Do Japanese Women Eat Sushi, Do French Women Eat Soft Cheese/Pate

[Kaydee]

You'd think there'd be quite a significant number of pregnant women in developed countries that drink milk fresh from cows... especially in Europe (France).

My mother-in-law was brought up on a German (mainly dairy) farm. They would only drink the milk straight from the cow. Her mother and brother's family (DH's Oma) still live on that same farm, and the family STILL drink the milk like that. I was so careful everytime (during pregnancy) I visited the farm and made sure i had nothing with milk in it.
Funnily enough - Oma had 8 kids (i think) and almost all of them are lactose and wheat intolerant. only finding out in their late teens/adulthood.

[MantaRay]

Bath, when I lived in Japan, the rice was cooked daily. I don't think I ever saw rice reheated. It never lasted that long TBH, they ate a lot of rice! So it would be kept warm in the rice cooker and served as needed. Then another batch cooked, probaby 2 -3 times a day.

[sushee]

I don't know about Japan, but we have never keep rice overnight either. My mum has probably never even heard of listeria but whenever I was pg I was only allowed to eat rice piping hot too. She would have a fit if I ate cold rice. Even now she insists that her younger grandchildren cannot eat rice that been left sitting until it's gone cold (as compared to cooled after being served hot).