Comments on: Mmmm… Rice! http://upsidedownandbackwards.com/?p=82 Hi, Mom! I'm not dead! Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: admin http://upsidedownandbackwards.com/?p=82#comment-14 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:01:05 +0000 http://upsidedownandbackwards.com/?p=82#comment-14 Thanks so much, Nicole! This idea of a show of plenty makes more sense than certainly anything else we’ve heard so far. We eat our meals everyday at the hotel restaurant, which is paid for by our program. So maybe when most people eat there, it’s more of a special occasion. For us, it gets a little old to be eating out every day.

]]> By: Nicole Hickman http://upsidedownandbackwards.com/?p=82#comment-13 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:33:49 +0000 http://upsidedownandbackwards.com/?p=82#comment-13 Interesting, and this looks to be an explanation of why the rice doesn’t come until the end:

What is Served, or Beyond the Grain
In a dramatic reversal of everyday habit, banquets consist solely of special dishes. The meat and vegetables that serve as side dishes at regular meals become the focus, and fan, or grain, which is normally so important that every last grain must be consumed, is relegated to the very end of the meal and guests need only to pick at the fan, indicating their supreme satisfaction. To eat one’s rice at a banquet might hint that the host failed to provide enough food.

From this link: http://www.cuisinenet.com/glossary/chinbanq.html

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