The theme of Rice and Rose Bowl Blues is parental control. The author wants to play football, but her mother expects her to cook rice like a traditional Chinese girl.
The title "Rice and Rose Bowl Blues" likely references two significant events in American college football: the Rice Owls football team and the Rose Bowl game. The title may suggest a narrative related to the challenges or struggles faced by either the Rice University football team or a team competing in the Rose Bowl, using the blues genre to convey a sense of melancholy or difficulty.
Andhra pradesh is historically known as the "Rice Bowl of India."
Bowl
Depends on the size of the bowl
The tone of the poem is defiant. The narrator's mother may want her to be a traditional young lady, her response to the young man's taunts at the end of the poem make it clear that she intends to be her own person, including playing football with the other young men.
There are 100 grains of rice that you have to fill up a bowl with on freerice.com.
plenty of rice grows here
Fried Rice
Thailand is often referred to as the "rice bowl of the world" due to its significant rice production and exports. The country is one of the largest rice producers globally and is renowned for its high-quality jasmine rice.
A bowl of rice a day is the healthy way
It is a bowl normally used for rice, but filled with water instead.