The Epic Story of Rice: Gods, Conquests, and a Food Trip Through History

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Күн бұрын

If the story of food is the story of people, then the story of rice is the story of food. From the first agricultural "big bang" to the present day, following the path of this simple grass leads to the founding of cities, the construction of empires and the creation of the dishes that would become culinary icons. And it also leads to myths and legends, wars and rebellions and even musical battles. Every culture that cultivates rice has its own origin story, so today our mission is to find the truth, trace its spread and learn the roots of some of history's greatest dishes- and try them, too.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:18 - The World's Most Important Plant
4:56 - The Breakthrough
6:58 - India and China
10:32 - The First Rice Recipe
13:37 - Kheer, Sushi, and Rice Noodles
15:08 - Hanom Cin
16:56 - Mohinga
18:45 - Origin Myths
22:47 - Rice at the Market
25:08 - Cooking with Rice
29:12 - Rice Moves West
32:16 - The National Dish of Jordan
35:42 - The Other Breakthrough
40:44 - Making Fufu
43:37 - Nigerian Lunch
45:52 - Across the Atlantic
49:05 - Thomas Jefferson's Obsession
53:29 - Jambalaya and Gumbo
55:57 - The Vietnam War
57:51 - Conclusion
59:43 - Credits and Post-Credits
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@OTRontheroad Ай бұрын

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@RK-cj4oc 26 күн бұрын

I love these food history videos. Thank you and keep up the amazing work!

@kulkrafts3143 25 күн бұрын

Great video and way too much research time for foodies. BUT; If name justifies origin of Jollof Rice then the decimal numbers definitely originated from Arab since decimal number system is called Arabian Numbers. Wrong, number zero is mostly claimed by Indians due to their high population of smart people but oldest number zero is found in Cambodia temple Angkor Wat. It seems people who built Angkor Wat knew decimal number system then Indians learned from them then Indians taught Arabs and Arabs taught Europeans. Although all people group had some method of counting from time of Eve, regardless of biblical Eve or mitochondrial evolutionary Eve. Men probably didn’t need to count. As for origin of rice, long grain rice and short grain (sticky) rice probably had different origins. And the Korean researchers were thorough enough to point out domesticated versus wild rice so I do think 15 thousand year old rice from Korea is oldest found so far, but Koreans don’t have enough populations to argue against Chinese or Indians. Some researcher theorized that sticky rice may have been domesticated when Yellow Sea was dry farmland during last Ice Age, and migrated to higher ground as sea level rose up. I do believe there was multiple modern rice origins based on species like in West Africa, but original rice Eve probably ate was farmed primitively when human weren’t quite Homo Sapiens yet. Who knows who lived in India, China or Yellow Sea.

@knoahbody69 18 күн бұрын

@@kulkrafts3143 Yeah that Jollof rice looks a lot like Jambalaya. I didn't know Jamaicans have a version of Curry Rice.

@CloroxBleach-gz6cb 11 күн бұрын

Please do history of Bread

@close_all_tabs 11 күн бұрын

I just watched your video. Liked it. Subscribed. Now I'm "hungry" for a video about potatoes, in the same quality like this video. :)

@TomAndersonn Ай бұрын

1 hour of rice lore? I'm watching every second of it.

@TravisTellsTruths Ай бұрын

Same ❤

@kaizerkoala Ай бұрын

Real Rice Lore

@carlosbm8066 Ай бұрын

I just thought the same 😅

@adriank3086 Ай бұрын

Subtle, informative, and oh so wonderful. Thank you

@nathanwolber4503 Ай бұрын

Heck yes

@seasidescott 23 күн бұрын

My Filipino family, 50 yrs in the USA, won't eat without rice. For fun I made a standard "white" Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, mashed potatoes, etc, and left off putting out rice only to watch them fidget and look around. After a minute of enjoying their anxiety (but them politely saying nothing) I put out a dish of steamed rice and and everyone smiled and relaxed.

@OTRontheroad 23 күн бұрын

I don’t know why this made me laugh out loud but this is great.

@seasidescott 22 күн бұрын

@@OTRontheroad -cuz it's true! I did that 20 years ago and they still laugh about that time they thought I'd forgotten the rice. And when I do cook for them they always ask before sitting down if the rice is ready. They don't absolutely trust me, still. My lola here (SF) for many decades and says only one word in English - but it's a good word - "eat! eat!" and she'd smile from ear to ear as we each wolfed down 20 or so adobo drumsticks.

