My wife is from Thailand. In Thai culture, to say “eat” they include the word “rice” (kao).The word “kin” by itself might mean “eat” or “drink” but “kin kao” definitely means eat solid food. A rice field is a beautiful sight.
They will have a hell of a time trying to separate China, India, Japan and both Koreas from their rice, not to mention Russia; they’re fond of rice, too.
INDEED!
The color of green as the young shoots come up is intense!