Why rice?

[vinrem]

Sa China, if someone treat you out for dinner, more on ulam oorderin, and then sa last na yung either noodles or rice, pang filler lang bale if di ka busog.

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[Lew_Alcindor]

Japan's high life expectancy i think has a lot to do with high standard of living

aside from healthy diet (fresh food, veggies, fish)

malinis sila... clean healthy habits

Japanese gov't investment in health education decades ago paid off

they created a health & hygiene-conscious culture

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high suicide rate naman i think it's coz wala sila judeo-christian background na magpipigil sa kanila (that if you kill yourself you're going to hell)

When I was studying in Japan, a Pinay from another lab confirmed this belief (after a Japanese committed suicide in campus).

[uls]

kaya mababa suicide rate ng Pinas despite high poverty incidence

Roman Catholic teaching that suicide is sin prevents many pinoys from taking their own lives

nandun din ung faith ung dasal that gives hope

nandun din ung close family ties (3 generations living under one roof + extended family pa) so people are rarely left alone

[yubby24]

I know people na inuulam sa kann ang pancit and spaghetti

I am guilty of this. 2 pancit canton tapos iulam ko sa kanin. Sarap!

[vinrem]

I am guilty of this. 2 pancit canton tapos iulam ko sa kanin. Sarap!

Hahaha carbo load ka pala sir hehehe

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[Ketib]

Ma remember ko nung nakapila kami sa messhall na mga Pinoy, nakasunod samin merkano, aussies basta mga puti. Ngiting aso ang mga ito kasi rice eating filipinos daw. Gabundok sa food tray ang rice.

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[monty_GTV]

Ma remember ko nung nakapila kami sa messhall na mga Pinoy, nakasunod samin merkano, aussies basta mga puti. Ngiting aso ang mga ito kasi rice eating filipinos daw. Gabundok sa food tray ang rice.

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saka mabilis kumain ang pinoy[emoji39] soup pa lang hinihigop ng mga puti, ang pinoy tapos na lumamon este kumain[emoji16]

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[gongrhey]

Pero tingnan nyo naman trumabaho mga Pinoy hataw talaga kaya kailangan ng maraming energy galing sa rice.

[dr. d]

a cup of rice has about similar calorie equivalent as three slices of bread.

[Sweetlucious]

Pero tingnan nyo naman trumabaho mga Pinoy hataw talaga kaya kailangan ng maraming energy galing sa rice.

OT trabahong pinoy hataw?!?

HINDI RIN!!!!

[dr. d]

OT trabahong pinoy hataw?!?

HINDI RIN!!!!

filipino laborers do not hold the patent to katamaran.
neither do they have exclusive use of the words "hard work".

one thing i learned,
katamaran and kayod kalabaw know no skin color.
"marami ring palpak sa 'merika".

back to topic.
why rice?
rice needs lots of water. we have lots of it, we being where we are, even if we don't have enough in our gripos.
i can not imagine, america's wheat belt flooded...

my opinion.

[gongrhey]

OT trabahong pinoy hataw?!?

HINDI RIN!!!!

Given naman yan meron tamad. At least in my experience with Pinoy workers overseas in construction, iba talaga compared to other nationalities. That's what I'm referring to.

[dr. d]

i have heard that years ago.
the filipino ocw is the prefered worker by many employers.
one reason being, they speak english.
i do not know, why our leaders do not capitalize on this and actively support it in the education system.

[grss1982]

Personal tastes aside, of all the grain types out there, why did we/almost all Asian countries choose to plant rice, and make it the staple food?

My uneducated POV is that rice isn't the easiest to grow; from seed babatubuin para maging binhi, then itatransfer sa flooded paddies, requiring a lot of water, manually, one by one.

On the other hand, wheat and barley doesn't seem that picky; it's practically like grass. Not sure about the water requirements but they definitely don't grow them in flooded paddies. Corn also seems easier to grow, as well as root crops.

Mas bagay ba yung bigas sa weather natin? While gov't does have its failures in supporting rice farmers, imho storms, floods, etc tend to ruin most rice crops faster than any government ineptness.

In some parts of the country corn is actually preferred by Pinoys. I've seen this in the Visayas mostly. Some eateries actually offer both.

[travajante]

In some parts of the country corn is actually preferred by Pinoys. I've seen this in the Visayas mostly. Some eateries actually offer both.

This 1,

...when cooked similarly, looks & tastes exactly like the hobo Bisdak corn...a fave[emoji106]


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[kagalingan]

Why rice? Kasi maayos ang rice kahit tutung ok pa din.

Pero ang tinapay eh ginagamit nga yung term " Walang masamang tinapay." So may bad na tinapay.

[dr. d]

Why rice? Kasi maayos ang rice kahit tutung ok pa din.

Pero ang tinapay eh ginagamit nga yung term " Walang masamang tinapay." So may bad na tinapay.

it all depends on how tutong is tutong.

[_Cathy_]

My Mom's endo said better to eat rice than bread. Black rice naman kami sa bahay for 3 yrs already, prior to that brown since the mid 2000s

Pero white talaga masarap, sa labas lang ako nakaka kain hehe

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[Yatta]

it all depends on how tutong is tutong.

I have this odd food habit of when the main dish is sinigang na baboy, I would pour some of the hot soup into the rice pot when all thats left is the crunchy "tutong". I woud let it sit for a while, letting the soup soften the crust and then scrape it off. Yum.