So, what do poor folk eat in Japan, and what can be done with rice?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RealJames

and yet if there's a raw egg on it then you can add all the soya sauce you want ll

I like 卵ご飯. It never occurred to me to add soy sauce.

[WingsToDiscovery]

How slimy raw egg and rice is just makes me nauseous.
As an aside though, is eating raw eggs really not as bad for you as America portrays is to be? Back home they tell you you're gonna keel over at even a hint of uncooked eggs in your food.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery

How slimy raw egg and rice is just makes me nauseous.
As an aside though, is eating raw eggs really not as bad for you as America portrays is to be? Back home they tell you you're gonna keel over at even a hint of uncooked eggs in your food.

If it's good enough for Rocky it's good enough for me.

[WingsToDiscovery]

Originally Posted by MMM

If it's good enough for Rocky it's good enough for me.

lol. Whenever I do raw egg food in Japan, all I can hear in the back of my mind is stuff like "Don't eat the cookie dough, you'll get salmonella!" from years of that kind of conditioning back home.

[RealJames]

Originally Posted by MMM

I like 卵ご飯. It never occurred to me to add soy sauce.

I assumed most people added soya sauce to their tamago gohan... no?? Or are you a minority in this case?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RealJames

I assumed most people added soya sauce to their tamago gohan... no?? Or are you a minority in this case?

I only know how I ate it. I am not going to pretend to be an expert in this department.

[Nyororin]

It`s my understanding that what is put on raw egg and rice depends on region.
I`m pretty sure that shouyu is most popular, but I`ve seen dashi, vegetable... something (山形ダシ), plain salt, ponzu, katsuo bushi, etc being used.

[steel]

For tamago kake gohan most people mix the beaten egg and soy sauce in a small saucer and then pour it over the white rice. However, there is no hard and fast rule for this dish.

About pouring soy sauce directly onto white rice ... if you have not witnessed it, then it would not be surprising. When I indicated that sometimes young kids might be allowed to do it on occasion at home, there are plenty of households who wouldn't even allow it at all (or admit to it). And, regardless, certainly not in front of a guest or even a homestay student etc. It's considered very poor form to do so. So, if/when Japanese do this (as it doesn't necessarily taste bad), they do so in the privacy of their own homes away from prying eyes.

Although it might not sound as appetizing, the preferred spartan condiment of choice - when there is nothing else - are Japanese pickles ... which includes the solitary umeboshi ... Hinomaru bento.

[Ghap]

From a diffrent cultures point of view-

It dosent seem so strange as i have personally seen it happen...not so much soy sauce but salt......Kids love it for some reason.

Ive had to remove actual food from neices/nephews due to what I considered too much salt.

[Mazzy]

I'm not in Japan, but I do try to cook Japanese style food regularly. I'm just curious what the standard cheap meals are overseas. Soy sauce is too salty for plain rice, IMO, but I haven't tried it with egg. Raw eggs have a small possibility of salmonella but are more nutritious than when cooked. I used to eat plenty of raw eggs and use them in shakes a few years ago when I was really into fitness.

But, why is there such a negative view of putting soy sauce on white rice?