粟

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foxtail millet

On-Yomi: ゾク

Koohii stories:

1) [ikmys] 18-7-2007(25): Maybe the Japanese ought to rethink their nickname for America. Seriously, the only "rice" I have seen in the wild west is foxtail millet.

2) [abaddon] 29-5-2008(10): West, rice: In the old west there was a special type of plant (it's now extinct): the foxtail millet. It behaved like regular millet, but when somebody wanted to reap it, it ran away as quick as a fox, leaving a small trail of rice.

3) [blannk] 10-3-2010(5): Davy Crockett's foxtail hat, symbol of the Old West & early 米国 spirit, was not as popularly believed made from the tail of an actual fox. Faux fox, foxtail millet weave. Still, no one would deny its importance as the prototype of the modern foxtail mullet so much admired in the bowling alleys of Honolulu.

4) [Meconium] 22-2-2010(4): Foxtail millet is a grain that tastes like chestnut (#1609 栗), but looks like rice (#919 米).

5) [mantixen] 28-7-2009(3): In the Old West, foxtail millet was eaten like rice.

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