Rice is very important for nutrition, as it can be a substitute for pasta, especially for those who are gluten intolerant and, therefore, need to obtain energy from other foods.
It is usually combined with legumes or vegetables, but even eaten naturally it is usually preferred with a little olive oil and some salt. We have always associated it in our collective imagination with the Chinese, Japanese or Korean people.
This is because, in anime and manga, seen and read, they have always given us a representation of the smile as an element of coexistence and favorite food of this population.
Now, however, we Italians also use it abundantly and rice has become one of the main foods in some typical recipes, such as Sicilian arancini di riso.
But not everyone knows that, when we go to cook rice, we make a serious mistake by throwing the cooking water down the sink. And the reason has nothing to do with possible deterioration of the sink.
But the reason is precisely that rice is rich in elements useful for other purposes, and the cooking water could be valuable in solving many problems, especially aesthetic ones.
The different uses
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