Comments on: Rice as Self, Corn as Nonentity: Thoughts on Food Identity and Culture Inspired by The Omnivore’s Dilemma http://iamaviking.com/2007/12/22/rice-as-self-corn-as-nonentity-thoughts-on-food-identity-and-culture-inspired-by-the-omnivores-dilemma/ Gastrocultural Globetrotting: Joie de Vivre for the Jaded Jet Set Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dad http://iamaviking.com/2007/12/22/rice-as-self-corn-as-nonentity-thoughts-on-food-identity-and-culture-inspired-by-the-omnivores-dilemma/#comment-5449 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:52:55 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/rice-as-self-corn-as-nonentity-thoughts-on-food-identity-and-culture-inspired-by-the-omnivores-dilemma/#comment-5449 I eat Corn-nuts almost everyday on my way home from work.

Mmmmm – corn!

The corn comes from the AM/PM that is by my office (I think, at least that’s where I get the corn-nuts).

I think that the Borg run on corn oil, high-fructose corn syrup and ethanol. That’s why they want to take over Earth.

Live long, prosper and eat corn.

]]> By: Megan http://iamaviking.com/2007/12/22/rice-as-self-corn-as-nonentity-thoughts-on-food-identity-and-culture-inspired-by-the-omnivores-dilemma/#comment-5327 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:31:42 +0000 http://iamaviking.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/rice-as-self-corn-as-nonentity-thoughts-on-food-identity-and-culture-inspired-by-the-omnivores-dilemma/#comment-5327 What an interesting perspective to approach, comparing what you’re learning about in the Omnivore’s dilemma with your experiences with Japanese food culture. I think you’ve well-articulated a really truthful and intelligently-minded point here. A bit of info I liked in that book is how when tested for corn content (“you are what you eat”), American bodies reveal a higher corn content than Mexican bodies. Unbeknownst to most American consumers (myself included before I read this book), corn syrup and corn byproducts are snuck into our foods at every corner, to a level that compromises our health and diets. While I don’t see a lot of health value in eating white rice as frequently as they do here in Japan, I do see how having a national food culture depended on for centuries contributes to having a healthy population.

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