Robert Winston

I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible, glutinous pudding served in containers we called 'coffins.' As a vegetarian, I had a lump of loathsome cheese and some bread.

British Scientist

Hanya Yanagihara

The first thing I do whenever I go to Thailand is seek out the closest restaurant or stall selling mango-and-sticky rice: it's a little hillock of glutinous rice drenched in lashings of coconut milk and served with fresh mango.

American Novelist

Yotam Ottolenghi

Black glutinous rice works in both savoury and sweet dishes. It's a popular pudding rice in south-east Asia, where you'll often come across it cooked with water, coconut milk and a pandan leaf.

Israeli Chef

Used metaphorically to describe something very sticky or cohesive.

Texture Metaphor

Can imply an unpleasant, excessive stickiness.

Negative Connotation

Great for vividly describing textures in both food and non-food items.

Use in Descriptions

Refers to a specific type of rice commonly used in Asian cuisine, not general stickiness.

Culinary Specific

Often used in traditional Asian dishes, and represents cultural significance.

Cultural Dish

Despite the name, 'glutinous' rice is gluten-free and safe for those with celiac disease.

Not Gluten-Related

 its entire body is covered in a thick and noxious slime it's so glutinous that once their jaws are in they can't get them out other ants seem to give a helping hand

Glutinous