@ivettecorrea1496 7 күн бұрын

😂😅🍚👏

@riorockers 6 күн бұрын

Stuffing made with wild rice, mushrooms, onions, parsley, and chestnuts is great for Thanksgiving!

@seasidescott 6 күн бұрын

@@riorockers - delicious! but... Filipinos need steamed white rice as their xanax.

@quinn1883 Ай бұрын

There is a reason why Thais always ask "Gin Khao rue yang" it litterally means "Have you eaten rice yet" but it is actually a greeting. Rice is everything .

@spamtoncrocker9067 Ай бұрын

in Chinese, we have that saying too as a way to greet friends

@903lew Ай бұрын

It’s a greeting yes, but we are also actually asking if you’ve had something to eat. No one wants to spend time with someone hungry.

@NguyenTrang-kb1js Ай бұрын

We say the same question in Vietnam. With the English word "Rice", rice transfers to many meaning in Vietnamese language: gạo, cơm, nếp, lúc, thóc ..

@arale1402 Ай бұрын

I was fascinated by the fact that growing up my grandmother used to ask me "gin khao yang/ กินข้าวยัง" all the time, and later in life I learned from my Korean friends that "have you eaten?/ Bab mogeosso?/ 밥 먹았어?" is used in place of "how are you?" It's always intriguing to see through the intertwined threads of culture, language and food how we have more in common with than we differ to each other. If only we focused on that rather than arguments, disputes, war, pride and entitlement...

@huidromjibon7324 Ай бұрын

I'm from Manipur, a small Indian state just neighbouring Myanmar. We are mongoloids very much similar in looks, physical structures, social and ethnic culture to Thais, Myanmaris and other people of the South-East Asia. We too greet each other saying, " Chak charabra ?" meaning 'Have you eaten rice yet?' Very strange pleasantly.

@bradmowreader5983 Ай бұрын

I live in Sakon Nahkon province Thailand and they just harvested the sticky rice in the field across from my house. Rice is spread out to dry in all the flat places and It produces a wonderful aroma. It's a simple life with only 2 kinds of food. Rice and things that are eaten with rice.

@scottmcintire8634 Ай бұрын

I was in northern Laos last November/December at the tail end of the (dry-farmed Indica?) sticky rice harvest, seeing a line of locals with their sickles cutting down and collecting rice stalks on the outskirts of Luang Prabang, lots of cleared paddy fields on the train ride from Louangprabang province to Oudomxay province, and in a Phongsali province Akha village rice grains being spread out on woven mats to dry in the sun by the villagers. I became a fan of sticky rice with grilled sai oua sausages or grilled tilapia stuffed with a folded stalk of lemongrass, in addition to the lao-lao sticky rice whiskey.

@1Avatar Ай бұрын

A 4 year "aged" basmati with simple butter and salt shoots me to the moon.

@joefarang Ай бұрын

" things that are eaten with rice" = a multitude of different kinds of food.

@DeathMetalDerf Ай бұрын

It sounds flipping amazing to me. Someday I very much hope to be allowed to experience that aroma for myself, first hand.

@DeathMetalDerf Ай бұрын

@@joefarangliterally so many things

@awibs57 27 күн бұрын

As a half Persian half Chinese (by way of Thailand) this video brings my joy through my whole soul.

@wrathford Ай бұрын

My late grandpa grew red rice in his garden in Sierra Leone. I'm an avid cook, just like he was, so I was curious to try when I met him for the first time when I was 16. Eating his red rice gave me memories that never happened. The taste felt very nostalgic. I miss my grandpa

@scottgibbons2904 Ай бұрын

Memories that 'Never happened?

@wrathford Ай бұрын

@@scottgibbons2904 yeah, it’s like a phenomenon of something that feels so surreal that, although it was never actually part of one’s past, conjures something deep within. Almost like deja vu but it’s not that.

@justincavinder5504 16 күн бұрын

There is current scientific research and suspicion that our DNA can carry memories or other imprints aside from what was commonly believed.

@sonoransaguaro3786 14 күн бұрын

🌵🏜️ Re; "... memories/ never happened" ...A form of "genetic" memory? in our cultural DNA maybe? Pork/Ham is ...for me. Actually the only meat I eat, or like. Fish, of course. New Orleans.❤

@sonoransaguaro3786 14 күн бұрын

@scottgibbons2984🌵Roots in US gulf states, but born & raised in Wichita, KS where there were NO fish and Beef was the most prevalent meat, even over chicken.

