Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans

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4 ай бұрын

Dig into how rice became a staple in the world’s diet, and the surprising consequences of its traditional production practices.
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Rice contributes over 20% of the calories consumed by humans each year. Korean bibimbap, Nigerian jollof, Indian biryani, Spanish paella, and countless other culinary masterpieces all begin with rice. So how did this humble grain end up in so many cuisines? Carolyn Beans investigates the global expansion of this beloved crop and the unintended consequences of its popularity.
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@autentik19 4 ай бұрын

a story told by ...Carolyn "Beans". :)))

@kylebaguan4337 4 ай бұрын

😂

@tomquinto1164 4 ай бұрын

I was also gonna point out how appropriate that was lol

@ethe.rxii. 4 ай бұрын

Rice and Beans go together 😂 Rice just wanted his wife to talk fondly about him

@EhrenLoudermilk 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, It got me as well

@archtansterpg4246 4 ай бұрын

So I'm not the only one who noticed that..😂

@TimeSpectators 4 ай бұрын

Rice truly is a global staple, feeding more than half of the world's population! Its versatility, ease of cultivation, and the way it complements so many dishes make it easy to see why it's so popular. Plus, it's the perfect canvas for a myriad of flavors from different cultures

@aegyo9272 4 ай бұрын

White rice + SPAM = so yummy!

@CrossOfBayonne 4 ай бұрын

During World War II marines in the Pacific often ate Japanese rice to keep them going, Sometimes they were infested with maggots and other bugs in the Pacific jungles

@CrossOfBayonne 4 ай бұрын

@aegyo9272 A product of WWII because Spam was popular in the Pacific Islands like Guam during that era

@Dell-ol6hb 4 ай бұрын

Also you can harvest it twice within a year because of how fast it grows, it’s part of why China has always been so populous.

@faiziskandar7364 4 ай бұрын

Not to mention high in calories! From what I know, they are more efficient in feeding large amounts of people than other crops. This means you could feed more people with every square meter of rice paddy compared to other grain crops like wheat, sorghum, or malt. One of the reasons why East and South Asia has a higher population than any other parts of the world.

@KienTran-lt7vs 4 ай бұрын

Rice is so important to us Vietnamese we also have different terms for it ▪︎ Rice crops - Lúa ▪︎ Young Rice crops - Mạ ▪︎ Unmilled Rice - Thóc ▪︎ Milled, uncooked Rice - Gạo ▪︎ Dried Rice crops after havesting - Rơm ▪︎ Cooked Rice - Cơm ▪︎ Cooked sticky Rice - Xôi ▪︎ Uncooked sticky Rice - Nếp ▪︎ Steaming (the rice) - Đồ ▪︎ Harden/Burned part of the rice - Cháy ▪︎ (Rice being) burned - Khê ▪︎ (Rice being) too wet, yet uncooked - Trương ▪︎ Broken, uncooked rice - Tấm ▪︎ Rice bran - Cám ▪︎ Rice husk - Trấu ▪︎ Rice cooking failure in a spectacular way - Trên sống dưới khê, tứ bề nhão nhoét

@tdman 4 ай бұрын

Vietnamese is so fascinating. ☺️

@joshuataylor3550 4 ай бұрын

Is there a word for rice cultivation that causes climate change?

@thang1144 4 ай бұрын

@@joshuataylor3550yes, its câm mồm

@lingkim8037 4 ай бұрын

@@thang1144 Chịu :))))

@baotranchaungoc6254 4 ай бұрын

@@thang1144 Haha, hilarious.

@Sunflowersarepretty 4 ай бұрын

As a asian rice is literally our staple diet. Can't live without rice. ❤❤ I didn't actually know that growing rice also hurts the environment. You learn something new every day.

@LtZetarn 4 ай бұрын

Every farming hurt environment one way or another. There are no clean way to grow your foods.

@mrcat6433 4 ай бұрын

Rice has been grown for thousands of years. Fossil fuel burning is the main cause of climate change. Fossil fuel companies like to push the blame around to anything they like including something as simple as eating rice. We don't need to stop eating rice. We need to stop using billions of cars and thousands of ships and airplanes everyday.

@elitecol69 4 ай бұрын

Enjoy your diabetes

@user-cc3zg9zs5m 4 ай бұрын

Eating meat is worse for the environment. And avocados use a lot of water.

