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Traditional rice steamers in Laos. Steaming is a method of cooking using steam. This is often done with a food steamer, a kitchen appliance made specifically to cook food with steam, but food can also be steamed in a wok. In the American Southwest, steam pits used for cooking have been found dating back about 5,000 years.
A steam cooker catchment which collects water with condensed nutrients Broccoli in a metal steamer pot. Most steam cookers also feature a juice catchment which allows all nutrients (otherwise lost as steam) to be consumed. When other cooking techniques are used (e.g., boiling), these nutrients are generally lost, as most are discarded after ...
The Phonsaly province of Laos is home to three main ethnic groups: the Khmu, who account for 22% of the population; the Songsiri (18%); and the Akha (27%). The Khmu are the largest ethnic group in Oudomxay , at 59% of the population; the Lue account for 10% of the population; and the Hmong make up 14% of the provincial population.
Rice planting in Champasak province Laotian women planting rice seedlings near Sekong. Rice production in Laos is important to the national economy and food supply. [1] [2]Rice is a key staple for Laos, and over 60% of arable land is used for its cultivation. [2]
Stacked dim sum steamers. From the Neolithic period, ceramic steamers known as yan have been found at the Banpo site, dating to 5000 BC. [1] In the lower Yangzi River, zeng pots first appeared in the Hemudu culture (5000–4500 BC) and Liangzhu culture (3200–2000 BC) and were used to steam rice.
Still, the travel time between Haiphong and Kunming was reckoned by the Western authorities at 28 days: it involved 16 days of travel by steamer and then a small boat up the Red River to Manhao (425 miles), and then 12 days overland (194 miles) to Kunming. [7]
The province is the home to the Viengxay caves, an extensive network of caves used by the Pathet Lao, and the Hintang Archaeological Park, one of the most important pre-historic sites in northern Laos, dotted with standing megaliths. Houaphanh is one of the poorest areas of Laos, but has dramatic scenery and fine textile traditions.
In the early 1990s, agriculture was the foundation of the economy. [1] Although a slight downward trend in the sector's contribution to gross domestic product was evident throughout the 1980s and early 1990s—from about 65 percent of GDP in 1980 to about 61 percent in 1989 and further decreasing to between 53 and 57 percent in 1991—a similar decrease in the percentage of the labor force ...