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I believe most of us have 'fillers' along with our meals. Be it rice, fries or potatoes, depending on the region we live in. These carbohydrates are the real fillers in our stomach while the rest of the food are probably for taste, I guess.
I grew up on rice so that's considered the staple carbohydrate for many people where I live. It can be fashioned in many ways (steamed rice, fried rice, glutinous dessert, etc). I had my first contact with french fries when I was a child at McDonald's and it didn't come across to me as a form of carbohydrate; it felt more like a fun snack.
Potatoes were more fancy as they appeared in 'Western cuisine' like a plate of steak. I used to hate it because the starchy composition was so much more filling than rice! But now, I actually like a dollop of sour cream on a piping hot open-faced potato, with a sprinkling of chives.
What about you? What's the staple carbohydrate where you live?
You forgot bread. Traditionally more bread and potatoes, but due to our multicultural nature, many are eating more rice, pasta, noodles, couscous, polenta, semolina, quinoa.etc.
I believe most of us have 'fillers' along with our meals. Be it rice, fries or potatoes, depending on the region we live in. These carbohydrates are the real fillers in our stomach while the rest of the food are probably for taste, I guess.
I grew up on rice so that's considered the staple carbohydrate for many people where I live. It can be fashioned in many ways (steamed rice, fried rice, glutinous dessert, etc). I had my first contact with french fries when I was a child at McDonald's and it didn't come across to me as a form of carbohydrate; it felt more like a fun snack.
Potatoes were more fancy as they appeared in 'Western cuisine' like a plate of steak. I used to hate it because the starchy composition was so much more filling than rice! But now, I actually like a dollop of sour cream on a piping hot open-faced potato, with a sprinkling of chives.
What about you? What's the staple carbohydrate where you live?
Well you have potato in chicken curry, or at least some forms of it. My mum used to always put large chunks of potatoes in chicken curry.
You forgot bread. Traditionally more bread and potatoes, but due to our multicultural nature, many are eating more rice, pasta, noodles, couscous, polenta, semolina, quinoa.etc.
Yeah, how could i have left out the quintessential bread! I don't think I can edit the poll, but well.
Speaking of which, bread in Singapore is more like a breakfast item slathered on with jam and what-nots. It is hardly seen during the rest of the day in the form of an accompaniment. I could never imagine breaking off a morsel of bread and eating it as-is until I went to France and discovered how magnificently tasty plain bread can be.
Yeah, how could i have left out the quintessential bread! I don't think I can edit the poll, but well.
Speaking of which, bread in Singapore is more like a breakfast item slathered on with jam and what-nots. It is hardly seen during the rest of the day in the form of an accompaniment. I could never imagine breaking off a morsel of bread and eating it as-is until I went to France and discovered how magnificently tasty plain bread can be.
That's true. Bread in Singapore tends to be sweetish too, I've noticed, mostly white bread you eat at breakfast. There are a lot of those Asian bakeries like Breadtop with mostly sweetish bread as well. Not much of a traditional of European style artisian bread-making, although I'm sure that's sure to change. Of course there are sandwiches and burgers.etc in Singapore... Then you also have the traditional Chinese steamed buns, bao tzu, as well as Indian unleavened breads like naan and various rotis (roti paratha/prata is well known). I haven't seen many of the breads typical of northern China, however, or scallion pancakes much for that matter.
US here - bread is the answer. I guess potatoes would come next for the general population, but in my house it would be bread, quinoa, rice, potatoes probably, in that order.
Most Canadians are big time carb eaters. If they are carbs we eat them. potatoes, rice, and tons of breads. Most times when people are eating a pasta main course they are also eating a loaf or two of good crusty bread with that.
In our house in Australia it's normally rice first then bread and.potatoes, we hardly ever eat pasta. Australia wide I'm sure bread and potatoes would be the front runners followed by rice and pasta.
The bread in Seoul seems to be all of the sweat variety, right now i would just love to get my hands on a traditional loaf of whole grain bread you get from the bakeries back home.
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I don't think I can edit the poll, but well.