@TheJojokoonsai Ай бұрын

I don't know how but you can packed so much information in to your videos and still not boring to watch. Thank you for making this channel.

@OTRontheroad Ай бұрын

Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it

@CobraQuotes1 11 күн бұрын

Wouldnt less information be more boring?

@Kguru04 Ай бұрын

I am from South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Native name "arisi" became rice world over. Not disputing the origin of rice. on whic you have done so much reasearch on. Think it was the trade network Tamils had. Love your vedio and appriciate your effort. One day when I have my own youtube channel, I will make a vegitarian version of each of the recipes in this video.

@PDeSF 16 күн бұрын

I am Gujarati auntie. North India like to say "We eat basmati".🔊🎶. I love south Indian rice grown over there and enjoyed with tomato rasam❤.

@verticalmatt 11 күн бұрын

Oh im sure it was the Portuguese who picked it up: arisi sounds a lot like arroz

@gisleyalves7757 24 күн бұрын

🇧🇷🇧🇷 In BRAZIL , brazilians NEED RICE, beans, salad and some meat to eat evey day in order to have a normal food and " survive ".🇧🇷🇧🇷

@Neednoy 12 күн бұрын

Just came back from Brazil. Tried your rice with black bean. Honestly I was surprised you eat rice too 😊

@TexRenner Ай бұрын

The grass family includes all the major cereals, such as wheat, maize, rice, barley, and oats, and most of the minor grains as well, such as rye, common millet, finger millet, teff, and many others that are less familiar. It also includes such economically important species as sugar cane and sorghum.

@gaoxiaen1 28 күн бұрын

Also bamboo shoots and Zizania latifolia, also known as Manchurian wild rice (Chinese: 菰 , 茭白, or 小白筍) but grown for its edible stem.

@kulkrafts3143 25 күн бұрын

Supposedly, all life form came from single cell organism so it goes beyond grass family. And who knows who first farmed rice? It may have been Neanderthals. If name justifies origin of Jollof rice then the decimal numbers definitely originated from Arab since decimal number system is called Arabian Numbers. Wrong, number zero is mostly claimed by Indians lately due to their high population of smart people, but oldest number zero is found in Cambodia temple Angkor Wat. It seems people who built Angkor Wat knew decimal number system then somehow Indians learned and taught Arabs, and Arabs taught Europeans. Although all people group had some method of counting from time of Eve, regardless of biblical Eve or mitochondrial evolutionary Eve. Men probably didn’t need to count. As for origin of rice, long grain rice and short grain (sticky) rice probably had different origins. And the Korean researchers were thorough enough to point out domesticated versus wild rice so I do think 15 thousand year old rice from Korea is oldest found so far, but Koreans don’t have enough populations to argue against Chinese or Indians. Some researcher theorized that sticky rice may have been domesticated when Yellow Sea was dry farmland during last Ice Age, and migrated to higher ground as sea level rose up. I do believe there was multiple modern rice origins based on species like in West Africa, but original rice Eve probably ate was farmed primitively when human weren’t quite Homo Sapiens yet. Who knows who lived in India, China or Yellow Sea.

@ryanjuguilon213 25 күн бұрын

Except you are just speculating and not refuse to see genetics. Long grain and short grain rice have practucally the same genetic sequence, hence just one specie. Just like humans might have different colors and eye size but genetically are the same

@channelinikhususbuatliator81 20 күн бұрын

Grass Lore 🤯

@KendraEMoyer 11 күн бұрын

@@kulkrafts3143 As humans evolved southern india and east africa were connected by ice age land bridges. Animals who migrated knew when the sea and weather was right to migrate, just as they do today. Bipedal primates who had become nomadic just to eat followed herds and even imitates their survival tactics when necessary The south indians dravidians became bengalis and tamils and the east african zanj in what became meroe and axum shared black skin and kinky hair; and became abyssinians, nubians, Possibly Benin emerged. they had fire and pictographs and were sharing a language based on astronomy/astrology. here ancient ideas of deity emerged. all worshipped NAGA or serpent deities in some form to celebrate the solar calendar. many flood legends happened all over world in this era they traveled the seas (or the coasts when ice was high and sea levels were low. After 26,000 B.C., hominids in at least five places created or received from traders a solar/stellar calendar based in scientific solstices and equinoxes. the star calendar with twelve major places gave us the twelve months, the twelve tribes, etc. Abraham religions and civilization in Canaan came 20,000 years later!!

