'White people food' is trending on Chinese social media

[NJCher]

I think the headline for this story is unnecessarily provocative and also not quite true. It should be something else but I don't know what, so I left it as it was at the NPR web site.

I heard this little three-minute story and it explained so much to me, which is why I wanted to post it. The actual topic being discussed here is prep time for meals.


'White people food' is trending on Chinese social media
June 27, 20235:10 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
Emily Feng
3-Minute Listen

A look at the "white people food" trend that's caught on with millennials in China.
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/27/1184461298/white-people-food-is-trending-on-chinese-social-media


Here are the issues it solved for me.

1. I was always so curious when I went to the big Asian market here. What puzzled me is why there was so much prepared food. Kits. Frozen dinners, Cartons with all the ingredients for a certain type of meal.

Doesn't anyone cook from scratch, I asked myself. Of course, they had plenty of ingredients like what I needed so I would just buy them and forget about all the package meals.

This little news story explains it. Asians are just as time pressed as we are but their cuisine takes a lot more time to prepare, thus the packaged dishes at the Asian market.

2. In the last week or two, I've been focusing on recipes and dishes that are diabetic friendly. My brother is Type 2 and he's not doing well with cooking his own food. Says he doesn't have time. Consequently I said I would help him. I try to find meals that can take about 5" to put together. I test the recipe or idea out and then send it to him.

Now I see this issue of simple eating/no time for preparation is not a concern for only a busy guy without a penchant for cooking, it's an issue for a good many people.

It took another culture to point this out to me.

Now that I think about it, I'll bet a lot of DUers just grab whatever for dinner because there is no time to prepare more complicated meals.

Finally, does anyone remember this post on the C & B "What's for Dinner?" thread? This person posted "an avocado."

Yep, that was it. That was dinner. An avocado. Prep time about 2".