not only in japan...

Pretty much every nation on earth besides those in europe and the usa

>>44863725
I wonder how they manage to stay so thin while eating so much rice. I mean it's as bad as eating white bread.

people don't eat rice?

>>44863725
not really every nation, just asian countries. because rice is cheap/caarbohydrates that you need for daily suppliment

>>44863745
maybe because they don't overconsume like fucking pigs and listen to oprah dieting advice

>>44863725
yeah, I'm sure kids in africa eat fucktons of rice meals...dumbass

>>44863725
but not in the breakfast

>>44863745

In the middle east we pretty much eat rice with every meal too.

>>44863745
It's good carbs, just few nutrients.

>>44863745
carbohydrates doesnt make you fat, its laziness.

>>44863725

Eat less bread, potato, etc. and eat more rice for your health.

I eat mashed potatoes with most of my meals. Seems like basically the same concept.

Here in Brazil we pretty much eat it all the time.
Rice with beans is like the main meal here.

>>44863725

Oh, you.

I lived in China for a while and ate barely any rice at all. It only gets ordered at the end of the meal to soak up the booze.

>>44863725
I live in Sweden and I eat lots of rice

>>44863745
also, because they exercise more. americans tend to drive alot, sit down alot, where as many asian countries are poor therefore, they have to do the manual work(walking/biking to school/work etc

you can eat rice with pretty much any side dish

fish? yes
meat? yes
vegetables? yes
french fries? yes

rice + reheat beans

delicious

>>44863792
Um, yes, actually. Rice is a common staple all over the world. Many people in third world countries survive off of just rice and beans.

>>44863820
>>44863835
>starch
>healthy
The fuck am I reading?

I'm Spanish and my whole family eats a lot of rice.

>>44863914
wait, don't you have that backwards? ain't rice the side dish to other food?

>>44863910
>mfw i am asian and live the typical american lifestyle and am not fat

>>44863945
food isnt the problem in america. its laziness. Anyone can eat shit ton of food and not get fat simply by exercizing

>>44863768
Latin American nations
African nations
Asian nations
Some middle eastern nations

Pretty much everyone eats rice

>>44863745

>>44863978

And this is why Americans and Europeans will remain the fattest people on earth.

>>44863792
African dude here. Yes we do. Jollof rice is a popular food:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollof_rice

Today I had rice and boiled black beans with tomato and goat meat stew. Everybody likes rice in the African country I come from EVERYBODY. There is literally no kid from where I come from that wouldn't wolf down a plate of white rice, stew and meat. The weird thing would be not eating rice.

pasta master race reporting in

it's just lazyness though, i hate peeling potatoes and in contrast to rice noodles com in many different shapes

Plan white rice is fucking delicious, definitely one of my favorite side dishes, so fuck off OP.

>>44863978
Maybe in America.

In east Asia at least, other foods are considered side dishes to rice since it is the centerpiece of every meal.

>>44863945
What "the experts" used to say in the 90s, before carbs became the enemy.

that's a traditional lunch where i live.

some vary acording to the family or day, the meat becomes chicken, there's pasta somewhere, the salad changes,

but the rice is always there.

I love curry but I don't think I could eat it with bread or just alone. Rice just adds to it so much.

>>44864028
>eating plain rice
americunts detected. No one eats plain rice in asia. Only retarded americans who want to act asian eats plain rice as side dish.

>>44863945
All nutrients are healthy when eaten with moderation and all nutrients are unhealthy when overconsumed.

>this thread
I didn't know that /a/ is THAT international.

Rice is easy as fuck to make, and it's cheap too.

Cleanse the rice, put it in the cooker, put in some water, and that shit will cook itself while you play some game.
And it doesn't even matter if you forgot all about it for 4 hours while you game, the rice cooker will turn itself off.

I've accidentally forgotten about my boiling pasta at least +3 times, when I came back to the kitchen there was smoke and that shit had burned into a crisp.

I have rice a hell of a lot

But im black, so...

>>44864091
shoganai

Rice/pasta about 50/50 for me, I should eat more potatoes.

>>44864008
This is why America and Europe rule the world.

>>44863624
Not every meal, persay, but the prevalence is obvious given the language. Afterall their words for breakfast, lunch, and dinner--asagohan, hirugohan, and bangohan respectively--use the word gohan, which literally means rice. The prefexs in each of the words is a time. (Asa=morning, hiru=midday, and ban=evening). So literally the words for breakfast, lunch, and dinner are "morning rice", "midday rice", and "evening rice."

I'm russian and I love rice too. But that's due to the amount of asians who moved to russia (freaking odd).

>>44864117
>ADHD

seriously, rice and pasta are equally easy to cook

>>44864023
This looks interesting. Looks like I know what I'm going to make for dinner tomorrow.

Glorious Russian master race reporting in. Yes we eat rice all the time. And buckwheat. Feels good man.

I FUCKING LOVE CARBS. I eat Pasta, Rice, Potatoes, carbs of all kinds and I'm pretty thin.

I have recently been eating more to try to gain a little weight. I'm 185cm (6'1") and weighed about 61kg. now I'm up to about 64kg (like 141lbs).

Yea, I know some people have a higher metabolism than others and all that, but most people are fatasses because they JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE EAT TOO MUCH. also, a lot of people drink like a liter of cola a day (or more) and wonder why they are so fat. Not hating on fat folks, my exgf was pretty chubby, but she drank like a 2 liter of coke every day. Probably addicted to the caffeine because she would get headaches when she didn't drink.

Carbs and fat aren't the problem, it's how much people are eating that are causing obesity. in moderation fat and carbs are CRUCIAL nutrients.

What's a good rice cooker to buy? I am in the market of buying one.

>>44863862

You know what is funny about that graph...

France eats less rice and more bread then any country on that list... second lowest obesity rating.

France is one of the few counties that eats more fat per person (about the same as Canada) yet still holds a low obesity rating.

>>44864183
gee i wonder why that is. Oh wait 70% of russia is considered to be asia. tl;dr you're asian

>>44864188
Fuck it, it's not my fault that the whatever caught my interest is more interesting than waiting for shit to boil in the kitchen ;_;