My wife says her classmates think she brings very elaborate lunches, instead of like a raw carrot or a cold sandwich or a something.
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@skinnylatte my wife's welcome to America moment was the dorm she was in serving her raw carrots and celery sticks and ranch. She didn't know what she was supposed to do with that and didn't like any single part of it. She thought ranch was a gross flavor. I loved any time I got to have that as a kid. (I might have said this story before to you, I don't remember but I'll make a mental note now to at least not repeat myself again).
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๐ต๐ธ Mari :nb_crossbow:replied to Anders von Hadern ๐ฆช last edited by
@skinnylatte @anders_von_hadern :blobcateyes: that sounds very interesting! I'm finding two in the library - one is a translation of a book by Claude Lรฉvi-Strauss, the other a collection of essays by Jim Harrison... I'm guessing you mean the former? Or is there another? ty!
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@thomasjwebb thank you for sharing! I now like ranch and raw carrots, but it took a while
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Anders von Hadern ๐ฆชreplied to ๐ต๐ธ Mari :nb_crossbow: last edited by
@bouncinglime @skinnylatte The one with name that sounds like a jeans brand - you guess right and I apologize for not having mentioned the author ...
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Anders von Hadern ๐ฆช last edited by
@anders_von_hadern @bouncinglime also the name of the dynasty heir that is running for mayor in San Francisco right now. Ugh
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Anders von Hadern ๐ฆชreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Anders von Hadern ๐ฆช last edited by
@anders_von_hadern @bouncinglime itโs hilarious, his campaign ads have to say where the money comes from and it literally says paid for by his mummy
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Karen Quinn Fung ้ฆฎ็็replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte I follow a person on IG whose entire schtick is commentating on mainland Chinese social media trends in English. A few months ago Chinese folks were calling flavourless, simple and/or raw vegetable lunches โwhite foodโ and equating it with a waning desire to live.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Karen Quinn Fung ้ฆฎ็็ last edited by
@ci8 haha I saw that as well. Also that people in China were doing it as a bit to try to see what that is like. And really struggling
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Chenny Leibovitz last edited by
@secretasianman I love that there is a website with this name.
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ChasMusic (he/him)replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte ยฟIs that a southern Chinese thing? I regularly see raw cucumber salad on northern Chinese menus. Of course, that's just one item, so maybe it's an exception.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to ChasMusic (he/him) last edited by [email protected]
@ChasMusic yeah probably a rest of china other than the places with turkic / raw influences thing
has to do with TCM beliefs
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@skinnylatte @faassen that's not wrong, keeping raw veg clean enough of soil bacteria to eat is difficult and that risk is surely reduced by cooking, and many veg aren't digestible unless cooked, like spinach, the cell walls are too touch and you get no nutritional value without cooking
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Martijn Faassenreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte This puts a whole new spin on Lohei during Singapore CNY.
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Martijn Faassen last edited by
@faassen I feel like raw vegetables cause more concern than raw fish somehow haha