061 18th Century North American Rice - A History

American Rice - Voyage the First<br /><br />Some of the rice might have started from Asia, but all of it came directly from Africa.<br />But which side - the West, or from Madagascar? <br />How from Madagascar - isn't that all the way over on the east side?<br /><br />Yes to all of this. The who and the when - kindof - are all covered. And learn what a monocot is. You'll have to look up the spelling of cotyledon on your own. Oh wait. You can see how it's spelled there.<br /><br />But a video to look at Old Colonial or at least Early American rice field sight.<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fcEvGmmXE" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fcEvGmmXE</a><br /><br />And check out the blog for Old School Navigation<br /><br />You have to wait until next week to get the foods - but this week, learn how rice got here.<br /><br />Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle<br />Show Notes: <a href="https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener">https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com">TheHistoryofAmericanFood@gmail.com</a> <br />Twitter: @THoAFood<br />Instagram: @THoAFood