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Fri 31 Dec, 2004 08:15 am
I wondered as a matter of interest what category of plant rice belonged to, I wondered if it was a fruit or a vegetable.
It is a cereal!
presumbly corn and barley are also cereals.
Corn as in wheat, or corn as in maize? Wheat is a cereal, as are oats and rye. Maize/corn is a vegetable.
I think of rice as a grain along with wheat, rye, oats, barley and corn. Basically if it's made into a flour then it's a grain. Hmmm, there are probably exceptions to that - I'll try to think of some.
When picking rice, it is best to send workers up the tree to gently remove the rice fruits from the vines.
Wy, I'm not sure about that. Corn is related to the grasses as are the grains you list.
Setanta will tell you that corn is a fruit. I think that's so he won't be asked to eat peas.
I think a lot of it depends on how you're trying to categorize.
we've always used kerosene to get the rice out of our hair.
yikes! Doesn't olive oil work as well - it seems a bit safer.
(K)corn is a nice, simple schnaps.
littlek wrote:yikes! Doesn't olive oil work as well - it seems a bit safer.
well yeah, but when we tried that, it attracted all the Italians in the neighborhood like flies to a dead squirrel.
Rice is an aquatic cereal grass grown widely in warm climates, especially in the Orient....the starchy seeds or grains of this grass are used to make food. (Thank you, Mr. Webster!)
and then there's the wonderful wild rice, which isn't rice
i love this confusing world and language
Rice is a grass of the genera Oryza. The family includes grasses (as in lawngrass) and a wide range of cereals such as wheat, rye, barley, oats and Indian corn/maize (sweet corn). It also includes the wild rice of Nthn America and sugarcane. Their little 'trick' is to produce a starchy, large seed suitable to both cultivate and store for long periods.
remember quatro triticale?
farmerman wrote:remember quatro triticale?
Too much tribble to remember that!
Why you silly people! Of course rice is a cereal.
Boil rice with butter and sugar until soft.
Put in bowl.
Add milk and spoon.
Sit at the breakfast table to consume while still warm.
It's a cereal in the midwest!
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