Where was the first rice grown? Detailed answer

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Where was the first rice grown?

Rice is one of the most important and beloved foods. Did you know that the Chinese are used to greeting each other not with the words: "How are you?", but with the phrase: "Did you eat rice today?" That's how important rice is in their lives. Almost half of the world's population is partly or completely on a rice diet. In some Asian countries, each person eats up to 150 kilograms of rice per year.

Where rice was first cultivated by humans is not known, but it is possible that rice comes from southern India. We know for sure that it has been cultivated there for thousands of years. Rice spread from there to the East, to China, more than drinking millennia ago. Shortly thereafter, it spread to the West - to Persia and Egypt. In North America, rice was not known until the XNUMXth century. Although North Americans consume some rice, most people still prefer wheat.

Currently, in the United States, each person eats about two kilograms of rice a year. Rice without a shell is called brown rice. It is covered with a brown shell called bran. It contains the most vitamins and mineral salts. However, brown rice does not keep as long as white rice.

Most people prefer white rice - well threshed, processed and polished - to brown. In some countries, polished rice is enriched with vitamins and mineral salts. Rice is used not only for food. Rice flour is needed for the preparation of glue, starch, face powder. In Japan, China and India, rice is used to make wine.

Author: Likum A.

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