@thekingminn Ай бұрын

Now you got to make a video about tea.

@MihaiRUdeRO 9 күн бұрын

China vs India, round 2

@Sinyao 6 күн бұрын

@@MihaiRUdeRO Easy, tea was from China, then the British stole the cultivation methods and grew it in India so they wouldn't have to give China silver anymore, while simultaneously getting the entire country hooked on opium. It was one of the contributing factors to the decline of China to the modern day.

@naughtiusmaximus830 3 күн бұрын

And opium.

@thekingminn 3 күн бұрын

@@naughtiusmaximus830 that is a great idea.

@secundusytp4517 Ай бұрын

This guy does an excellent job of showcasing good food and giving a detailed historical background on it.

@NuisanceMan 15 күн бұрын

And eating it.

@paulnielson7007 Ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing history of rice. As a previous chef also I am so happy to see the coverage of so many varieties of rice and locations that it was developing. Thank you for this amazing history. “Have you had your rice today”

@aurorium7502 Ай бұрын

This is some of your best work , the formatting , the editing , the story and narration. This is high quality educational entertainment 🖤

@jimwoo9552 29 күн бұрын

Except the weird camera angles when he's speaking. What's up with that ?

@padapapapa7466 Ай бұрын

Feels a bit funny that you are talking about all the cuisines across the world, then go visit restaurants from different countries, and all those restaurants are in Bangkok. Really looks like a food heaven. No wonder why Mark Wiens, and other foodies decided to live there

@rohmilchgeniesser Ай бұрын

I think you can find most cuisines in every major city on our planet.

@arlenehotep381 26 күн бұрын

I like the video. I was raised on rice. My parents from Barbados. I love hearing the history of the foods we eat.

@dondobbs9302 23 күн бұрын

Great point; most OTR videos don't go to far "OTR" (on the road) from Bangkok. If you watch his "why I do this" videos, he kind of explains why he stays in Grung Thep (Bangkok.)

@TreeofHelll 11 күн бұрын

In my experience, Bangkok isn't the place at all for THE best Thai food. Chiang Mai, and other smaller provinces ARE.

@dondobbs9302 9 күн бұрын

@@TreeofHelll After over ten years in C.M. I'd agree at least to the extent that I find Lanna cuisine superior to others.

@DeathMetalDerf Ай бұрын

This was one of the most unexpectedly fascinating things I've ever seen. Rice is frickin' rad, man!

@itsallgoodaversa 24 күн бұрын

Just want to say hats off to you, your writing, annunciation, research and delivery are amazing and I love watching and listening to your videos. Thank you and please keep up the hard work!

@sevenandthelittlestmew Ай бұрын

I have been wanting a video on the history of rice for a while now. There was a show that purportedly told the “history of rice,” but it was really just about the growing and manufacture of rice within the US, and it had no actual history (even of how the US ended up with rice) at all. It was such an epic fail that I ranted to my partner about it for a good 15 minutes. 😂 Thank you for giving us such a concise history on how rice has traveled around and transformed our world, even if there is (obviously) a lot of information that you couldn’t include in this episode. Our family eats rice every day, and even in our home we have multiple types of rice for different dishes, so this episode was very interesting to me.

@DrowSkinned 21 күн бұрын

Too hungry, I'll watch this later 😂

@beammeupscotty1955 Ай бұрын

When you finish a youtube video and suddenly realize it was an hour long, you know it was excellent content. Awesome job! I am an American but I eat a LOT of rice. I had sticky rice with dinner for the last 5 nights. I always have at least 30 pounds of Jasmine and 30 pounds of Sticky rice on hand at all times.

@sonoransaguaro3786 14 күн бұрын

AMAZING hour! I've saved it under several headings... Cultural Cusines, World History, Agriculture... Wonderful presentation!!🎉Thank you!🙏❤️❤️❤️

@amah.vanniarachchy4334 21 күн бұрын

Hi. Im from Sri Lanka. This is a great video, learned a lot and enjoyed alot. But you have missed Sri Lanka and its legacy of Rice. In Sri Lanka there is a rich and long history of rice and rice plays a significant role in the culture and religion in Sri Lanka.

