You probably haven’t thought much of certain details about rice, right? After all, all that matter is that it’s a delicious cooking staple that’s readily available, relatively cheap and able to be eaten alongside a variety of dishes. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency shares 9 interesting things you probably didn’t know about rice, you never know when the information might just come in handy.

Rice Can Last For Years – Unless it’s Brown

Uncooked white rice can stay fresh and edible for anywhere between 10 and 30 years (if stored properly). However, uncooked brown rice has a shelf life of just three to six months because of its bran coating which tends to oxidize within this time.

Rice Can Poison You

It can if it’s not stored properly. When cooked rice is left at room temperature, the spores in the uncooked rice that survived cooking tend to grow bacteria that can eventually cause food poisoning. To avoid this, you it is advisable to cook as much rice as you’ll eat, or cool leftover cooked rice in the fridge and reheat to steaming hot when you want to eat again.

All White Rice Starts Brown

You probably already knew this, but then maybe you didn’t. All white rice is just brown rice that has been rid of its bran coating and polished.

Rice Grows Everywhere except Antarctica

Rice is adaptable and easy to grow, which makes it possible to grow almost anywhere. It also has a very high yield which makes it a terrific crop to grow to feed a large population. Just a seed of rice can result in over 3,000 grains.

Toyota and Honda Are Named After Rice

These two Japanese brand cars were named after rice. Toyota actually means “Bountiful Rice Field” and Honda means “The Main Rice Field”.

Rice Needs a Lot Of Water To Grow

Rice cultivations utilize about 5,000 litres of water to produce just 1kg of rice!

Eating Rice Can Actually Make You Happier – Really!

Of course, eating something as delicious and satisfying as rice can typically make you happy, but aside this, carbohydrates like rice trigger the production of serotonin in your brain. Serotonin is a hormone known to boost mood and help reduce your appetite. Plus, rice is additionally easy to prepare, relatively cheap and nutritionally rewarding. Who wouldn’t be happy about that?

Wild Rice Exists but It Isn’t Actually Rice

Wild rice is a distant I to every other rice eaten today, most of which are in the Oryza sativa family. Wild rice is part of the Zizania genus and its grains are harvested from marsh grasses grown in North America and China.

The Great Wall of China is Held Together By Sticky Rice

While the Great Wall was being built during the Ming dynasty in the 15th and 16th centuries, workers used a porridge made with rice along with calcium carbonate as a mortar to hold the wall’s stones together.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/9-interesting-things-probably-didnt-know-rice/

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Before it reach FP let me book this space. One other fact, eating too much or rice can make you visit your toilet .

olurich01:
Before it reach FP let me book this space. One other fact, eating too much or rice can make you visit your toilet .

Funny.

Rice can make you have low sperm count.
I'm in my house, Coman beat me

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I eat rice everyday, l mean everyday, it's my favorite, Dats my food

One thing i know for sure is that before bag of rice was around 8K - 10K,
until it suddenly skyrocket go 22K under PMB.. School children sef no fit chop rice anyhow again.

Rice still remains my best food any day.


Nic3 one @OP

Definitely one of the best delicacy.

Opinionated:
You probably haven’t thought much of certain details about rice, right? After all, all that matter is that it’s a delicious cooking staple that’s readily available, relatively cheap and able to be eaten alongside a variety of dishes. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency shares 9 interesting things you probably didn’t know about rice, you never know when the information might just come in handy.

Rice Can Last For Years – Unless it’s Brown

Uncooked white rice can stay fresh and edible for anywhere between 10 and 30 years (if stored properly). However, uncooked brown rice has a shelf life of just three to six months because of its bran coating which tends to oxidize within this time.

Rice Can Poison You

It can if it’s not stored properly. When cooked rice is left at room temperature, the spores in the uncooked rice that survived cooking tend to grow bacteria that can eventually cause food poisoning. To avoid this, you it is advisable to cook as much rice as you’ll eat, or cool leftover cooked rice in the fridge and reheat to steaming hot when you want to eat again.

All White Rice Starts Brown

You probably already knew this, but then maybe you didn’t. All white rice is just brown rice that has been rid of its bran coating and polished.

Rice Grows Everywhere except Antarctica

Rice is adaptable and easy to grow, which makes it possible to grow almost anywhere. It also has a very high yield which makes it a terrific crop to grow to feed a large population. Just a seed of rice can result in over 3,000 grains.

Toyota and Honda Are Named After Rice

These two Japanese brand cars were named after rice. Toyota actually means “Bountiful Rice Field” and Honda means “The Main Rice Field”.

Rice Needs a Lot Of Water To Grow

Rice cultivations utilize about 5,000 litres of water to produce just 1kg of rice!

Eating Rice Can Actually Make You Happier – Really!

Of course, eating something as delicious and satisfying as rice can typically make you happy, but aside this, carbohydrates like rice trigger the production of serotonin in your brain. Serotonin is a hormone known to boost mood and help reduce your appetite. Plus, rice is additionally easy to prepare, relatively cheap and nutritionally rewarding. Who wouldn’t be happy about that?

Wild Rice Exists but It Isn’t Actually Rice

Wild rice is a distant I to every other rice eaten today, most of which are in the Oryza sativa family. Wild rice is part of the Zizania genus and its grains are harvested from marsh grasses grown in North America and China.

The Great Wall of China is Held Together By Sticky Rice

While the Great Wall was being built during the Ming dynasty in the 15th and 16th centuries, workers used a porridge made with rice along with calcium carbonate as a mortar to hold the wall’s stones together.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/9-interesting-things-probably-didnt-know-rice/

cc: Lalasticlala, Mynd44

rice with otapiapia effect

should I give a phuck?

The only thing I know about Rice is, Nigerians eat rice too much and that's why it is expensive.


Honda Accord means "The Main Rice Field Accord"

Toyota Camry means "Bountiful Rice Field Camry", little wonder Toyota is everywhere.

Are you talking about Nigeria uncooked rice, staying for 10-30 yrs?.
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Ok, make i they observe.

Rice of life

Rice is the most consumed food during celebrations in Nigeria (Christmas o, Sallah o, Easter o, even Independence Day and Children Day)

Hmm

I have eaten rice everyday for a week before.











Oh how I love rice.

Rice can poison me

how's dat interestin nii

rice is nice.

Bread nko?

I only came to see if the prize has reduced to 5k per Bag nothing more. Fvck Rice. I just ate it now..

GagaBrother291:
should I give a phuck?

Pls what is a fucck and how do I give it....I only know the one in ze oza room

11. In nigeria, rice is a must cook every sunday

Imagine a man without rice.

The post is only wrong about rice being cheap. A bag at 22k is not cheap

Ok

Sticky Rice can't forget that film. Mr stiff corpse

What else do OP wanna tell us about rice , I'd it's uncooked it's like a black African girl , natural beauty and blemish, if you cook it as jollof rice it's like an half cast pretty girl, if you decide to make it fried rice it's like a babe that's just bleaching her skin , while if you cook it white rice , that one na yellow girl that her bleaching don advance .

Anyways just know one thing , just be yourself you cannot make everyone happy, you are not jollof rice

I don miss am ?

No wonder Toyota & Honda Flood Nigeria just like Rice .

Thailand is the highest producer of rice worldwide