@theenlightenedone1283 4 ай бұрын

Uncle Roger approves hiyaaa

@aldhieu.a.teodocio8796 4 ай бұрын

Rice is so important for us Filipinos we even have different terms for it ▪︎ Rice crops - Palay ▪︎ Rice grains - Bigas ▪︎ Rice grain - Butil ng palay/bigas ▪︎ Steamed Rice - Kanin/Sinaing ▪︎ Fried Rice - Sinangag ▪︎ Burned part of the rice - Tutong ▪︎ Foamy excess water from the steamed rice - Am ▪︎ Cold Rice - Bahaw ▪︎ Rice that has absorbed so much water - Malata ▪︎ Rice that's too dry, not yet cooked - Manigat ▪︎ Sticky Rice - Kakanin ▪︎ Way of cooking rice - Pagsaing

@elitecol69 4 ай бұрын

Also the reason why they have such a high diabetes rate

@aldhieu.a.teodocio8796 4 ай бұрын

@@elitecol69 true lmao. a lot of oldies have type 2 diabetes

@Lotschi 4 ай бұрын

Wow, amazing! 😄

@Lotschi 4 ай бұрын

@@elitecol69How is this related?

@ai_rg 4 ай бұрын

In Javanese of Indonesia too :v Rice Crop : Pari Rice Stem : Damen Rice Grain (Peeled) : Beras Rice Grain (Unpeeled From It Husk) : Gabah Rice Husk/Hull : Dedak/Dedek Smooth Rice Husk : Bekatul/Katul Rice (Cooked) : Sega/Sego Spilled Rice Grains : Upa/Upo Leftover Dry Rice : Karak Broken Rice : Menir Rice Drainage Water (After Washed) : Leri

@Baylow94 4 ай бұрын

Carolyn Beans does a video about Rice As a Nigerian, I find that coincidence hilarious. We eat Rice and Beans together as a meal, and sometimes they can be played as opposites to each other

@chobies5383 4 ай бұрын

Same with Mexicans, I've eaten rice with beans many times.

@patmugambo7929 4 ай бұрын

Lols

@vodkasadness6203 4 ай бұрын

in brazil we eat beans with rice every day

@katkat3458 4 ай бұрын

In our country, we have some like pork and beans (which is like 99% beans). and I eat it with rice! it tastes awesome!

@legitimatefbr9714 4 ай бұрын

@@katkat3458are you talking about baked beans with mini sausages?

@tsukuyomirai5264 4 ай бұрын

Rice is so important in Nepal that it has different names in every form. Sita- a grain of cooked rice Bhat-a cooked rice Chamal-an uncooked rice Dhan-a rice within a husk Bala-a dry fully ripped paddy Even so, it is also known as gold that grows and August 1 is a Paddy Day in Nepal. A small myth/superstition to add: It is said that, if you step over rice water, your eyesight will be poor when you grow old. So my mom would never dispose ricewater in an open area.

@shishirkarki5782 4 ай бұрын

What's august 1 , I only heard about ASAR 15

@dangerouscolors 4 ай бұрын

in the tagalog language in the philippines we have similar words for different forms of rice too! palay - any stage of rice before husking/milling, whether its growing in the field or harvested bigas - husked uncooked rice kanin - rice in general/cooked rice tutong - burnt crispy rice on the bottom of the pot malata - mushy soft rice that was cooked with too much watef bahaw - leftover rice cooked yesterday (not spoiled! will probably be either reheated or turned into fried rice)

@nidhisawant4313 4 ай бұрын

Idk about other Indian languages but we have very similar words in marathi. Shita, bhaat, tandool, dhaanya, etc

@wenaldy 4 ай бұрын

Padi - grown, husked, harvested grain Gabah - Dried Husked rice Beras - grain uncooked rice Nasi - cooked rice Bubur - overcooked rice / porridge / congee Nasi Aking - Leftover rice, dried and cook again

@soumyadeep5 4 ай бұрын

We have similar names in Bangla and other Indian languages too

@GaudiFanYAY 4 ай бұрын

An additional possible bonus of using the "drain and flood" method this video advocates, is that it could also act as an alternative pesticide control. Nothing too amazing, but letting the fields dry out can kill off plants that only thrive in flooded areas, and flooding the area afterwards can kill whatever plants that took root when it was dry. Plus other small pests, like bugs, could also be killed by the flood if they aren't suitable flooded areas.

@dominique-valois 4 ай бұрын

@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 Jesus will help increase rice yeild if you convert. I call upon power of the holy spirit to multiply the grains of rice in this paddy field.

@sadanikadayarathna4735 16 күн бұрын

@dominique-valois😂

@NazriB 15 күн бұрын

Lies again? NASCAR GrabCar Nasi Goreng

@k1j1j1j 6 күн бұрын

@@dominique-valois hippie sky wizard will make your rice one bajillion times better with this one easy trick!