@judynicholas2680 10 күн бұрын

Wow!! One hour passed so quickly this was really amazing. I still plant rice at home in Trinidad and love it. It's history is wide spread across the world. Thank you Lord for providing such an amazing food....thank you sir for your explanation......

@mikedaniel1771 27 күн бұрын

Wow. Epic video. It combines archaeology, history, cuisine, culture all in one massive dose of interesting delivery. Almost as massive as the amount of rice eaten that day. Subbed

@billmcdonald4335 16 күн бұрын

I was raised on that Minute Rice stuff. Now, I steam several bowlfuls a week, mostly Thai Jasmine. Only takes a small amount of extra effort, but there's a world of difference.

@PDeSF 16 күн бұрын

in India we cook rice with extra water and then just like pasta is drained from all the excess water, we take it out that heavy starch water. After cook under a heavy bottom pan for another few minutes just like simmering on slow fire.

@chriscarrol9373 5 күн бұрын

Why you must be american I presume? Second quote from Henry Morton Stanley.

@billmcdonald4335 4 күн бұрын

@@chriscarrol9373 Canadian - close enough when it comes to rice culture, especially in the '60s and '70s. Minute Rice - and Uncle Ben's. . . Dainty Rice. . . all of it was 'near-rice.' Eight Treasures Thai Jasmine is my brand these days. A great all-rounder that does well in many different cuisines.

@zeideerskine3462 Ай бұрын

Considering that is was a wheat shortage that brought about the French revolution, the French should have known better than letting a French trained Vietnamese Chef with a way of words loose on a starving nation.

@pedrosampaio7349 Ай бұрын

It's kind of a lost cause anyway: what would be the point of colonialism, if not to exploit people and nature, where there's enough lies and excuses to justify it?

@grovermartin6874 28 күн бұрын

I admit I don't know enough of the history to identify the French-trained Vietnamese chef is. Is it Ho Chi Minh?

@zeideerskine3462 28 күн бұрын

@@grovermartin6874 Yes.

@grovermartin6874 27 күн бұрын

@@zeideerskine3462 Aha! That IS a funny point!

@dondobbs9302 23 күн бұрын

Best post here yet!! Uncle Ho!!

@getberget Ай бұрын

Tip of the rice berg…thats some funny shit right there. The dadjokes of dadjokes

@dannychu2014 10 күн бұрын

Chinese people greet each other by saying, "Have you eaten rice yet". It's basically saying "Have you eaten yet" or a way of saying "hello". Glory to rice!

@M0rtunodos Ай бұрын

What a good video. I was expecting just the China/India, but the Africa and world angle was refreshing.

@fedesartorio Ай бұрын

What an incredible video! You’re stretching the boundaries of what KZfaq can provide. I hope you can make many more videos like this one, I’d love to get a historic perspective on some spices, or preservation techniques, or cooking methods! I’m super grateful for your work!

@krishnajayaswal6051 22 күн бұрын

There's a video on spices, also on chillis on his channel

@nigelworters3667 Күн бұрын

One thing I was hoping you would mention was that without rice, pasta would not exist. That total staple and pinnacle of Italian cuisine owes its origins to the humble rice noodle

@mysteriousdude280 20 күн бұрын

There's a type of rice which is grown in the southern of the coastal region in rufiji delta in Tanzania. they call it "bora nipate"(at least let me get something), It grows in almost everywhere even on anthills.Sadly it's being replaced by new seeds, you should look into that

@Ajhmee Ай бұрын

If you google the word "Valeriepieris circle" it is a circle cover China, India and SE Asia. People live in this circle more than outside the circle or over 50% of world population are in this circle and the reason is rice. Rice is the plant that give the most calories per farming area. It means you can feed more people if you grow rice. That's why most area with high population density always the rice eating area.

@kulkrafts3143 25 күн бұрын

Actually higher calories per farming area goes to corn. Corn can be grown in marginal farming land whereas rice need to be grown in warm, rich soil and high rainfall.

@ANTSEMUT1 24 күн бұрын

@@kulkrafts3143under the right conditions rice can have 2-3 harvest a year, while corn can only be harvested once a year.

@chinnu389 Ай бұрын

In Telugu regions of Southern India, we don't ask did u had lunch/dinner, we jus ask Annam Thinnava ( had rice?) , also rice plays a very important role in culture, we even have a first time rice eating ceremony for babies, frm birth to death , rice is used in all ceremonies, the goddess for rice is annapuurna devi...

