How Important is Rice to Filipinos?

Here’s a story that explains it.

Rice by Ruocaled on flickr

My wife is from the Philippines, therefore I have a good idea of how important rice is to Filipinos. Let’s just say it’s very, very important. But, saying so doesn’t really drive home the point. It falls flat. It doesn’t begin to hit the mark.

So, to give you an idea of how important rice is to Filipinos I figure it’s best…