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The Arab World Divided: By Staple (lemmy.cafe)
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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Weird to compare a grain against a processed food.

Edit: it's the ambiguity between staple crop and staple food, not that I don't understand you put them in your mouth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_food sticks with cereal grains rather than particular foods, but does have an image of couscous somewhere in there even though it's not one of the staples.

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 12 points 3 months ago

I always thought couscous was it's own grain and was confused by your statement so I had to look it up.

TIL couscous is made from wheat flout, semolina specifically, and is technically a pasta.

That said, the title of the map does say it's comparing staple foods, not grains. Makes perfect sense to do IMO.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is bread a processed food? It doesn't grow on trees. Bread can also be a staple food.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I'm not sure if this is a comparison between something like bread vs pasta or like wheat vs rice. It just seems odd to mix the categories.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago

The dishes made with them are prepared in a similar manner. Rice in Mashreq replaced bulgur sometime over the past century or so.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Some places eat rice. Others prefer bread. Or dumplings (but not necessarily stuffed - like Eastern Europe). Or noodles, which themselves can be made from all kinds of things and are somehow different between Asian noodles and Italian pasta. Or cous cous. Or potato. Or... Or...

We have a ton of different carbs in this world. Some take more preparation than others when they get on the plate. That doesn't mean we're comparing apples and oranges (which, ironically, would actually be a great map as well)