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liuzhou

liuzhou

1 hour ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

Not mentioned however wouldn't this be a simple tool to eat congee with. Suck up the rice gruel and fish out the additions. 

 

 

It wouldn't work with congee unless the congee was super thin  and then you'd be sucking up  the water the rice was cooked in. (Although the original meaning of the word 'congee' is derived from, the Tamil kañji, did refer to that water.

 

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The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch.

 

 

Normal 'rice gruel' is too thick.

 

liuzhou

liuzhou

1 hour ago, Senior Sea Kayaker said:

Not mentioned however wouldn't this be a simple tool to eat congee with. Suck up the rice gruel and fish out the additions. 

Who knows? Maybe that's a use that hasn't been accounted for 😇 and may account for the popularity of the tool.

Sometimes it's fun to take the piss out of the pompous.

 

 

 

It wouldn't work with congee unless the congee was super thin  and then you'd be sucking up  the water the rice was cooked in. (Although the original meaning of the word 'congee' is derived from, the Tamil kañji, did refer to that water.

 

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The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch.

 

 

 

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