@soumyadeep5 4 ай бұрын

As an Indian Bengali, rice is so important food for us that we consume it in many different ways *Chaal* - Uncooked rice *Bhaat* - Cooked rice *Dhan* - Rice with the husk attached *Muri* - Puffed rice (Most staple Bengali light meal. You can mix n number of items with muri) *Chira (poha)* - Flattened rice *Khoi* - Popped rice *Murki* - Popped rice mixed in hot n sweet jaggery *Chal er gura* - Powdered new rice. *Pitha* - A variety of winter dessert made using powdered rice, milk, jaggery of khejur, coconut, etc. *Khichudi* - Rice and lentils slow cooked together *Payesh (Rabdi)* - Rice slowly cooked in milk and jaggery or sugar plus dry fruits *Panta* - Cooked rice left submerged in water overnight *Bhuna Khichudi* - A dryer version of khichudi with added dry fruits *Chal bhaja* - Fried uncooked rice *Gola* - Overcooked sticky rice *Maar* - The liquid starch of rice *Pulao* - Flavoured and spiced rice with dry fruits and nuts *Biryani* - Rice cooked with spices and meat *Atop* - A variety of scented rice *Gobindobhog* - A variety of scented sacred rice used for making prasad *Tulaipanji* - A variety of mild scented rice eaten best with meat *Basmati* - A variety of long grained scented rice *Dheki Chata (ঢেঁকি ছাঁটা)* - Brown rice, usually eaten by people who are sick *Tush/Khosa/Bhusi* - The husk of rice, used to feed cattle *Khor* - Straw or hay, used to feed cattle, & used in construction as insulator *Dhaner Seesh* - The pinnacle or sheaf of the paddy has always been traditionally used in numerous ways in our sanatani culture *Hariya/Pochani* - An alcoholic drink made from fermenting rice And the list goes on

@HAHAd2 4 ай бұрын

Professional yapper

@rodrozil6544 4 ай бұрын

You forgot about the one and only South Asian favourite, "Jaalmuri/spicy puffed rice"!!

@soumyadeep5 4 ай бұрын

@@rodrozil6544 Yes. Thank you :)

@vmvengsub3812 4 ай бұрын

So is Vietnam, and I suspect that so are countries with history of rice cultivation tbh.

@jumbojumbo6866 4 ай бұрын

dudes yapping rice

@PretendingToBeAHuman 4 ай бұрын

So much of the western diet revolves around wheat, and as someone with a gluten allergy, I'm so thankful rice is both readily available at every grocery store and can be made into a wide variety of dishes.

@alexanderrohaj4794 4 ай бұрын

Potato exist

@TylerSolvestri 4 ай бұрын

Do you realize Rice is also from the west? It is global grain just like wheat

@TylerSolvestri 4 ай бұрын

@@garystu9878 No, and rice is a global grain. You need to learn how to read.

@derkaiser420 4 ай бұрын

I am actually surprised they didn't mention how rice farmers get infected by parasitic worms at an alarming rate. They then contract some pretty terrible diseases as a result. Parasitic worms kill thousands of people a year in pretty horrible ways. I wouldn't be overly concerned with the methane distribution by flooding rice fields but instead making it a breading ground for worms. We should focus on draining these fields for the health of poor farmers because worms are very easy to get rid of by simple medications but most farmers cannot afford it.

@Kall_sta 4 ай бұрын

Not just schistosomiasis etc, but also malaria in the African continent!

@HumbleAshe 4 ай бұрын

Ah rice, so simple yet so iconic and important as a food staple. ESPECIALLY for Asian cultures and for people in my family and among many of my friends, rice makes up so much of the various foods we eat regularly.

@nikyabodigital 4 ай бұрын

It has indeed become too much of a culture that looking at people who don't eat rice feels like an alien.

@FajriSuryaPutra 3 ай бұрын

Almost all Asians can't live without rice. You can eat anything from burgers to donuts, but eventually it feels strange not to eat rice for a day. So we still eat a bowl of rice at least twice a day even though it's just a small amount.

@papashield3 Ай бұрын

Sounds like addiction

@boringbilal 4 ай бұрын

It's amazing how this staple has been so integral to many culture cuisines for millenia!

@waterpark49 4 ай бұрын

Rice are one of god's greatest gift to us. From one rice you can grow it to thousands of rice. Rice can be stored for a long time without preservative. You can cook and eat it easily without many process like wheat. It can blend it to any other dish. If you turn it to powder, it can be use to make many delicious cake and so on.. rice is indeed bringing life.

@windygrass9807 4 ай бұрын

So true! I dont know any better way to put it than this.

@donpula6349 4 ай бұрын

Yes... Also, it's part of our culture and blood...

