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In the US, bread is a big one, whether it be toast, dinner rolls etc. But we also eat a lot of Mac and Cheese, rice, potatoes whether mashed or baked or as fries. etc. Our Thanksgiving meal can be mostly carbs.
In China, wheat has nearly passed rice as the most consumed staple. The Chinese eat about 95 kg of rice per capita, and 75 kg of wheat, and wheat consumption is gaining on rice. China is the world's largest consumer of wheat, much of which has to be imported.
Potatoes are not common anywhere in the word except northern Europe and North America. In rural South America they are replaced by yucca, and in Africa by plantain.
The rank of staple foods eaten by humans in the world is Maize (corn), Rice, Wheat, Plantain. However, much of the maize enters the human diet in the form of oils or animal feed. so eaten in recognized stapes form, the order might be (my guess) be Rice, Wheat, Corn, Plantain, and then further down the list would be potatoes, which are quite rare in the populous countries of Asia. Of the top 12 potato consuming counties (per capita), all 12 are in the British Isles or former Soviet/Eastern Bloc republics.
Personally, in USA, I eat about equal distribution of potatoes, wheat, corn, rice, probably in about that order. It takes me about a year to polish off a ten-pound bag of Basmati rice.
Where is (wheat) bread, maize, pasta, cassava, yams, sorghum, etc.? And can't fries be made out of virtually any of them?
In the Upper Midwestern U.S. the traditional staple is the potato (which we traditionally also make our fries from). However, bread (I grew up with the white or "wheat" sliced variety) and pasta are very common too in such dishes as spaghetti, lasagna, and Beef Stroganoff. Wild rice (not oryza sativa) is an indigenous tradition, but expensive. Generally it is served in a soup or simply plain with salt.
Oryza sativa (normal rice) is probably the rarest of the traditional sources other than wild rice, but still is featured in such old local recipes as Porcupine Meatballs, Swedish Meatballs, and Pigs in a Blanket (a.k.a. "stuffed cabbage rolls"). Maize (local term "corn") is still mostly eaten on a vegetable, right off the cob when in season or by the spoonful when out of season, and in breakfast cereals, although they always have maize tortillas, among other ingredients, at grocery stores, although Americans tend to prefer flour tortillas.
Oats boiled with brown sugar and milk or water are a common breakfast (probably not as common as it once was), and a very good at that, especially when garnished with almonds, nuts, and cinnamon.
Interestingly, though, maize is converted to high-fructose corn syrup and used as a sweetener in processed foods.
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