Rice is Nice

This forum is full of potatoes, what about rice and/or macaroni? In Southeast Texas we eat a lot of rice. We especially eat rice&gravy, ie. cream gravy with our chicken fried steak, chicken, or pork chops. Good with blackeyed peas and cornbread! We eat Spanish Rice with Mexican, sometimes it becomes the main dish with some browned ground beef added. We eat rice with gumbo(chicken & sausage or shrimp&crab), etouffee, shrimp creole, and even chili. We eat rice balls which looks and taste like kibbee. There is dirty rice with BBQ Brisket. Good with Pinto Beans. There is broccoli rice casserole. Red Beans and Rice! Beef Tips or smothered steak and rice. There is of course, just plain rice and butter.