@Phlegethon 22 күн бұрын

The people who discovered rice don’t believe in god

@missMcMartin 4 ай бұрын

“Why rice is popular?” Turned into a lecture on its causing global warming 😖

@captlove8788 12 күн бұрын

Yeah the script is quite literally bad mouth rice for half its content. Coming from someone who probably hardly ever eat any rice their whole life, except a few times in Mexican restaurant.

@gorilladisco9108 4 ай бұрын

The video didn't explain "why is rice so popular?".

@user-jc4il5kc6y 2 ай бұрын

Flooding rice field is make able to grow without fertilizer, which means more rice, more population, so Many people make rice if they can.

@gemmeldrakes2758 Ай бұрын

The simple reason is the yield. 1 cup of dry rice can become up to 4 cups of cooked rice, depending on the type. No other staple crop does that. A pound of wheat flour does not quadruple in volume when you make bread from it, neither does a cup of cornmeal become 4 cups of cooked corn meal when you cook it. It takes less rice to feed many more people.

@gorilladisco9108 Ай бұрын

@@gemmeldrakes2758 But popcorn can double that. 😅... one spoonful of corn can become 4 cup of popcorn. 🤔 don't kill me, sensei 😰

@gemmeldrakes2758 Ай бұрын

@@gorilladisco9108 I forgot about popcorn. But perhaps it is not as versatile? You can serve a lot of different entrees with rice.

@gorilladisco9108 Ай бұрын

@@gemmeldrakes2758 I think so too. The expansion of popcorn was filled with air, while rice was filled with water. That gives rice more filling sense than popcorn.

@Odia_bhaina 4 ай бұрын

We plant rice during the monsoon rains. So mostly doesn't need irrigation and i think it actually helps prevent flooding by storing so much water in the fields.

@erinboateng5961 4 ай бұрын

I'm from Ghana and I love rice. We use it to make many different dishes but my favorite is Jollof Rice.

@sagirahmed1601 4 ай бұрын

As an Assamese, rice is what I eat for my breakfast, morning snacks, lunch, evening snacks and dinner. Sweets made during festivals and special occasions, called pitha are also made of rice and rice flour, called pitha-guri (pitha powder). Rice is so centric here that the expression "bhat khala?" (Have you eaten rice?) is often used in the place of "what's up" or "how are you?". In Assam there are museums displaying hundreds of native varieties of rice from Assam. Some of the popular varieties include: *Joha* - The popular fragrance rice that is also used to make Assamese payox/pah (rice pudding), pulao etc. At my home, we make biryani with joha more often than with basmati lol (basmati is a newly introduced imported variety here). *Bora* - The beloved sticky rice that's used to make all the Assamese sweet dishes. It's the rice that's pounded to make pithaguri. We can make quick payox also with it. *Boka/Kumol saul* - The magic rice Others include ahu, aijong, bao, boro, lahi and many more. There are many terms we use to refer to different forms of rice, such as: Dhan - paddy, unhusked rice Kothia - rice sapling Saul - husked but uncooked rice Bhat - cooked rice Sira - flattered rice Muri - puffed rice Akhoi - popped rice Xandoh - coarse powder of parched rice Hurum - another type of puffed rice Pithaguri - rice flour, used to make Pithas (Assamese cakes), some larus (ladoos). It's also often added in curries to make it thicker. Payox/Pah - rice pudding Põita bhat - rice soaked in water overnight, then served with various dishes. Summer food Pulao - rice cooked with meat or vegetables Xaz - rice beer Mar - liquid starch of rice Khud saul - broken pieces of rice Tuh - rice husk powder used to feed animals

@paleoph6168 4 ай бұрын

A TED-Ed video on *rice* by a person whose name is *Beans.* Yep, checks out.

@amanpathak8763 4 ай бұрын

Not just that, the way rice is cooked also varies a lot. In India (I'm Indian), the most go to way to cook rice is using a pressure cooker. In other Asian countries, rice cooker is used heavily. In the west, rice is cooked in an open vessel. Rice is love. Great video, very informative.

@TheAlchemist1089 4 ай бұрын

A pressure cooker is a new invention. Just cook it in a pot that's better. Even for khichdi or pulav it's better

@nidhisawant4313 4 ай бұрын

Everyone uses cooker today. We use pressure cooker. In east, southeast as well as west, they use electric cooker. Its a new phenomenon. Before that everyone used pots and open vessels. I still prefer using open vessels over cooker myself.

@deadsoulvamp 4 ай бұрын

My grandfather had large rice fields in westen Nepal.. they used to alternate wetting the rice fields. Filling the fields with water, let it dry it out... and then refilling the fields again. And it is still being done that way, but not because of methane problem..

