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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8033635" data-attributes="member: 6701124"><p>Would several sentences discussing the "Five Grains" and noting some more cultural differences between the north and south in terms of wheat vs. rice have saved that excerpt? (Is part of the next paragraph insulting to some regions too about when rice is expensive or scarce: "... yellow millet, sorghum, or barley is often substituted. This is the poor man's food." ) Doesn't help anyone insulted by being lumped together, but it also treats European diets pretty cavalierly at the end of the paragraph "Like wheat in the west, rice is the stuff of life in Kara-Tur." That leaves out rye, barley, millet and oats if the west refers to medieval Europe (and wikipedia says those would have been pretty important there).</p><p></p><p>I was surprised that google popped up with quite a bit for - "Have you eaten rice today" really a common greeting? - and is supposedly used in several countries (well, presumably only the portions of those countries that commonly use rice). It was even at the top of the first article I got from the economist when looking up how big of a part of the diet rice is across southeast Asia. (The UN site gave better numbers, granted for today and not back when).</p><p></p><p>For those without a copy of OA, food is the subject of an entire half page:</p><p>Paragraph 2 spends a lot of time on Soybeans</p><p>Paragraph 3 is on various vegetables</p><p>Paragraph 5 is on seafood</p><p>Paragraph 6 is on non-seafood meats</p><p>Paragraph 7 is on tea</p><p>Paragraph 8 describes a set of typical daily meals</p><p></p><p>They did have a disclaimer at the front of the section on Daily Life in Kara-Tur that this wasn't designed to accurately describe the real East Asia in all it's variety. It's not a fix, but it seems important to note that they weren't trying to describe it all with perfect accuracy - and they wanted the readers to be aware of that.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]123571[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8033635, member: 6701124"] Would several sentences discussing the "Five Grains" and noting some more cultural differences between the north and south in terms of wheat vs. rice have saved that excerpt? (Is part of the next paragraph insulting to some regions too about when rice is expensive or scarce: "... yellow millet, sorghum, or barley is often substituted. This is the poor man's food." ) Doesn't help anyone insulted by being lumped together, but it also treats European diets pretty cavalierly at the end of the paragraph "Like wheat in the west, rice is the stuff of life in Kara-Tur." That leaves out rye, barley, millet and oats if the west refers to medieval Europe (and wikipedia says those would have been pretty important there). I was surprised that google popped up with quite a bit for - "Have you eaten rice today" really a common greeting? - and is supposedly used in several countries (well, presumably only the portions of those countries that commonly use rice). It was even at the top of the first article I got from the economist when looking up how big of a part of the diet rice is across southeast Asia. (The UN site gave better numbers, granted for today and not back when). For those without a copy of OA, food is the subject of an entire half page: Paragraph 2 spends a lot of time on Soybeans Paragraph 3 is on various vegetables Paragraph 5 is on seafood Paragraph 6 is on non-seafood meats Paragraph 7 is on tea Paragraph 8 describes a set of typical daily meals They did have a disclaimer at the front of the section on Daily Life in Kara-Tur that this wasn't designed to accurately describe the real East Asia in all it's variety. It's not a fix, but it seems important to note that they weren't trying to describe it all with perfect accuracy - and they wanted the readers to be aware of that. [ATTACH alt="oa.jpg"]123571[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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