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I'm not too familiar with other places but historically rice wasn't the staple in South Asia. Even in South India, it was something that rich people ate. As a
by unmole 5y ago
I'm not too familiar with other places but historically rice wasn't the staple in South Asia. Even in South India, it was something that rich people ate.
As a result of government policies, rice monoculture ended up replacing the the diversity of grains that people actually consumed.
- whimsicalism 5y agoEast Asia and Southeast Asia, not South Asia. It wasn't the only one, but along with wheat and millet, poor Chinese were definitely eating rice.
- unmole 5y ago> poor Chinese were definitely eating rice. I don't know recent it is but isn't there a rice-wheat divide in China too?