Taking user input as string and printing a variable Python

I was trying to take a user input and then convert that input into a variable to print out a list.

food_list = ["Rice", "l2", "l3"]
Rice = []
l2 = []
l3 = []
answer = input("What item would you like to see from the list")
if answer in food_list:
      print("answer")

I wanted the output to be to print the Rice list, not just the string "Rice" like it has been. The input will take it as a string but I want to turn the input to the list variable.

>Solution :

You can do this with a dictionary:

~/tests/py $ cat rice.py
food_list ={"Rice":"Rice is nice" }

print("What item would you like to see from the list")
answer = input(": ")
if answer in food_list.keys():
      print(food_list)
~/tests/py $ python rice.py
What item would you like to see from the list
: Rice
Rice is nice