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they interviewed the chef who invented california roll. He put the rice on the outside because his customers found seaweed too scary.
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I was reading about this earlier today, sushi in the States is assembled rice-side-out because back in the day, Americans would peel off the nori before eating because seaweed was too scary for them. Absurd.
The lack of spices in Japanese food suggests Japanese are the white people of Asia
My folks are dead set on the idea that salt is bad for you, and use the absolute minimum in everything, and I've since come to realize since cooking on my own I'm not really picky my mom just kinda sucks at cooking
if somebody is worried about too much salt consumption it tastes stronger with just a dash on the food before eating.