5 ms·

I carefully check the label and try to only buy Australian made 100% food. I never buy any food ever from China.

by andrewstuart 4mo ago

CoastalCoder 4mo ago
Does that meaningfully restrict which foods / ingredients you can get?
- andrewstuart 4mo ago
  No. Australia produces vast variety of food everything you could want to eat aside from more exotic stuff.
- SchemaLoad 4mo ago
  In terms of fresh meat and vegetables, it's pretty much all grown/produced in Australia. Anything canned / dried is often imported though. Things like rice or coffee beans you technically can buy Australian grown but you'd have to go out of your way to find it.
verall 4mo ago
It's one of the richest food cultures in the world. If you've never tried sichuan peppercorn on mapo tofu, or pickled mustard greens on noodle dishes, I think you're in for a real treat. These do involve foods from China though..
- andrewstuart 4mo ago
  You can use safe Australian ingredients to cook the recipe.
  - Kirby64 4mo ago
    Where in Australia grows Sichuan peppercorns? They're almost exclusively grown in China and the general regions nearby to my knowledge.
    - Cerium 4mo ago
      You can grow them yourself. I had no effort producing more than I can use in only a few years time.
      - account42 4mo ago
        That's great but not an option for everyone.
- bluGill 4mo ago
  They have some really good foods. They also have some really unethical foods. When we only have a broad brush...
- account42 4mo ago
  Eh, tofu is hardly something that anyone is worse of not having.
  - verall 4mo ago
    the famed triple negative (also tofu is healthy and delicious)
chupchap 4mo ago
In Australia, tea and spices are imported predominantly from Asian countries.
nullbio 4mo ago
What's that going to help you with? Ever been to Innisfail? Have you seen them fly small Cessna's over the banana fields and absolutely drench them with pesticides? They do this with all the crop fields in Aus.

I carefully check the label and try to only buy Australian made 100% food. I never buy any food ever from China.

CoastalCoder 4mo ago

Does that meaningfully restrict which foods / ingredients you can get?

andrewstuart 4mo ago
No. Australia produces vast variety of food everything you could want to eat aside from more exotic stuff.
SchemaLoad 4mo ago
In terms of fresh meat and vegetables, it's pretty much all grown/produced in Australia. Anything canned / dried is often imported though. Things like rice or coffee beans you technically can buy Australian grown but you'd have to go out of your way to find it.

verall 4mo ago

It's one of the richest food cultures in the world. If you've never tried sichuan peppercorn on mapo tofu, or pickled mustard greens on noodle dishes, I think you're in for a real treat. These do involve foods from China though..

andrewstuart 4mo ago
You can use safe Australian ingredients to cook the recipe.
- Kirby64 4mo ago
  Where in Australia grows Sichuan peppercorns? They're almost exclusively grown in China and the general regions nearby to my knowledge.
  - Cerium 4mo ago
    You can grow them yourself. I had no effort producing more than I can use in only a few years time.
    - account42 4mo ago
      That's great but not an option for everyone.
bluGill 4mo ago
They have some really good foods. They also have some really unethical foods. When we only have a broad brush...
account42 4mo ago
Eh, tofu is hardly something that anyone is worse of not having.
- verall 4mo ago
  the famed triple negative (also tofu is healthy and delicious)

chupchap 4mo ago

In Australia, tea and spices are imported predominantly from Asian countries.

nullbio 4mo ago

What's that going to help you with? Ever been to Innisfail? Have you seen them fly small Cessna's over the banana fields and absolutely drench them with pesticides? They do this with all the crop fields in Aus.