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1Rice burner — is a pejorative used initially to describe Asian made particularly Japanese made motorcycles and automobiles. Many variations have also been used, such as rice rocket for Japanese sport bikes.More contemporary use of the term rice burner , along… …
2staple — [[t]ste͟ɪp(ə)l[/t]] staples, stapling, stapled 1) ADJ: ADJ n A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people s everyday lives. Rice is the staple food of more than half the world s population... The Chinese also… …
3Glutinous rice — (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa or Oryza glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice, botan rice, biroin chal, mochi rice, and pearl rice, and pulut)[1] is a type of short grained Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. It is …
4Rice — For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). Oryza sativa, commonly known as Asian rice. Rice, white, long grain vegetable, raw Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) …
5Food — For other uses, see Food (disambiguation). Part of a series on …
6staple — 01. Please [staple] your test sheet to your essay paper before handing it in. 02. I cut my finger on a [staple] during the test, and got blood all over the paper. 03. Rice is the most important [staple] in the diet of many Asian countries. 04.… …
7Rice and beans — [ hotel in the southeast Brazilian countryside. The dish may be accompanied by meat, bread, eggs, vegetables, etc.] Rice and beans (called arroz y habas , arroz con habichuelas , arroz con frijoles or similar in Spanish, arroz e feijão or feijão… …
8Rice — Burma s staple food, the most important part of the meal for most people. Burmese people are among the world s largest rice consumers: Aper capita average of 186 kilograms of cleaned rice is eaten annually, which provides around 75 percent of… …
9Food fortification — or enrichment is the process of adding micronutrients (essential trace elements and vitamins) to food. It can be purely a commercial choice to provide extra nutrients in a food, or sometimes it is a public health policy which aims to reduce… …
10Deepwater rice — A farmer inspecting a crop of deepwater rice Deepwater rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in flooded conditions with water more than 50 cm (20 in) deep for at least a month.[1] More than 100 million people …
