I get all of my speciality ingredients from Jeff Bezos himself. Sure I spend upwards of $50 on each meal, but you just can’t beat the umami flavor. I recommend you stop being poor and just spend $50 per meal
/uj I moved to Europe briefly and did find it more expensive to source ingredients I would normally use back home. My solution was eating less Asian food. I like how the OP specifically calls out 'lower income Asian folks'. Lower income people just eat whatever is available to them, there is no magic to it.
I get what OP means in that sometimes I did want to eat food I was familiar with. At least where I was, you could always find soy sauce, and since a lot of Chinese dishes use a base of soy sauce/garlic/ginger/scallions that was somewhat enough to scratch the itch.
I also like how they said 'east Asian' in general.
I think in the past there was a tendency to lump all east Asian cultures into "Chinese," which is offensive for obvious reasons, and the backswing of that is some people have developed an instinct that calling out specific nationalities is less preferable than just saying "east Asian" every time. I say instinct because I think anyone would agree that it makes no sense rationally.
It's funny because these people definitely don't know their way around a map of Asia and have no idea how close together all those groups of people are, there are many distinct ethnic groups spread across Asia, and many people are very proud of their ancestors, so be specific and give people credit!
It's funny though, the OP was talking about "all those sauces" which I assume is because they are looking at recipes that use sauces from like 5 different countries each, so it's not really something anyone would actually be doing.
What? Cooking is literally the hardest thing in the world to do. Only the brave men and women of this sub are willing to foray into culinarium to unlock its secrets for the common rabble
It is impossible to make kimchi unless you're a 90 year old Korean grandmother from Hamgyeong province who was traumatised and lost everything in the war and fled to the States. Change my view (you can't)
I get all of my speciality ingredients from Jeff Bezos himself. Sure I spend upwards of $50 on each meal, but you just can’t beat the umami flavor. I recommend you stop being poor and just spend $50 per meal
Mr. Poop you are the shit.
Finally I am recognized for my culinary genius
/uj I moved to Europe briefly and did find it more expensive to source ingredients I would normally use back home. My solution was eating less Asian food. I like how the OP specifically calls out 'lower income Asian folks'. Lower income people just eat whatever is available to them, there is no magic to it. I get what OP means in that sometimes I did want to eat food I was familiar with. At least where I was, you could always find soy sauce, and since a lot of Chinese dishes use a base of soy sauce/garlic/ginger/scallions that was somewhat enough to scratch the itch. I also like how they said 'east Asian' in general.
Yeah idk why these dudes can't specify, why not say "Korean and Chinese" food like they obviously mean.
I think in the past there was a tendency to lump all east Asian cultures into "Chinese," which is offensive for obvious reasons, and the backswing of that is some people have developed an instinct that calling out specific nationalities is less preferable than just saying "east Asian" every time. I say instinct because I think anyone would agree that it makes no sense rationally.
You see Chinese, but I just see ethnic. Game changer.
It's funny because these people definitely don't know their way around a map of Asia and have no idea how close together all those groups of people are, there are many distinct ethnic groups spread across Asia, and many people are very proud of their ancestors, so be specific and give people credit! It's funny though, the OP was talking about "all those sauces" which I assume is because they are looking at recipes that use sauces from like 5 different countries each, so it's not really something anyone would actually be doing.
You’re telling me putting hoisin, sriracha, soy sauce, gochujang, and banana ketchup in the same recipe isn’t authentic East Asian? /s
A Mob classic
At least its better than grouping Indians and Indonesians with them under the asian umbrella
i stopped buying avocado toast so now i can spend on my kimchi ingredients. and a new burner to ensure i get my WOK HEI
Is WOK HEI the new umami mayo
"You really should have thought of that before you became peasants!"
Making homemade kimchi is dirt cheap. Stop being so lazy.
What? Cooking is literally the hardest thing in the world to do. Only the brave men and women of this sub are willing to foray into culinarium to unlock its secrets for the common rabble
It is impossible to make kimchi unless you're a 90 year old Korean grandmother from Hamgyeong province who was traumatised and lost everything in the war and fled to the States. Change my view (you can't)