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.
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)
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.
Is bread a processed food? It doesn’t grow on trees. Bread can also be a staple food.
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.
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)
Eastern Europe has some of the best stuffed dumpling!
When I wrote that I was thinking of what I had in Czechia! Kind of in between bread and a dumpling, not stuffed, and great to mop up some gravy.
Don’t get me wrong, I live a good pierogi, but I was trying to stick to the simple staples
Calling Czechia Eastern Europe is a bit pugnacious. Knödel/knedlik are Central European.