rice

It was once incorrectly believed that Europeans who enslaved Haitians brought first rice to the island. But Professor Judith Carney believes otherwise because West Africans used to cultivate rice prior to the enslavement of Haitians by the Europeans. It is evident that some West Africans brought certain varieties of rice with them to the Americas. And since Haitians are mostly descendants of West African people, there is a possibility that Haitian rice is of West African origin. Traditionally, there are two types of rice are grown in Haiti: Mountain rice (subsistence crops) and Swamp Rice (consumption in urban areas). Presently, there are several varieties of rice are grown and available in Haiti: Sheila, Shelda, Crete, Madame Gougous, TCS-10 (with Taiwanese assistance), Prosequisa-4 (a Dominican variety) and Vietnamese rice (bagged as 10 sou 10 or 10/10, perfect score). The USAID project of "International Rice Research Institute" at Madagascar is testing and has introduced several varieties rice in Haiti.

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The same way the people from the North of Haiti have their Cashews in almost everything they cook and those in the South have do not chew as they swallow their Tomtom, People in the region of Artibonite are famous for Lalo legume fey.
This is a very healthy Haitian dish eaten with white rice and beans. The greens or as it is stated in Haitian Creole. "Fey" included in making lalo, are: watercress and purslane. Here are the ingredients you need to make Lalo Legume Fey: Mixed fresh greens torn to pieces, Fresh pork, Crab legs, Vegetable Oil, Pepper and Salt.

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The mainn food in Haitian diet is imported. the quality of imported U.S. rice at affordable prices gained grounds over the more expensive yellow rice produced locally

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Here is a picture of a Haitian youth with a bag of rice on his head. The Haitian government has decided to import 300,000 bags of rice at this time is supposed to be a preventive measure

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Here is a picture of a bag of Haitian rice produced locally. Fertilizer use is limited in haiti because of the high cost. In recent years, the Haitian Government has been able to subsidize to a certain level fertilizer for the production of rice and other products in Haiti

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