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The photo of two women in Khout's village who appear to be making whiskey from rice are doing just that. It's the village lao lao factory.
In an earlier posting I think I said sticky rice was high in glutin. Rice does not contain glutin. Sticky rice is sometimes erroneously called glutinous just because it is sticky. (Incidentally, we saw a sign outside a cafe here in Luang Prabang offering "glue wine." We'll never know.)
In a few hours we fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Angkor Wat. A main tourist attraction in Siem Reap, we have read, is the Land Mine Museum. In Cambodia, tourists get to cover all the bases.