@BRZandaz 4 ай бұрын

As a semi southerner (USA) we definitely have rice with a lot of meals.. my favorite being rice with chicken or hamburger steak and gravy.. Rice , tomatoes and okra is legit too 😋

@wrkris0905 4 ай бұрын

As a South Korean, that bibimbap thumbnail attracted me a little too much... that I actually didn't know the title until I started writing this comment😅

@SkyGuardianHelmet 4 ай бұрын

I had thought everyone ate rice as a main dish when I was small. Then I realised that it was only in asia. In India bread was something sick people eat. And noodles was fast food. Chapati/Roti was made sometimes in my home but it wasn't like a daily food. Honestly I've seen paddy fields flooded full of muddy water, never thought about the environmental impact it has. I didn't even know why they flooded it. I visited my father's village and always hated walking in the thin wooden planks😅

@RoyMatzem 4 ай бұрын

In Brazil rice and beans in the main food for everyone

@ai_rg 4 ай бұрын

There are 2 types of rice varieties, flooded land rice and dry land rice. Flooded land rice variety needs lot of water during it cultivation, when the dry land rice is more resistant to drought than flooded land rice

@bletwort2920 Ай бұрын

You must be South Indian. In Hindi, roti means bread. Rozi-roti literally "daily bread" means livelihood. Bread is more common than rice. Even Maharashtra eats more wheat than rice.

@SkyGuardianHelmet Ай бұрын

@@bletwort2920 yes rice is used everywhere here. Daily rice with milk or curd, sweets made from rice, idli and dosa too. And also during functions like children's birthdays or marriages where they throw rice at them. But it's getting costly nowadays so more chapatis now😅

@VCT3333 4 ай бұрын

Proving once again that Rice and Beans is the ideal combination to provide nutritious meals!! Also, for all the different varieties of rice, there's only 2 species that are the progenitors: Short Grain (Oryza Sativa) and Long Grain (Oryza Indica). Short grain exudes starch when cooked so has more stickiness needed for Risottos and Paellas etc., and Long grain is better for making Pilafs and Biryanis where you want the cooked grains to remain separate and not get lumpy.

@nathalia5743 4 ай бұрын

We usually eat rice and beans everyday here in Brazil. We just can't get enough! 🍚❤

@enacrt 4 ай бұрын

Sempre tem um BR 😂😂🇧🇷🇧🇷 tamo junto igual arroz e feijão

@nathalia5743 4 ай бұрын

@@enacrt KKKKKKKKKK união do prato feito 💪🇧🇷

@headlessspaceman5681 4 ай бұрын

In Louisiana they have figured out a way to raise and harvest crawdads in the rice fields while they are flooded. I don't know what kind of ecological impact this has but it seems brilliant to be producing a grain and a protein in the same place at the same time.

@angelheart1701 4 ай бұрын

In various asian countries, a similar practice exists where they raise koi fish in rice patties.

@morrismonet3554 4 ай бұрын

Crawfish Etouffee and rice. Perfect.

@curtisthomas2670 28 күн бұрын

In Trinidad and Tobago it was cascadura, a type of catfish that can even survive in mud alone

@sanidhyatiwari7246 4 ай бұрын

Love your work ted ed Always grateful to you❤❤❤

@TaLeng2023 4 ай бұрын

Alternate wetting can work as a deterrent against the invasive golden snail if everyone sync their flooding cycles. The snails lay their eggs above the waterline coz it can get damaged by water. Farmers can have the water level low while the snails are breeding and then raise it once the snails are done laying eggs.

@YoungGandalf2325 4 ай бұрын

You know a video is going to be good when it starts with a Mitch Hedberg quote.

@Dheeraj5373 4 ай бұрын

In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes. But world rice production in 2023 was 523.9 million tonnes. So you can easily visualise how important food rice is .😊

@justaguy1182 4 ай бұрын

The population grew around 2.5 times in those years. So did the rice production. No surprise here

@Dheeraj5373 4 ай бұрын

@@justaguy1182 hit hard

@Viewer-zs6xj 4 ай бұрын

The word for eating food 吃饭 , is literally directly translated to ‘eat rice’ in chinese

@blondjon 4 ай бұрын

This video was fascinating! Loved it.

@BUTTERCUPJones 4 ай бұрын

as a pacific islander, rice is life.

