Many people donot know that there are atleast 80 varities of rice grown in India. Rice is really a very ancient grain. It is said to have originated in india. Rice grains estimated to date 1000-800 B.C. have been found in the excavations at Hastinapur in Uttar pradesh and at Lothal in Gujrat.
Although the botanical name of rice plant is Oryza sativa, the ancient Indian name for the grain was “Dhanya”
meaning ‘sustainer of the human race’.
In india rice is used in all religious ceremoies, including weedings also. In fact Tamil works even mention the types of rice that are used to as offering to the gods.
From, india rice gradually spread to presia( Iran),West Asia, Africa, Europe and America. India first introduced the rice crop to east crop. The Moors (Black Muslims from Africa) brought it to spain (Western Europe). The spaniards took rice to Italy. Later, on the Turks introduced rice over much of south- eastern Europe. Today the major rice producing countries in the world are India, China, Japan, Myanmar and Thailand. After India the oldest rice producing country is China. Chinese writings 5,000. years old refer to rice as the most important plant of the country.
Did you know that Java in Indonesia means ‘Island of rice’. Even today no no Japanese girl is considered eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice.
How rice came to America. In the late 17th century a ship from Madagascar in Indian Ocean caught in storm. It was, given shelter in Charleston, South Carolina. The ships’s captain n gratitude offered seed rice to his colonial hosts. Rice in the USA is not only grown in South Carolina but even in places like Arkansas, Texas, and California.
One should know the nutrition content in rice. Scientists tell us that the amount of fat- soluble vitamins A and D is very small but vitamin E content in whole rice is fairly large. From: http://sitestree.com/?p=747
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