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Rice (<small>Kwang:</small> ''gwaiq'' 'cooked rice') is the staple food throughout most of Qonklaks, whose abundant river systems provide the necessary environment for large-scale river cultivation. Rice to the Qonklese diet is so important that cultural-bound symptoms of depression can be found among overseas Qonklese in regions where rice is difficult to come by or not found at all. | Rice (<small>Kwang:</small> ''gwaiq'' 'cooked rice') is the staple food throughout most of Qonklaks, whose abundant river systems provide the necessary environment for large-scale river cultivation. Rice to the Qonklese diet is so important that [[Wikipedia:Culture-bound syndrome|cultural-bound symptoms]] of depression can be found among overseas Qonklese in regions where rice is difficult to come by or not found at all. | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 6 May 2024
Qonklese cuisine is the broad term to describe the various local culinary traditions found among the Kwang in Qonklaks. Although it excludes the culinary traditions of the Öwi and Kūfa, their influences on Qonklese cuisine cannot be ignored.
Staple foods
The climate of the Ji River drainage basin allowed for the early domestication of rice at around 10,000 BCE, remaining by far the most popular grain in Qonklaks.
Rice
Rice (Kwang: gwaiq 'cooked rice') is the staple food throughout most of Qonklaks, whose abundant river systems provide the necessary environment for large-scale river cultivation. Rice to the Qonklese diet is so important that cultural-bound symptoms of depression can be found among overseas Qonklese in regions where rice is difficult to come by or not found at all.