@BayaniMagtanggol 4 ай бұрын

rice is also death if you eat too much (diabetes)

@mechanikalbull5626 4 ай бұрын

Where does your rice grow? There's literally small countries like Tuvalu soaked underwater

@jumbojumbo6866 4 ай бұрын

@@mechanikalbull5626 they dont they just import rice because their land will be susceptible to erosion or waves from the sea but also their lands are small to even grow rice

@shahinchoudhury8256 4 ай бұрын

1:55, like in Japan, in Bengali culture "bhat khawa" also means meal, (bhat is cooked rice, khawa is 'to eat') "bhat khaitm" ( want to eat cooked rice) means "i am hungry"

@KrasnyPetrograd 4 ай бұрын

Also in Thai, ข้าว (rice) can also means meal.

@0ddoneout324 Ай бұрын

Thats also in assamese

@alarcon99 4 ай бұрын

Never knew rice was farmed in South America. Thanks!

@toolbaggers 4 ай бұрын

Rice is farmed on every continent except for Antarctica. Some rice has probably even been grown in a lab experiment in Antarctica.

@curtisthomas2670 28 күн бұрын

Talking about ancient times

@parthoghosh4135 4 ай бұрын

I am an Indian Hindu and was not expecting to hear the word "annaprasan" .. great

@interferenzbrille_2542 4 ай бұрын

"Why is rice so popular and how can we reduce its carbondioxide emissions" is the real content ;) Nice!

@Cdroh 4 ай бұрын

Every video on this channel seems to go this way, and their totally clueless there’s not a hope the way rice is cultivated will change go to these countries and you’ll see how poor rice farmers are they could not care less about greenhouse emissions

@toolbaggers 4 ай бұрын

@@CdrohLearn when to use "they're."

@timmy-wj2hc 4 ай бұрын

The Global South should sue US and Europeans for contaminating the world.m, and shoould demand reparations.

@kirbya9545 4 ай бұрын

@@toolbaggersbro who cares 😭

@inuhundchien6041 4 ай бұрын

Huh I don't know about other countries but Im pretty sure in mine the rice paddy is flooded by rain so we don't actually 'use' water we just get what's there. Also the field will be let dry when it's not rainy season. Flooded field is also a good place to put in fish and shrimps.

@MapleRose9 4 ай бұрын

I learned so much about growing (and harvesting) rice from the game Sakuna of Rice and Ruin

@geeksdo1tbetter 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the rec!

@guzal6116 3 ай бұрын

Hi I am from Uzbekistand and every year we bring up rice and it is not as easy as you think to harvest it 'cause it depends lots of energy and action❤🎉

@Willchannel90 9 күн бұрын

Many chefs from Asia applauded these.

@almalyncabansag4442 3 ай бұрын

In the Philippines we had a vierity of rice planted on the mountain not paddies but directly at a dry slightly moist soil called Hasik. Saddly it is not grown in our village anymore since the introduction of different kinds of rice seeds. Only less than 5 farmers grow it in our province

@palakbatra4932 4 ай бұрын

Love the background music

@davronpulatov1789 4 ай бұрын

Thank you I did not know about it , but now I know some very interesting information...

@SurprisedPikacheesecake 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful and informative video. Thank you ✨

@yusufrosyid3561 4 ай бұрын

I don't know that planting the rice have a huge impact for environment. Thanks for the great insight😎👌

@renatoafonsomaiacarneiro950 4 ай бұрын

Here in Brazil, a meal without rice is no meal at all! Rice, beans, meat and salad is our standard lunch 😅

@ashitkotian2396 4 ай бұрын

Rice is not just a food, its like a symbol of life and a symbol of culture often used in rituals.

@mikemcconeghy4658 Ай бұрын

I spent a year in Fukuyama, Japan. It rained continuously in the month of June. I remember thinking that would be good for the rice.

@kimandre336 4 ай бұрын

The Chinese character 飯 originally meant cooked grain as opposed to wheat or millet-based noodles or flatbread-like foodstuff. It became cooked rice much later.

@StanAllKpopGroups13 4 ай бұрын

Paella really is a culinary masterpiece

@pdls4 4 ай бұрын

yes but not the paella shown in this video 😭

@JohnAranita 4 ай бұрын

I have brown and white rice with dinner because I got served that combination as a student @ Leilehua High School in the '80s.

@echognomecal6742 4 ай бұрын

Another example of rice & Beans going well together.

@user-ic8go5rj7n 4 ай бұрын

I live in Japan.There’s "mochi ",which make from rice. It is eaten in New Year. I would like you to eat it!

@chobies5383 4 ай бұрын

I live in the United States and most stores have mochi, it might be an Americanized version though.

@CirculatedFragrance 4 ай бұрын

Every food production hurt the environment one way or the other however, its important to know that we shouldnt go against the farmers but we should blame corporates

@morrismonet3554 4 ай бұрын

Eat what you like and ignore the Climate Nazis.

