Which do you prefer,potato,pasta or rice

Today's blog of mine is about the basic carbohydrates we eat everyday. We all know that most people who live in Asia eat more rice than the people from Western Europe. For instance in my country we have rice or corn as our basic food that serve everyday in the table. Here in the country I am now living, most potato or pasta.

I heard often that people discussed about what they prefer,potato or pasta and not rice in their meals. Rice with fish?they came and laughed about what kind of food combination. Sometimes people easily judge the situation without thinking the main reason why. This made me sad and tired of keep hearing it. They don't even know how poverty means to them because of course here they have a better lives compare to other country.

Even rice is a common food that we could buy  in supermarket here and my favorite(jasmine thai rice). Still you could hear their different comments. Some Swedish people started to accept and eat rice. I was thankful that "Thai"restaurant"made a great success here and their kind of cooking give a postive result about Asian food. I still wish that we have "Filipino restaurant"here as well but anyway I am satisfied that finally rice eater could not only we who came from Asia but Swedish people too.

My husband used to say a joke at me (everyday is a rice day). Well he loves rice too but not like to eat every meal. I do explain to every person I meet why we eat rice instead of potato or pasta. Rice is one of the main product in Asia not potato. Lot of people will not understand inspite that they know the fact.

I put myself as them then tried to remember all the food I ate when I first arrived here. I have the same comments as them for the first time I saw potato serve in the table and not rice. I am not used to Swedish food simple factual explanation. I arrive my own solution about this situation. Now I understand them because they are not me and I am not them.