Receta Beefy Rice
Corn is much more than a wonderful summer picnic food. Native Americans domesticated nine of the
most important food crops in the world, including corn, called maize (zea mays),
which now provides about 20 percent of human nutrition across the globe.
Abundance and importance, the biological origin of maize has
been a long mystery. Corn does not grow in the wild anywhere in the world.
Process of domesticating maize changed it from its origins.
The seeds of wild teosinte are encased in hard shells and arranged on a spike
with five to seven rows that shatter when ripe to disperse its seed. Modern
maize has hundreds of exposed kernels attached to a cob which is completely
covered by husks and cannot reproduce on its own.
The combined detective work of geneticists and archeologist,
have put forward two main theories about the rise of maize. The teosinte model
argues that maize is a genetic mutation direct from teosinte in the lowlands of
Guatemala. The hybrid origin states that maize originated in the Mexican
highlands as a hybrid of diploid perennial teosinte and early stage domesticated
maize.
Eventually, maize spread out from Mexico, may be by the
diffusion of seeds along trade networks rather than migration of people. It was
used in the southwestern United States by about 3200 years ago, and in eastern
United States beginning about 2100 years ago.
The most impressive aspect of the maize story is what it
tells us about the capabilities of agriculturalists 9,000 years ago. These
people were living in small groups and shifting their settlements
seasonally. They were able to transform
a grass with many inconvenient, unwanted features into a high yielding, easily
harvested food crop. The domestication process may have occurred in many stages
over a considerable length of time as many different, independent
characteristics of the plant were modified.
This beefy
rice recipe is sure to please your taste buds. Rice dishes are easy to make and
economical.
Beefy Rice
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2014, Christine’s Pantry. All rights reserved.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound
- ground beef
- salt and
- pepper, to taste
- 1 teaspoon
- minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire
- sauce
- 1 onion,
- chopped
- 2 cups beef
- broth
- 1 cup
- uncooked rice
- 1 (14.25oz.)
- can diced tomatoes
- 1 (15.25oz.)
- can corn, drained
Directions:
Brown ground
beef over medium heat. Add salt, pepper, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, add
onions, stir and cook about 3 minutes.
Add beef
broth, and bring to a boil. Stir in rice, reduce heat and cover. Cook about 17
minutes, until rice tender. Stir in diced tomatoes and corn, heat through.
Serve and enjoy!