@Wired4Life2 4 ай бұрын

@@morrismonet3554 Especially those with private jets and McMansions, resulting in them contributing a larger carbon footprint that the vast majority of us peasants. :b

@TaLeng2023 4 ай бұрын

@@Wired4Life2yeah like Taylor Swift lecturing us peasants while she emit more than we emit a year whenever she decided to visit her bf

@perpetualbystander4516 4 ай бұрын

"But going against the grain could be just what we need" Nice one. 😄👍

@jonathankater7491 4 ай бұрын

As a University student, I’m humbled to know the roots of the food that has been there for me😂😂

@ZR3009 4 ай бұрын

Watching this while eating fried rice felt perfect.

@mecahhannah 4 ай бұрын

❤ Awesome as always thanks

@thaisgregorio2734 4 ай бұрын

I am Brazilian and I love rice. I feel like my meals are incomplete without it

@sapphyrus 4 ай бұрын

Rice indeed complements so many different food types, both plant and meat. I prefer it as my carbohydrate intake compared to wheat in meals.

@ric.card.o 4 ай бұрын

Rice yealds are higher in irrigated fields more than paddy fields. Water in paddy fields is mostly used for temperature control.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 4 ай бұрын

Love your content 😊😊😊❤❤❤

@user-eq2dx2jp6v 4 ай бұрын

Interesting, thank you ❤❤❤❤

@shreyas.loves.plants 4 ай бұрын

thank you for making this video, I'm writing about Pongal: The festival that celebrates rice ❤

@manahelh.6104 4 ай бұрын

Without even watching the video is simple coming from an Afghan person because it’s Delicious YUMMY god sent

@user-pw6vj6wb3x 4 ай бұрын

as a filipino, you can eat rice with rice in it as a meal with dessert like a combination of sinangag, arroz caldo and bibingka.

@haze300 4 ай бұрын

It's important to us as a Filipino. and we have different terms for it: Palay - Unmilled rice Bigas - milled rice Kanin - cooked rice, rice in general Bahaw - cooked rice typically a leftover rice from previous dinner Sinangag - fried rice Lugaw - Rice porridge Malagkit - glutinous rice, typically used for "kakanin" or rice cake and desserts. Kakanin - a rice cake with different varieties. Tutong - burned or overcooked rice Mumo - a pieces of rice that was left on plate or table Sinaing - a rice that is currently on cooking process Ampaw - puffed rice and many more in different regions. That's how we love rice, unfortunately, white rice is really popular and it's unhealthy if consumed too much.

@lias934 4 ай бұрын

Millennials depend on rice as their staple diet, and as population surge, we cannot control its production rather opt for a sustainable method. But what we can *control* is Human-induced GHG which was shown vividly in the video by those- _Vehicular exhausts steering through the fields_ Thanks for the info. ;))❤⚡

@hansduran9462 4 ай бұрын

From far, i thought the video was about EGG based on the thumbnail art. Could've been simple just putting a rice bowl to efficiently communicate it visually. But the video is good, always great honestly. Thanks TedEd ❤

@dedinacid458 4 ай бұрын

As a Brazilian, I eat rice every day, I love it

@sadiadagreat 4 ай бұрын

In Kashmiri too, "batt" means both rice and meal. You could eat an entire large pizza, 10 sandwitches and a kg of fruit, but unless you eat rice, its not considered a meal.

@paulinexiao5623 4 ай бұрын

the drawings and animation are amaaazing!

@user-eq2dx2jp6v 4 ай бұрын

Hiiiii welcome back ❤❤❤❤ thank youuuuuu ❤❤❤

@user-be6iw2xr8o Ай бұрын

Watching this while eating rice. Nice 😋

@alinowow 4 ай бұрын

omg!!!! i never knew about that relation between rice and methanogens!! and i also had never stopped to think about gohan but it makes sense!!

@billie-J 4 ай бұрын

here in the Philippines there is a facility called International Rice Research Institute many of our asian neighbors studied and research different kinds of ways for a rice to grow and develop different variants of rice.

@duhxdars8667 4 ай бұрын

And yet, the Philippines is one of the biggest importers of rice in the world, even becoming the top rice importer in 2023. Seeing the demand for rice worldwide is actually saddening as a Filipino. We could have taken advantage of this demand and competed with other countries as a supplier, but how can we do this when we can't even produce enough grains for our countrymen?

@billie-J 4 ай бұрын

@@duhxdars8667 i met an indian national in Saudi and he said he once studied in IRRI and spoke proud if what he did. he told me he learned a lot. And most of our kababayan back then didn't even know what IRRI stands for 😢

@srilakshmidevanathan8334 4 ай бұрын

@@billie-J we learn about the IRRI In science especially in terms of food production in India.

