One Extra Rice
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Written by Walter
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009 |
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An Extra Serving Please
Food, aside from it being the cure in satisfying the hunger, is also a way on how to recognize a country or place. People, often than not, associate food such as pasta and pizza to Italy, burgers and waffles to United States of America, fish and chips to England etc. So it is no wonder that another type of food is considered to be a way on categorizing Asia, let alone China—and that is none other than rice.
Eaten as early as 5000 BC, rice is considered as one of the staples of Chinese food especially those living near or around the Yang-Tse River. Ancient Chinese living on the Northern part of China doesn’t always have the privilege to eat rice. This is because rice rarely grows in this part of China where it is colder and drier as compared to other parts of China. So people living in this part of China often than not eat sorghum and wild millet to replace rice as their staple food.
Rice nowadays is basically eaten and cooked the same over the years. Uncooked rice is first washed at least three times over running water to take away dirt and other residue that maybe present in it. It is then boiled over water for twenty or more minutes depending on the type of rice used. Rice can be enjoyed alone or more often than not with a viand. Chinese food even has fried rice and mixed rice. Also, rice can be enjoyed in a more different way, by drinking rice wine. Ancient people enjoyed Chinese food and other Asian foods such as Japanese by using fermented rice water as another way of quenching their thirst.
Rice is definitely a part of Asian culture. Whenever one want to enjoy the different tastes of rice, Chinese food should not be excluded from the list for in this category, there is a wide-range of rice variations so anyone will not fill like eating the same kind of rice every time.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 April 2009 )
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