• jxk@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      It’s a Chinese porridge-like food made from rice and cooked so long that it’s very soft and you can’t feel individual rice grains anymore. It’s also pretty much tasteless on its own.

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        It’s not tasteless on its own if you cook it with stock, some bones, and/or some veggies (admittedly the latter two are hard to get out of it before serving).

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          So then not in it’s own.

          Im sure you could spice a turd to be palatable but on its own it’s probably going to taste like a turd.

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      If you totally fucked up risotto, flavorless, beyond mushy, whala, you have congee. Source, lived in Asia. You can add Knorr chicken powder and throw some semi dried, half rotten fish on it to make it worse if you want.