@dondobbs9302 23 күн бұрын

See the posts above/\ In Thai "Gin Khao Rueang" (eat rice yet?) and a dozen other nationalities gave their version!

@reinhardheinzwarfelr8215 21 күн бұрын

Kinda the same in japan "gohan" and chinese(hakka) "fon" both can mean meal and rice

@arianwynn Ай бұрын

The way you tell the stories and histories of such humble dishes and food stuffs is amazing. I find myself glued to each episode and can't wait for the next one. You've got a great thing going here!

@hunterkillerai 19 күн бұрын

Should not have watched this with an empty stomach. The restaurants you visits look fantastic. I am hungry from watching all the food.

@tktyga77 Ай бұрын

I am glad you addressed the African rice story & was even a little surprised to find a variety of posho (the name for the edible spoon used in my gf's country of Uganda) made from rice & the use of Mexican rice my family grew up with, but am a little disappointed you hadn't addressed the wild rice (perhaps might do with a name change to marsh rice) found among sundry Native American groups (which happen to be among my ancestral groups mostly from my father's side) especially along the Laurentian Great Lakes such as the Ojibwe & nearby groups, especially since a similar strain is still used in parts of Northern China

@ericgrumbles447 Ай бұрын

The story of the invention of rice knocking sticks and the foundation of that story being the role children play in Ojibwe culture would have definitely been an interesting addendum here.

@OTRontheroad Ай бұрын

I cannot express how much I adore the food in Uganda. Oh man. It's literally one of my 5 favorite countries anywhere. I could have rolex and that "pork joint" dish every day and I'd be happy

@OTRontheroad Ай бұрын

The problem with going into the Native American story- I tried, went pretty deep into research for a segment, but there's just nothing in terms of actual evidence when it comes to recorded history that can actually show when rice cultivation started or pretty much anything else about the actual history before the colonial era. I just couldn't find enough to feel comfortable saying anything authoritative

@curtisthomas2670 Ай бұрын

The indigenous rice varieties traditionally grown by North American Native Americans are not actually genuine rice, as they do not belong to either Asian sativa or African Glabirrema species, but are non related grasses the seeds of which were grown , harvested and used similarly to real rice.

@j.m.b.greengardens968 24 күн бұрын

I really hope that traditional varieties of rice are being preserved in cultivation - not only the Asian kinds, but particularly the African and Brazilian types, not just for the historic and cultural reasons, but also to keep the available gene pool as diverse as possible.

@curtisthomas2670 Ай бұрын

A strain of African wetland rice was introduced to the Americans became a staple crop in the US known as Carolina Gold, which was the major rice variety grown in the US until it was replaced by Asian varieties and eventually ceased being commercially grown early in the 20th century

@grovermartin6874 28 күн бұрын

Oh! That's terrible to hear!😭 I've been reading so many comments to learn about the Carolina rice. Curses, foiled again!

@curtisthomas2670 28 күн бұрын

Should've been more specific.... it was phased out as a large scale commercial crop early in the 20th century but saw a resurgence a couple decades ago and is being grown by farmers mostly on a small commercial scale and as a "heritage" crop, but nothing on the scale as before. It is available on Amazon.

@grovermartin6874 28 күн бұрын

@@curtisthomas2670 Thank you for raising my awareness about Carolina Gold rice. I just ordered some from Amazon.

@curtisthomas2670 28 күн бұрын

@@grovermartin6874 another African rice story: Red bearded upland rice is a reddish nutty tasting African rice that grows on dry land and hillsides. Thomas Jefferson imported a cask of it from Africa and distributed seeds to various farmers in particularly mosquito prone areas in the hope that it would replace wetland rice and the need for mosquito harboring rice paddies. But because it required much more labour especially in threshing it never caught on as a large scale commercial crop, but was mostly grown by free blacks and slaves on a small scale and as a subsistence crop. It was gradually phased out during the Civil War and post war period. After the War of 1812 runaway slaves who had served with the British military against the US were resettled along with their families by the British on Crown lands in the forested Moruga area in the then British colony of Trinidad and Tobago. They carried red bearded upland rice with them and planted it on the lands given to them, and it is still grown as a commercial crop to this day, under the name "Moruga Hill Rice" and is available online. US agriculturists had long thought it was a " lost grain" and were surprised to find large fields under cultivation in Trinidad and have since reintroduced it to the US.

