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To: E. Charters who wrote (84591)4/20/2002 9:02:43 AM
From: Richnorth  Read Replies (1) of 116762
 
Interesting details!

I have lived in Asia and have personally seen rice being planted there. Most of the rice is grown in an aquatic environment --- in flat fields or flat terraced areas on hillsides flooded with water to a depth of several inches. Typically the fields are ploughed with the help of buffaloes, then flooded with water, and the rice plant seedlings are then transplanted by hand into the soil. The water is drained off as harvest time approaches. I saw all this about 40 years ago. Since then rice farming may have become more sophisticated.

I understand much research has been done to improve rice strains in Asia. High yielding strains (up to 3 crops per year) have been developed and cultivated successfully. Strains that do not need much of an aquatic environment have also been developed.

I have noticed that Asian rice has a distinctly different flavour than Texas rice. No wonder the Japanese prefer their own kind of rice to imports. A lot of folks love Basmati rice. But to me it's not good enough as it does not usually break open when cooked.

BTW, in Southern Thailand, about 40 years ago, some young and pretty female rice planters occasionally got called from the rice fields to "service" clients at the run-down hotels of small towns. Typically, they were transported to the hotels in three-wheelers, sometimes with mud still on their feet. Is this trade still going on? 'Dunno.
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