Your staple food?

@raijin (10345)
Philippines
April 3, 2007 1:03pm CST
Here in my country (Philippines), rice is our staple food. It is the most common food found in every filipino dining tables, and we eat it with variands. Variands can be stews, native filipino dishes, fried fish/chicken/pork, and even cooked vegetables. Rice is rich in carbohydrates, and it provides more than one fifth of calories consumed by our body everyday. We even make rice as porridge and congees, we just add up some chicken meat or pork in it. We can also use the left-overs and fry it, but we make sure that it is not spoiled!;) So what staple food you prefer to heve on your table? Do you go for the conventional foods that your country provides you, or you always try something new and different? What do you prefer to combine in eating rice, variands?
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@junior07 (972)
• India
4 Apr 07
i also like rice but in my country people eat chapatis mostly which is made by wheat,with chapatis we eat vegetables,mutton,chicken,fish which are specially prepared adding some spices.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
That's a good information, thanks for sharing it!;) I'll remember and look for that word, 'Chapatis'!;)
• India
4 Apr 07
i am from india we also eat rice only. that is our main dish then for the taste we have plenty of side dishes llke vegetables, fish, meat, chicken, etc. our food is so tasty that you cant stop eating it. and indian foods are welcomed all over the globe.and you can also surely find some indian hotel near your area.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
I love currys from india, it really very good tasting and spicy!;)
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
4 Apr 07
i am a filipino, too and i just can't live a day without rice. rice keeps me alert and up every hour of the day. i love the famous "sinangag" or fried rice. even when just fried with garlic and onion, i am already good to go. rice is really great for every meal. i can get on with every viand there is. i love "adobo" first and foremost... chicken, fish or pork adobo! wow! thinking about it just makes me hungry again. i also love eggs and "chorizo" with it. actually, all viands can go along with the famous rice. it just makes my everyday complete.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
Yes, rice is a very important component in our everyday meal. As this adds energy to us, in whatever things we do!;) I make those kinds of fried rice, I love cooking it and I try to add more on it.
@GardenGerty (161046)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I like rice a lot, but my husband prefers potatoes. I will get hungry for one, or another, and eat it a lot, almost until I am sick. In my rice I like meat, and sauces or gravies. On potatoes I like butter and herbs.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
You prefer more on rice, while you hubby's for potatoes. Potatoes are nice, but it is also heavy on the stomach!;)
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I like rice a lot, but I would say whole grain bread is one of my main staples, along with vegetables. I eat them all the time in various forms and combinations, so there's plenty of variety and I don't get tired of them.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
Grain bread is a good diet, and a nice way to stay healthy also. It's nice to know that you like rice too!;)
• United States
7 May 07
in my house,i'd have to say it's potatoes.we eat potatoes with everything.i try to get them to eat more rice,as i like it myself, but they don't like it as much as i do. as far as the rice itself,i like to throw in chicken and broth,peas or broccoli,cauliflower,mushrooms and cheese. i'll also add garlic and onion as seasoning.
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
21 Apr 07
You make rice sound so good. Maybe I should try some. EWe haven't had rice in years. We do it a lot of pasta though so I guess you could call that our staple. Also, baked potatoes are another good startch we use alot.
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• United States
3 Apr 07
i'm also a pinoy who is now in US but we do eat rice everyday for lunch and dinner. white rice to be the long grain type is the most favorite with any different VIANDS " ulam " we can match up . we still enjoy so much chicken pork adobo , mongo soup with coco milk , pinakbet , crispy bangus , sweet and sour fish or porkchop , chicken bbq and grilled pork ribs , kare-kare , sinigang for pork necks or shrimp and always the chili mix seafoods and bicol express. we always prepare homemade meals at home 'coz we love to have rice and the pinoy cooking dishes. for breakfast we usually eat bread with cheese or a ham clubhouse and fresh milk or an oatmeal with banana or any fruit bowl and a glass of fresh orange juice.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
Yes, sorry for the typos. I guess my mind ben floating for these past days, as I have noticed that I've been making errors now and then. Thank you for collaborating to some of what I've mentioned, appreciate it..
@aweins (4199)
• India
21 Apr 07
I m an Indian and Rice is our staple food to. its alwayz on our dining tables and we too like to prepare it in many ways. we prepare sweet dishes also of rice and they are very much liked by us.
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@acquaria (719)
• Italy
4 Apr 07
I'm preparing Lasagne and stuffed peppers.I know that my boyfiernd goes crazy for these things,so I'll try to make him happy
@ozzydee70 (465)
• Germany
5 Apr 07
i'm a filipino also. i make it a point to have rice twice or trice a week, the staple food in the country i'm living now is bread, mashed, baked or roast potatoes. but i always make Lugaw for my toddler!!
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
That's good, you can never really take away your being a good filipino!;) Breads and potatoes are also good substitutes for rice, but of course, we were never used to eating that..