The history and story of rice

[livinguktaiwan]

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[delishtreats]

This is a very interesting place that I'd like to visit too as rice is the main staple at my home as well :) My husband is originally from Indonesia even though he was born in the Netherlands but his parents cook only Asian meals.

So funny to learn about the rice flag :) and that room with all those symbols is amazing! Do you understand all of them?

And I guess that Taiwan is not the biggest producer of rice because of its size, isn't it?

Thank you for sharing Pauline! I like your story and your photos are very nice too!

[livinguktaiwan]

Thanks as always Martina. I think Taiwan isn't a major rice producer as it isn't as big as other countries such as India or Thailand, and labour is a bit more expensive. Also the east side where most of the agriculture is often have typhoons and that sometimes can wipe out the whole crop. I believe we are quite self suffucient though, which is great.

I imagine there must be quite a large Indonesian community in Netherlands due to its colonial days?

[soyrosa]

I wonder if I'll ever be able to distinguish different categories of rice - I never think about it, since I've not been raised on rice I see it as just a 'carrier' of the food that I eat with the rice, but have never had an opinion on the rice itself :-) I actually would love to get to know more about it. This museum seems like an well-spent visit :-)

[livinguktaiwan]

I think the most common types of rice for westerners are probably long grain such as basmati rice and short grain used to make paella, but rice variety to westerners is a bit like potatoes to Asians. I don't think any Asian can tell the difference between a maris piper vs a king edward or new potato - or is that just an English thing? ^_^

[soyrosa]

Hahaha - I know even less about Potatoes apparently :') I know you can cook them (yuck), mash them (more yuck) or bake and fry them (yummee, crispy! :')) and steam them (yummee, with a bit of garlic sauce please!).

Never been a fan of potatoes although my parents made a very very nice garlic mash last time I visited, wish they had raised me on that, but they learned how to 'really' cook only later in life :-)

[livinguktaiwan]

mmm... never tried garlic mash before, though that sounds interesting. Is that with mashed garlic or garlic bits?

[soyrosa]

Yes, you can mash and bake the garlic and later incorporate it in the potato mash. I didn't ask for the recipe, but it was freakishly good.

[ammadnawabzada]

Wow its an amazing museum
Very nice dear friend such agrest post
Thanks for sharing
Thanks dear friend

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[livinguktaiwan]

Thanks I'm so impressed you read the whole post one minute after I posted it as its quite long. Which part did you find most amazing?

[delishtreats]

I don't think you will ever get an answer :D

[livinguktaiwan]

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