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S. Korea: Gov’t Promoting Rice Noodles to Beat Grain Shortage
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 03/08/08

Posted on 03/08/2008 9:13:21 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Gov’t Promoting Rice Noodles to Beat Grain Shortage

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is promoting rice noodles amid a worldwide shortage of other grain. An official said the ministry has started developing 100 percent rice noodle to increase the consumption of rice and curtail demand for wheat. Only 6,000 tons of rice was used to make noodles last year, but a total of 116,000 tons of other grains were consumed for the purpose.

The government plans to divert some of rice imported for making alcoholic drinks to manufacturing noodles. Some 220,000 tons of imported rice is used to make liquor a year. An increase in domestic rice noodle production will also reduce imports from Vietnam.

President Lee Myung-bak in a meeting early this week discussed with his Cabinet measures to make instant noodles with rice. In January when he was the president elect, Lee had said Korea should devise ways to replace expensive wheat with rice, noting that all Southeast Asian countries eat rice noodles.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: grainshortage; korea; rice; ricenoodle; wheatshortage
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Typically, rice noodles are Viet Nam dish, at least in S. Korea


1 posted on 03/08/2008 9:13:23 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 03/08/2008 9:13:50 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Worldwide shortage of grain..... look, I don’t want to say ethanol right out of hand, but do I have to?


3 posted on 03/08/2008 9:16:42 PM PST by squidly
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Does this mean I’m going to have to pay more for my soju now?! ; )


4 posted on 03/08/2008 9:17:05 PM PST by Tamar1973 (Riding the Korean Wave, one recipe at a time http://www.youtube.com/Tamar1973)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
["The government plans to divert some of rice imported for making alcoholic drinks to manufacturing noodles. Some 220,000 tons of imported rice is used to make liquor a year."]

This strategy didn't fare so well in the USA, IIRC.

5 posted on 03/08/2008 9:20:28 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Noodles, with human sauce, sweet./s


6 posted on 03/08/2008 9:22:07 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: kinoxi
Why are you truthing when you should be joking?
7 posted on 03/08/2008 9:23:32 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: TigerLikesRooster

...interesting. I’m eating more rice now, because the cost is so much lower than grains and potatoes.


8 posted on 03/08/2008 9:29:15 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Rice noodles...mmmmmmmm. Dang! I am now hungry for a nice bowl of pho.


9 posted on 03/08/2008 9:30:11 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

I dunno I’ve seen a lot more rice and non-wheat noodles and flours available at “normal” grocery stores. They’re expensive and mostly targeted to a very small population, but people with Celiac Disease will pay the extra cost gladly.


10 posted on 03/08/2008 9:37:03 PM PST by underground
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To: kinoxi
LOL..


Btw,
I actually prefer rice noodles over wheat because of the texture and flavor.
And rice noodles don't make me feel so full.

11 posted on 03/08/2008 9:39:43 PM PST by MaxMax (I need a life after politics)
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To: MaxMax

I like brains when the dirt runs out.


12 posted on 03/08/2008 9:42:53 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: kinoxi
I actually eat this on my eggs, but only a few times a year.


13 posted on 03/08/2008 9:50:18 PM PST by MaxMax (I need a life after politics)
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To: MaxMax

What do people taste like?


14 posted on 03/08/2008 10:03:47 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: squidly
Ethanol is not the source of the shortage ~ climate change is ~ and not because it got warmer ~ rather, it got colder.

Cool, dry winds associated with lack of rain create drought conditions making it difficult for wheat, rye, barley, millet and sorghum to fully develop.

It doesn't take much drought to create near famine conditions ~ we usually have a worldwide 60 day supply of grain. I believe that dropped to 45 days this last winter. With the heavy snows in China and the United States compounding a colder than normal growing season in South Africa, Argentina, and Australia we're going to face a second year of this.

In short, if the Sun doesn't start firing up some Sunspots pretty soon, we will all be facing a very serious situation worldwide.

15 posted on 03/08/2008 10:14:44 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: kinoxi

Your Point???


16 posted on 03/08/2008 10:21:43 PM PST by MaxMax (I need a life after politics)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
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Rice is going higher just like most other commodities.

17 posted on 03/08/2008 10:36:52 PM PST by preacher (A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: MaxMax

Nothing constructive. Speculation in the real world is always ugly.


18 posted on 03/08/2008 10:38:05 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: preacher
Yes, it is.
19 posted on 03/08/2008 10:44:34 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Thank you for the ping.


20 posted on 03/08/2008 11:12:44 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1886546/posts?page=4972#4972 45 Item Communist Manifesto)
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