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I found the “cost savings” angle a bit hard to believe. I don’t think I’ve ever spent less on food than in my university days when I had a rice cooker in my do
by atourgates 3y ago
I found the “cost savings” angle a bit hard to believe.
I don’t think I’ve ever spent less on food than in my university days when I had a rice cooker in my dorm room, and my diet featured heavily on white rice and veggies cooked in there, and seasoned with Chinese seasonings.
No one would mistake what I was eating back then for fine Chinese cuisine, but I’ll bet it was a lot cheaper than the “white people food” this group of Chinese Canadians is enjoying.
- kelipso 3y agoYeah I couldn't buy the cost savings part but definitely buy the less labor intensive and time consuming part. Like this part seems key, way they put it Chinese culture was very unfamiliar with very low effort meals you eat to get through the day. > The concept is not new, but there has been a wave of Chinese-language discussion about “white people food” around the world since a video of a woman eating a bag of lettuce and slices of ham on a train in Switzerland sparked wonder. The video went viral on the Chinese-language social media platform Red Book last month. > The initial response to such meals was bewilderment. > “I have tried baby carrots dipped in hummus. They made me feel worse than death,” wrote one person on Red Book. > But the mood has shifted to praise for low-effort meals.