dietary staple
Everyday eating essential
A dietary staple is a food that forms the foundation of a population's regular diet, consumed frequently and providing a significant portion of daily calories or nutrients.
Rice is a dietary staple across much of Asia; wheat serves that role in Europe and North America; corn in Central America.
Beans and rice are dietary staples in many Latin American countries.
- riceStaple cereal grain
- rice paddyFlooded grain cultivation area
- breadLeavened flour product
- daily breadEssential means of living
- wheatCereal crop for flour
whole grain · corn · potatoes · root vegetable · grain · flour · bread basket · food source · nourishment · sustenance · maize · millet · oats · cassava · harvest · pantry · daily · filling
dietary stapledelicacy
Refined sensitivity or rarity
haute cuisine · extravagance · caviar · truffle · foie gras
dietary staplegarnish
Decorative food topping
empty calories · condiment · junk food · decoration · side dish
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