Just had some stir fried vegetable and adding MSG was magic.

  • lvysaur [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Anecdotally, I’ve eaten dinners cooked by poor rural grandmothers and it’s still pretty oily.

    Yeah, I know, but oil is pretty dirt cheap and has been for a while. What poor peasants eat today, or even 50 years ago, could be different from what they were eating in 1850.

    • CloutAtlaa [any]
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      4 years ago

      I think they may have put on some fancier dishes for guests. My grandmother used to have mantou and a hard-boiled egg for breakfast. And some pickled mustard tubers for flavour.

        • CloutAtlaa [any]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, she's from the north. Another food item I didn't really get was just plain Coogee/rice porridge with a few slices of pickled radishes. No sauce or oils of any kind. Just wet rice to start the day.