Instructions: Did You Know??

Rice can be indefinitely cropped in irrigated fields. Some rice fields are believed to have been continuously cropped for more than 2,000 years.

There are over 29,000 grains of rice in one pound (based on long grain white rice).

In Japan, rice grains are affectionately called "little Buddhas," to encourage children to eat rice for the rest of their lives.

The Greek poet, Sophocles, in 495 BC mentioned rice in The Tragedies.

Louis Armstrong signed his autograph "Red Beans and Ricely Yours..."

In China, the typical greeting is "Have you had your rice today." The typical answer is "yes".

In India, it is said the grains of rice should be like two brothers: close but not stuck together.

In Thailand when you call your family to a meal you say, "Eat Rice".

The Japan word for cooked rice is the same as the word for meal.

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