@grovermartin6874 27 күн бұрын

@@curtisthomas2670 That gives me a thrill to learn. Thank you! I am going to order some now!

@danielmaxwell6676 23 күн бұрын

I only found your channel a few weeks ago. Every video I have seen so far is gem. Keep up the womderful work.

@p5gBand Ай бұрын

I cook a pot of rice with almost every dinner and I always say to the grandkids, "you want some rice? we have rice."

@TikiRainbows 22 күн бұрын

I'm not sure I would have survived this far in life if it werent for this rice

@Odwalla_YT Ай бұрын

Another banger man, props to you and the rest of the team for all the hard work!

@WholeCosmos 11 сағат бұрын

As a half Asian American who used to study anthropology and Biology, worked in biology and has family in the Cantonese restaurant industry and loves rice and food..... BRAVO!

@roberthorwood4276 Ай бұрын

What a fscinating , and brave video Adam. Been a fan of your excellent channel for a while now and I'm constantly amazed by the amount of research you put into your Vlogs !!

@OTRontheroad Ай бұрын

Cheers and thank you!

@edwardwong654 Ай бұрын

This is fascinating. How can this not be done before?! Good job.

@ntabile Ай бұрын

Thanks, this is a broad historical video of rice around the world. There's also a story that the Filipinos who grow rice in New Orleans in the 1700s, too..

@dougsinthailand7176 Ай бұрын

Pilaf, biryani, risotto, paella, all have variations (possibly original) where the dry rice is sautéed before liquid is added, instead of boiled.

@dondobbs9302 23 күн бұрын

SO very amazing!! You literally and figuratively "bit off more than you can chew" and came out the king of KZfaq food videos again!! Really good, really fun. Their planting the first round of Khao Nyow (sticky rice) in Lanna (north west Thailand) right now. I pray this heat ends and the rains begin so they have a good harvest. Some one better preserve that African rice, we're gonna' NEED a hearty, heat/drought resistant strain soon!

@ianferguson3998 Ай бұрын

Amazing. Brilliant job. Seriously earned my sub. Keep it coming

@QuillTail Ай бұрын

I cannot even comprehend how you are able to put out so many videos of such high quality so quickly.

@nothingaboutbehos4458 10 күн бұрын

This is incredible to Watch. Thank you i have learned so much. The Pictures and Videos are so on point. This is very entertaining and still informative.

@PrimordialSoup1 23 күн бұрын

That was great. Love how rice is so tied into the rise of civilisations. Subscribed.

@brettogata4410 21 күн бұрын

Awesome job ❤ keep it going I wish you well with your tube

@pannachawangkul585 Ай бұрын

Your research on the story is much appreciate. Very fascinating.

@rishishah6810 5 сағат бұрын

Comprehensive and fun to watch... Great job

@wesleyquinn2939 Ай бұрын

Great to learn so much about a staple around the world. Hope more videos like this longer format along the way.

@andycoolguy1 23 күн бұрын

I had to stop watching about halfway through, looking at all the different rice dishes was making me feel too hungry 😂

@reinhartvonzschock357 9 күн бұрын

Excellent. A brief skim of the varieties, but so much more....

@user-it8vn7ms1s Ай бұрын

This video is just great! I love how you combine history and food-thank you!

@carolinevinke5000 Ай бұрын

This might be the BEST video I have ever watched. Now I’m going to find my local best jollof place to try something new and dig in! Thank you!

@noahshreiber4409 23 күн бұрын

very clear thanks

@DTSLtd. 13 сағат бұрын

Absolutely loved your video, man. Thanks.

@reliablevariable1615 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for doing this and double respect for you for eating preserved egg congee!

@vincenthickey8622 6 күн бұрын

Absolutely fascinating, the connections and history of this grain.

@raji5921 Ай бұрын

Amazing in depth research on the history of rice.. the origins of many foods are hard to trace.. earlier I watched your history of the coconut.. very informative also.. back to the rice info.. you talked about Vietnam, France and Japan.. I remember reading somewhere that the US-Vietnam war was about rice and not politics!!!. Hope to see and learn more from your research videos on KZfaq. Thanks for Sharing..

@ksrithan Ай бұрын

I am amazed by the international culinary scenes of Bangkok. Superb documentary as always BTW!

