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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
Isn't scoville a vibes based measurement anyway?
iirc there’s a scientific way to test it using some fancy equipment but I learned this from a Netflix mini-documentary about a chili eating contest so I could be wrong