Anonymous wrote:His family is weird and possibly poor white.

How do I know? My family consists of poor white people who are also weird and raised on poverty food.

We were poor. Rice is inexpensive. Ate quite a bit of it.

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Anonymous wrote:Because Americans, being among the unhealthiest populations on the planet earth, have gotten it into their idiot fad-diet brains to be petrified of "carbs" - failing to realize that the healthiest and longest living populations on earth eat a mostly carb-based diet.

You think the people OP is describing, who eat spaghetti with hot dogs, are “afraid of carbs”?

Are you able to read? Serious question.

OP listed two foods her IL's eat. She didn't say they eat spaghetti with hot dogs.

I have family members who like to eat lower carb. If I serve a meal where the carbs are incorporated (e.g. spaghetti with meat sauce, jambalaya) they'll eat it, but if I serve something where there's a side dish of carbs -- whether that's bread, or mashed potatoes, or rice, they won't take any. It's one way to reduce the calories of the meal.

DH from the UK finds rice boring. I love rice, especially jasmine rice. It has a specific taste.

I’m American and we eat a lot of rice. I think we have 5-6 kinds of rice in our pantry (basmati, Arborio, sushi, uncle Ben’s converted, etc., some of those in brown and white). I also grew up eating a lot of rice. It used to be a standard side on restaurant menus. Not sure what circles you are moving in but if hot dogs and spaghetti are the normal fare that may be the problem.

We probably ate it weekly growing up. We ate more potato’s and pasta but my family is half Irish and half Italian so when we ate meat roast stuff we had potatos and then pasta with Italian meals.

Anonymous wrote:Because Americans, being among the unhealthiest populations on the planet earth, have gotten it into their idiot fad-diet brains to be petrified of "carbs" - failing to realize that the healthiest and longest living populations on earth eat a mostly carb-based diet.

You think the people OP is describing, who eat spaghetti with hot dogs, are “afraid of carbs”?

Are you able to read? Serious question.

White bread American here- we eat rice. Not nightly but weekly for sure. Hot dogs and spaghetti are seriously weird. I’d never eat that combo. Both are just cheap kid food that adults don’t really eat (unless you’re at a bbq or a baseball game)

I ate a lot of rice growing up in Texas. Nutritionally, I don't think the white Minute rice had much value. As an adult, I've changed from the white Minute rice (and white bread) I grew up on to brown Minute rice and whole wheat bread. I had more confidence in the nutrition of the whole wheat bread than the rice, which I'm afraid has probably had most of the nutrition processed out. Unfortunately, my doctor advised me to go off gluten, so I've been eating more rice than ever. While delicious, I was horrified when I heard that arsenic is a problem in rice. I've been hoping the excessive processing removes some of the arsenic

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s more accurate to say many Americans are afraid of rice because they don’t know how to clean and/or cook it. It took moving to the Middle East for me to learn how to make proper rice. Many Americans eat packet rice (Knorr, Lipton’s, Minute) for this reason.

Rice is so easy to make. I use a rice cooker. Why use gross Minute Rice? Same with mashed potatoes. Why use flakes when it’s so eAsy to boil a potato and add milk and butter?

Anonymous wrote:Rice is super common in southern cuisine and soul food. I grew up eating rice for breakfast.

It's more common to eat more rice in the lower south than in the upper south.

I just like you married someone from a poor white trash family OP, possibly from the midwest.

I love rice. I grew up eating it and I make it for my family all the time.

I think it’s more accurate to say many Americans are afraid of rice because they don’t know how to clean and/or cook it. It took moving to the Middle East for me to learn how to make proper rice. Many Americans eat packet rice (Knorr, Lipton’s, Minute) for this reason.

Rice is super common in southern cuisine and soul food. I grew up eating rice for breakfast.

Anonymous wrote:I’m Pakistani and I introduced my American husband to rice. We eat a small side of it every night at dinner with protein and vegetables.

His family will eat hot dogs and spaghetti but no rice as it’s “unhealthy”

Which Americans? Do you mean white people?

Because Americans, being among the unhealthiest populations on the planet earth, have gotten it into their idiot fad-diet brains to be petrified of "carbs" - failing to realize that the healthiest and longest living populations on earth eat a mostly carb-based diet.