@danielwiddowson8881 Ай бұрын

Beautiful insight. Thanks!

@annon231 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Again! Very interesting, educational, and entertaining. .

@ChicaG-vg7pj 7 күн бұрын

I had read a long time ago that people from the Angola area of Africa were specifically bought as slaves as they already were proficient in rice production.

@billbryant7194 9 күн бұрын

Totally fascinating. I just realised I've been listening for an hour. Then you dropped Captain Bligh of HMS Bounty fame in there. Its all connected, and the tipping points just keep on multiplying. (A clue to two of my favourite science/ technology based series).

@solitaryscience4831 Күн бұрын

Outstanding. Very interesting. Excellent including all that history

@hdsamte 22 күн бұрын

In my culture rice began like this. Thanghou & Liandou, Two orphan brothers whose mother deserted them for another man became so hungry they were sharing a grain of millet... Then An old Woman(their grandma) emerged out of their fire place and fed them rice porridge. After being fed for so many days yet they never noticed her buying or getting from anywhere else, thebrothers became cautious. So they decided to spy on her, told her they are off to the fields to work as Bird scarer in other Families farmlands.hid themselves below their house(Stilted houses are traditional in southern Manipur where we are).Comes time to cook food their grandma started combing her hair and scratcher her armpits.. tick tick tick falls down grains of rice, then se starts gathering it and cooked the rice meal.

@shubh.bapi_9423 3 күн бұрын

Fascinated to hear the story. Love from Andaman.

@pack.50milkst 12 күн бұрын

I love your content so much and want to say thank you for sharing all histories.

@HimanshuShekhar1 Ай бұрын

Wow, such amazing stories. Thank you for this.

@bajanqueen7272 10 күн бұрын

Excellent Documentary thank you!

@a-complished4406 22 күн бұрын

I watched this video in segments throughout the day, always eating my meals with rice, why not 😊

@1Avatar Ай бұрын

Oooo I am blurry eyed from insomnia and BAM! the history of rice? Love the moments

@jeraldbaxter3532 Ай бұрын

Thank you! Truly fascinating video!😊

@jesshumphries3745 Ай бұрын

What a fantastic video - as usual!! 🙂

@IdeaStudioBKK Ай бұрын

Wow, this is amazing. I continue to be blown away by your films and your insaine work output.

@missourisavage7195 Ай бұрын

I absolutely love this channel!

@MrMarineBro 11 күн бұрын

So much knowledge engrained. In one video.

@cicero5451 21 күн бұрын

Fascinating documentary

@patrickreid2767 10 күн бұрын

You certainly grabbed my attention! Well done!

@danielmaxwell6676 Ай бұрын

This video was one of the moat interesting and informative I have ever seen. Love your presentation technique. Rice / simple and very complex..

@EricPham-gr8pg 11 күн бұрын

Thanks very much for information

@hongxu9893 2 күн бұрын

This is super cool! Great job, man!

@LuoJun2 5 күн бұрын

Very entertaining and informative. My wife is Chinese, and I don’t think I’ve ever learned more about rice. There are a lot of things in this video I want to try.

@carolynemma4279 6 күн бұрын

This is one of the best food documentaries!

@bartguim4823 5 күн бұрын

Very well done and fun to watch

@zedudli 5 күн бұрын

I’m only halfway through but this documentary is AMAZING. Great job!!! 👏🏻

@voleak5414 17 күн бұрын

Yes, rice! I can't feel full without rice. I can eat bread as much as I can but I still feel something is missing. Rice can be steam rice, cook as boiling. We have number one best quality in the world call Malise(Jasmine)

@primordial_worm 22 күн бұрын

I subscribed before even watching because this topic is a good idea. Go OTR!

@bensfons 24 күн бұрын

Rice is delicious in it's simplicity, wheat is delicious in it's versatility.

@Kitsambler Ай бұрын

Wonderful piece - love the cadence of your delivery.

@regorflora7915 7 күн бұрын

Watching this while having my chicken aros caldo. And earned my subscription because this is the greatest rice docu i ever seen so far.

@MrSuwavex 29 күн бұрын

I Love your work! Great video and presentation!

@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming 2 күн бұрын

I have only just found this channel. What a great video. The production quality is sublime. It's a crime this channel only has 138K subscribers. Well, I am a new one. Thank you for such a well-researched subject and high-quality production value. I cannot wait to watch more.