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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.
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]
The autonomous prefecture for Dai people is in the extreme south of Yunnan province, China, bordering both Myanmar and Laos. Xishuangbanna lies at latitude 21°10′-22°40′ and longitude 99°55′-101°50′ east, on the northern edge of the tropics south of the Tropic of Cancer .
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 ...
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 ...
The trifecta of Laos' national cuisine are sticky rice, larb, and green papaya salad (Lao: ຕຳໝາກຫຸ່ງ, tam mak hung). The most famous Lao dish is larb ( Lao : ລາບ , [lâːp] ; sometimes also spelled laab or laap ), a spicy mixture of marinated meat or fish that is sometimes raw (prepared like ceviche ) with a variable ...
Rice production by country (2019) This is a list of countries by rice production in 2022 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world rice production for 2022 was 776,461,457 [1] metric tonnes. In 1961, the total world production was 216 million tonnes.
The origin of Oryza sativa rice domestication has been a subject of much debate among those who study crop history and anthropology – whether rice originated in India or China. [48] [49] Asian rice, Oryza sativa, is one of oldest crop species. It has tens of thousands of varieties and two major subspecies, japonica and indica. Archeologists ...