(rice and dairy)Re: no carb questions

[Guest guest]

> > I don't know, but when I've gone to Indian restaurants there

> > is a very heavy reliance on vegies for the bulk of

> > the meal. I mean, by weight, MOST of the meal is

> > cooked vegies, covered by lots of sauce and some

> > meat thrown in (maybe: a lot of the dishes don't have

> > meat at all). Then there is a little side dish of rice,

> > and some bread if you order it.

>

> Heidi

> This is different from the UK- normally the Indian dish is lots of

meat

> with some sauce thrown in, and rice is ordered separately. The

single

> portion of rice is enough to feed a family of 4 for a week! Indian

> food in the UK is very " anglicised " !

>

> Jo

Hi Jo:

I live in Brazil, where rice is also a very usual food. Or should I

say " was " ? I don't often eat out, but when I do, I have observed that

rice may be losing its place in the sun. Present catering has reduced

rice not only to a side dish, but also to one side dish among many

others. For better or worse, it seems young people prefer fried

potatoes, pizza or noodles with lots of sauce on to the old-fashioned

rice. They say rice has very little taste or no taste at all, which

can be true, though I can be a suspect for asserting anything about

rice. Actually I myself prefer to eat our traditional tubers, such as

yams, manioc, and sweet potatoes, which are also frowned upon by the

younger generation, but rice for me comes first than wheat. If not

for the fried potatoes, the young seem to prefer the gluten now.

By the way, what do you mean when you say rice for a family of four

for a week? If this is not a hyperbole, then you have in mind a

family on a very low-carb diet, no?

Cheers,

José