Process of rice reached us.

Hello every one. I ate sushi last night.

Today, I will talk about process that rice carried our home.

Japanese eat rice every day. So we buy a lot of rice, but rice that immediately after harvest cannot eat. There is a lot of works before we buy and eat it. One family buys rice about 82 kg in one year in Japan.

the large warehouse

First, the farmers store rice in large warehouses. We call it to country elevator. It is cool in the warehouses. People can store three hundred tons of rice in a warehouse. It also has a drier, because mold occurs when rice is wet. Besides, it is delicious when it drying. The farmers put rice in the dryer and then get rid of the dust. Rice that stores there take when need.

Second, the farmers polish rice. The rice is alive. It still had the germ and husk, but these get in the way when people eat. So they remove these from the grain. They didn’t do it blindly, because it cracked when they do wildly work. The farmers carefully remove the dust once again before they take out rice from the warehouse. There are various kinds of dusts. It is dangerous that stone or metal is entering into rice. Then polish rice softly. They cut the surface of the grain, and cleaning it. Shelled rice is brown because it having bran. The farmers get rid of bran from brown rice and clean the white rice. White rice is easy to eat well and look nice. Polish rice was handed long time ago. The Edo era, people used water wheel to do it.

the Japanese old machine when used old time

Third, they put rice into a bag. The production area, the brand and the day it was harvested are listed in the bag. And people do a check for rice. It is divided into six ranks by the quality of rice. The best rice is bad a high prices and called “brand rice.”

Finally, rice is sold to the rice dealer in the market, and it is placed to the store. Then we buy and eat it. Some rice is bought the government and stored. It is a very long way.

the rice shop

Next week, I will talk about rice using dishes. There is a lot of food with rice around the world. For example, Japanese often eat sushi and rice balls, but Chinese often eat fried rice and rice using noodles. I want to get you more interested in rice using dishes.

Please look forward to next time, see you!