The surprising semi-secret ingredient in many Japanese convenience store rice balls: oil

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1. Uhm… * looks around nervously *

   I mean I *definitely* do *not* add a blob of unsalted butter to my rice water when I make it… *No…* That would be weird!

   Joking aside, it makes sense to me. And, yeah I add a tablespoon(ish) (~14g) of butter to my rice as it cooks.

2. If it’s on the ingredient list *it’s not a secret*. Sora News once again packages up nonsense into clickbait,