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Lady Chieh May Chiang

In the past, they sold rice with small packing to customers, and the old customers may have enjoyment of “catering service.” There were many rice dealers here, recently,they have been displaced by supermarkets. Now, there is only one rice dealer - Lady Chieh May Chiang who is the person that we interview today.

(Reported by Liu Yu-Ying ,Hsieh Pei-Yu)
Q: How long have you sold rice?

A：We have sold rice for 50 to 60years. My father in law was the first ggeneration of running the business.

Q: What made him want to run a rice storage here?

A：Because my father in law’s friends wanted to be rice dealers, and he invite my father in law to run the business together. It is nteresting that it was my father in law who had a storage, but not his friends.

Q: Were there many rice dealers?

A：Yeah, a lot. There were roughly 10 to 20.

Q: What you mean is there were 10 t0 20 rice dealers 10 years ago?

A：No, that was 50 or 60 years ago.

Q: How come there are oly a few dealers left here?

A：The youngmen don’t want to run the business, and the elders wouldn't be able to do it.

Q: How is the bussiness now? And how was the business in the past?

A：There wasn't any small-pack rice before but a lot today. Supermarkets get the most bussiness, but the quality of tranditional rice is better than that in supermarkets.

Q: Where is the rice from?

A：From mountains in Hua-Tung area and middle Taiwan.
Q: At present, people who cook in person are fewer and fewer. Who do you usually sell rice to?

A：Restaurants, especially those which sell lunch and dinner boxes.

Q: Does rice have a expiration date?

A：We suggest our customers to eat tjhe rice with 1 month. The rice would taste better.

Q: What's the best way to preserve rice?

A：To store on air.
Q:What is the expiration date? Does it matter for icebox?

A：A month. But in icebox the rice can be stored for 1-2 months.

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