staple food
Essential diet base
A staple food is a food that forms the foundation of a population's diet, eaten regularly and in quantity.
Rice is the staple food of much of Asia; wheat dominates in Europe and North America; maize in parts of Africa and Central America.
Potatoes became Ireland's staple food by the 18th century.
The term emphasizes dietary dependence rather than preference.
- riceStaple cereal grain
- rice bowlVessel for steamed grain
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- cassavaStarchy tropical root vegetable
- milletSmall-seeded food crop
wheat · sorghum · maize · barley · yam · teff · manioc · flour · quinoa · bread · daily bread · staff of life · potato · injera · amaranth · lentils · cereal grains · subsistence farming
staple fooddelicacy
Refined sensitivity or rarity
rare treat · luxury item · gourmet food · haute cuisine · caviar
staple foodempty calories
Energy lacking nutrients
junk food · garnish · condiment · snack food · flavoring
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