This is a photo I send to my parents when I want them to know I’m being frugal

This is the peasant food of my culture. Teochew porridge (you can feed a family with just half a cup of rice), preserved olive vegetables, sambal matah. The sides are usually salty things like braised tofu and steamed fish with fish sauce and preserved plums, but I just rustled up whatever I had (steamed egg, egg tofu, and canned mussels)

Teochew ‘mue’ is very different from Cantonese congee (‘jook’). The rice grains must stay whole, never broken or mushy; the water is unflavored; there is a higher water ratio (1:10 instead of 1:6 or 1:8). The mue is unseasoned so you can eat it with the freshest savory fish, eggs, and tofu

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#CallingOut #Cowardly #Asians - STFU about how you give a shit when you aren't actively & consistently helping out! Nor have courage to take strong public stances on fucking HUMAN RIGHTS! COWARDS!!!
Talking in Teochew mostly.

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Part of my hearty #AsianBreakfast today is chai tow kway -> savoury #radish cake. I had it #TeochewViet style - fried, without eggs & with nuoc cham sauce poured over them.
When I do them traditional Teochew Chinese style, we fry them with eggs & eat them with a soy sauce/red vinegar/chili sauce blend.
Asher had breakfast earlier & was keeping my seat warm 😸

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Tonight's #FamilyDinner is soy braised pork with green mangoes & rice.

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My grandfather was born in Swatow, China. Being a person whose ‘old village’ is Swatow is a big part of my identity. In the diaspora in California, France, Thailand and around the world I’ve met people who feel similarly. The food and language is a part of the culture, but also similarly the sense of service and help and support for others.

In this video (no subtitles sadly) at 11:17, is a scene that resonates with me. There, a bunch of people decide to put up a ‘great feast’ on the streets for the low income elderly people locally. The details of how they prepare this feast, and all the traditional foods (which are also foods that I know well), the sense of feeding people, getting people together, helping each other. Getting through hard times through community and delicious and amazing food. I think that’s carried me through my life; even though I’ve never been to Swatow. (Too emotional for me; I wanted to wait. But this video gave me a good sense of what it’s like.)

https://youtu.be/x32pGOtSpnk

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All done!

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Still loving this song. Ironically I understand the Cantonese lyrics better than the Teochew one.* I thought the Hakka version of the song was the most beautiful.

* I say ironically because Hokkien is a close cousin of Teochew, so I should understand what she's saying but I don't. Probably because Penang Hokkien is a Creole version that is probably not understandable to anyone outside Malaysia 😆

https://youtu.be/sYIW2rOnfss?si=XMsPa_UO1mdKUQ97

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One of my traditional foods is a stuffed bun that replaces the bread with a huge tofu pocket. I haven’t had that in years and I think it will be hugely delicious for lots of people who have not tried it. It’s the teochew ‘tau kwa pau’

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