@alexandercervantes1309 4 ай бұрын

Love the Mitch Hedberg quite!!!! St. Paul represent!

@September2004 3 ай бұрын

0:02 That Mitch Hedberg line is great.

@ZZ-sg6bk Ай бұрын

1:50 Not just India and Nepal, also Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, Hindus also feed their babies rice as their first solid food in a ceremony called "Anaprashan". Would request you to keep in mind Bangladeshi Hindus exists.

@MoroccanFromToronto 4 ай бұрын

Rice was not known in my home country Morocco🇲🇦, it was introduced in the 40s. Bread is the most popular food 🥯

@bonbonbonbons 4 ай бұрын

Ironically instant ramen was invented because of a reversed situation in postwar Japan. When US gave wheat to Japan to make bread one guy figured out that bread was not a common thing in Japan and ramen noodles were more popular, he set out to create ramen instead. He ended up creating instant ramen by flashfreezing ramen dough.

@raunakrai_10 4 ай бұрын

the indian annaprashan thing uses rice to make this sweet rice and milk dish called kheer.

4 ай бұрын

Here in Colombia we say "a lunch without rice is not lunch" and I like that we share the rice love with the asians because rice is pretty delicious

@TaLeng2023 4 ай бұрын

What do Columbians eat as staple prior to the Spanish arrival?

@user-og6tj9db7r 4 ай бұрын

It’s hard to imagine how my grandparents used to cook rice in a pot. It seems they also steam rice? I can only use a rice cooker!

@opwave79 4 ай бұрын

Time for some over rice dinner! I’m starting with Oyakodon.

@ElizaNunes-rj2kc 4 ай бұрын

Rice and beans are food staples in Brazil 😊

@tomkoelmans4859 4 ай бұрын

Saying methanogens are the only bacteria known to produce methane is saying like all the vegetarians are the only humans known not to eat meat...

@afan2326 4 ай бұрын

Such a nice animation bit in 1:33 with the European settlers coming in

@psychoinferno4480 4 ай бұрын

First time hearing Rice field emit methane, had to do extra research because rice is a staple in the Philippines so we basically have a lot of rice field

@Santiago3435. Ай бұрын

Oh my god i LOVE the animation

@jakefisher-psalm23 4 ай бұрын

I already love TED-Ed. I didn't think my love could grow. Quoting Mitch Hedberg at the start of a video--marry me, TED-Ed?

@sedzanithilivhali882 7 күн бұрын

Carolyn Beans was born for this

@user-sn2oq4qt7b 4 ай бұрын

Rice can grow like normal plants dont have to be flooded or irrigation. Some province here in the philippines doing that wet dry mode not necessarily flooded.

@LuxuriantCarrot 4 ай бұрын

I think its perfect that the person giving the talk about rice is named beans

@Dheeraj5373 4 ай бұрын

Rice cultivation has a rich history dating back thousands of years. Originating in Asia, rice cultivation began in China around 5000 BCE and later spread to other parts of Asia, including India and Southeast Asia. It played a crucial role in the development of ancient civilizations, such as the Indus Valley and Chinese cultures. Rice cultivation techniques spread to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe over time. In the Middle Ages, the Moors introduced rice to Spain, and from there, it spread to Italy. European colonial powers further contributed to the global dissemination of rice, bringing it to the Americas during the Age of Exploration. In the modern era, rice has become a staple food worldwide, with various varieties adapted to different climates. It plays a vital role in the economies and diets of many countries, particularly in Asia, where it remains a dietary staple for billions of people.

@jigsaw2253 4 ай бұрын

Thank you chatgpt

@Dheeraj5373 4 ай бұрын

@@jigsaw2253 😑

@GoyFromFinland 4 ай бұрын

@@Dheeraj5373 Sorry chatgpt

@jamescorvus6709 4 ай бұрын

Rice planting didn't spread into West Africa, they developed it INDEPENDENTLY. As it was said in the video. They had another rice species in West Africa that the Mande Peoples and other Niger Congo speakers developed on their own.

@Dheeraj5373 4 ай бұрын

@@jamescorvus6709 Africans have rich history and their own customs and culture. They definitely grow different types of rich but nowadays Asian and Indian rich are more popular 😏

@_Parag_ 4 ай бұрын

Educational and informative. Engaging.

@roryasrorri701 4 ай бұрын

Sadly, alternate wetting & drying needs more herbicide or otherwise you'll have to battle the weeds up until harvest time 😢 (speaking from the little experience i have of farming rice since my childhood)