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Just watched a Uzbek cutting green onions for Uzbek Palov. What made it interesting is he had a knife that was at least 3 feet long, razor sharp and the green onions he was cutting was in a bundle perhaps 28" in diameter. The knife just plained thin slices off of the end of this bundle. I have...

Wüsthof done it again. For years my favorite kitchen knife was an Chicago Cutlery 6" chef's knife. It vanished don't know what happened to it. They no longer make one this size. I have a couple of JCK knives about this size but they still don't have the blade shape of the Chicago knife. I was...

Megachef Oyster Sauce Red Boat Fish Sauce

https://honest-catch.com/en/products/brown-crab-meat?variant=41155929112716&_pos=3&_psq=crab&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Make what is called California sushi. I very much like it. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/189477/california-roll-sushi/ https://www.foodandwine.com/california-sushi-rolls-7112067

Malaysian Soy Sauce I have never tasted any from that country.

Every rice is different, that is what makes Rice so interesting. Spanish Rice absorbs a lot of water while cooking. With a Paella the rice is cooked along with the other ingredients absorbing water is important. So there is no good or bad Rice cultivars you have to decide for yourself your...

One of the thing that my Japanese social media friends have told me is they first wash than soak the rice overnight. It is drained the next morning and loaded in an automatic pressure rice cooker. You set a start time and go to work the rice cooker takes it from there.

You might try the Louisiana version of Basmati Popcorn Rice, also called Pecan Rice.

I tried to link to the German and European Amazon but I see it got changed. I have a long standing account with the Japanese, and UK Amazons. there is also the international Amazon.

Amazon has it. Yume Nishiki Basmati

Here is another thing about Rice cultivars. They take on the flavor of were they are grown. So the Basmati rice grown in Northern India will taste a little different and will smell different from the Basmati (Popcorn) rice grown in the Mississippi Delta. Also if a person from Japan gives you...

I have, in a paella, Spanish rices are short grain and soak up lot of water. when I tried the dish Spanish Rice was hard to find, it isn't any more. But I have a thing for fried rice which is much faster to make, especially if you have a pressure rice cooker. And Yakisoba (Japanese fried Ramen...

It is from Guatemala, looks interesting. Looking this one up brought up another one. https://chiltepinelrey.us/