
>>143
When abbreviating, it seems like they use auspicious kanji such as Britain or France.
>>143
It was originally referred to as a sub-country.
Due to the influence of Chinese books and Manjiro, the terms “Meriken” and “Amerika” spread.
The mention of the United States has increased and become established in official documents and newspapers.
>>181
American flour must be rice flour.
Criticizing old media like television and newspapers is to limit access to information through social media, making it easier to manipulate public opinion.
There are such people in this thread too.
Instead of producing weak things like wheat, they should just grow rice all over the world…
>>147
No matter how you think about it, wheat is overwhelmingly superior in versatility and ease of cultivation…
Rice requires too much water.
It’s called good because it’s a manga, but it’s not really that great, right?
>>148
I don’t know about the past, but California Koshihikari is not inferior.
>>154
The crossbreed between Japanese rice and the rice over there is almost Japanese rice.
>>165
Sure.
That’s why it’s good.
>>171
It’s dirty!
I was deceived!
I have worked enough at my current job.
It seems the time has come to become a rice farmer…
It seems that rice farmers absolutely do not want to lower prices, so we have no choice but to endure at this price…
There are even American farmers who are grateful to resellers…
>>150
The farmers can’t do anything about the price, so it’s not a matter of wanting to lower it or not…
>>150
You might want to direct hatred towards farmers by saying inappropriate things.
The purchasing amount from agricultural cooperatives (JA) hasn’t changed at all, so there’s nothing farmers can do. Instead, they are angry, saying, “Why aren’t we getting any benefits after such a price increase? How much are you embezzling? You’re useless!”
Because of what Russia has done, the price of fertilizer has skyrocketed, but when we pass on the costs, we get complained at for being too expensive.
Well, both types of rice were terrible; they were really bad.
I can’t even tell the difference between Koshihikari and Sasanishiki.
If California rice is cheap, I would like to give it a try.
Even if I want to become a farmer, I can’t easily do so in this country.
Yet, it’s funny because they say there aren’t enough farmers.
Tamaki rice and Tamagiku were delicious, but the cheap Shiragiku wasn’t really… it felt that way.
For now, I just understand that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is extremely incompetent.
You just need to heat the rice in the microwave for 2 minutes, right?
It takes about 7 minutes for the pasta.
Why don’t farmers make money?
>>164
Because consumers buy at a low price.
>>167
This time, due to the price increase, regardless of the harvest amount or consumer relationship, the agricultural cooperatives (JA) raised it and got caught embezzling…
The fact that they weren’t making a profit means that those who were buying rice cheaply until now are to blame.
>>166
Yes.
It’s us.
>>166
In other words, it’s the anonymous person’s fault.
>>166
Well, crops like cacao and coffee stopped being produced due to plant diseases, which caused prices to soar globally.
>>175
Speaking of which, there was that story too.
Will chocolate become expensive?
>>179
The price has already gone up and the quantity has decreased, so it’s effectively more than double now, which is really bad.
It seems that the unanimous opinion is that it’s bad to be nameless…
What are you going to do by hoarding and turning it into old rice?
>>176
If not stored properly, the taste will deteriorate in just a month, so it won’t even become old rice.
If we sell at this price, we make that much profit, so there’s no need to lower it…
It’s still selling well even at the current price.
Let’s give back to the rice farmers.
>>178
Huh? Why? Even if I buy cheaply and sell high, it will still sell.
Hang the nameless!
Even when they say they will release rice to bring prices down, they don’t lower them at all, which just makes me laugh at how they take us for granted.
Well, since it’s been revealed that they can’t do anything just by underestimating, it can’t be helped.
>>183
Huh? I’m expressing my regret, you know?
I want it to be sold cheaply because this is fine, but mutual tariffs.
But I don’t like that rice is expensive, so it’s fine to liberalize it.
Trump will be happy too.
Well, it seems that prices and fuel costs will likely continue to rise, so the number of farmers going out of business will probably increase even more than now.
The Japanese government intends to secure farmers’ profits through feed rice, so if they want to lower the price of rice or make more profit, the farmers are encouraged to voluntarily increase their rice fields.
Rice is expensive, but pasta and udon are even more expensive.
>>191
Isn’t pasta usually cheaper?
I said it would get cheaper if we released the stockpiled rice…
Seriously, that’s the worst JRA.
Some businesses are starting to pursue profit by quickly paying penalties related to stockpiled rice.
If it sells when we raise the price, there’s no reason to lower it! The problem is the mechanism that keeps pushing prices up like crazy.
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