Food is an important part of Lunar New Year celebrations, do you celebrate?
Feb. 1 marks one of the most important holidays in Vietnam, South Korea, China and other Asian countries: Lunar New Year. Do you celebrate this holiday? Are you looking forward to the Year of the Tiger?
The festivities begin with a feast the night before, and can last for two weeks. The foods — longevity noodles, dumplings, lumpia, steamed fish, tang yuan — often symbolize promises for a better year ahead. Do you have any special cultural or holiday traditions that involve food? If you celebrate Lunar New Year, do you participate in any of the food-related traditions you read about, such as sharing a big meal with family and friends or eating and giving fruit? If not, what did you learn about this holiday? Do the traditions remind you of any that you practice in your own culture? If you don’t celebrate Lunar New Year, choose another special food-focused holiday your family or community celebrates. What kinds of foods do you eat? Who does the cooking? What does the preparation look like? Are there any special rituals, like the lo hei? Certain Lunar New Year foods hold special meaning: Long noodles symbolize a long life; whole poultry signals abundance; dumplings represent family unity and togetherness for the year ahead; and apples are said to bring peace. Think about the holiday you’ve chosen to write about. Do any of the foods you eat have special meaning or symbolism? Why do you think food is such an important part of so many cultural traditions? How essential is eating, preparing and sharing food in your culture? What does it mean to you? Are there recipes that have been passed down through your family that honor or celebrate your culture? Describe one that is special to you and tell us why. What do you normally eat in a day?
Are you on a diet, or is that just normal? Also, could you include your basic body type? (If you want of course) What do you eat on a typical day?
I grew up in an overweight family so all I know is eating like an overweight person. I'm not asking this as a "How do I lose weight?" question. I'm just curious as to what people eat and how many meals they take. How do you guys pick out what to eat every week?
It's incredibly overwhelming for me just to pick out what I want to eat for lunch, a snack, and dinner because I have so many youtubers I watch that have amazing recipes, and I keep coming across articles with lots of great looking recipes in them as well. How am I supposed to organize all of this, or even pick out what I want to eat, especially with calorie restrictions? Is there a magic formula or button that does all of this?? I know recipe apps exist, but god it's going to take forever to put ever single recipe from the people I follow in those things. What kind of foods do you take to work for lunch?
I'm looking for ideas because I need to stop eating out when I'm working. It's not healthy and it's expensive. But I'm having trouble thinking of things that are both healthy, filling and easy to prepare. When I can I take leftovers, but that isn't always an option. So what do you take for lunch? And if you have any recommendations for cook books/recipes/websites feel free to add them! What do you usually eat in a day?
Everyone is so different I'm curious to know what you eat and whether your culture, family etc influences your diet. What foods do you eat in an unconventional way? What did you eat growing up, and how does it affect your view on food today? How many meals do you eat a day? I once had something called "Avalon Style Shrimp", which was basically cooked shrimp on top of garlic bread drenched with probably the most amazing sauce I've had in my life - this creamy, buttery, shrimpy delicious white sauce. Literally I spent the rest of the day thinking about how I was going to replicate that masterpiece to the point where my dad made fun of me for it lol.
It sounded basic so really didn't expect it to be the best seafood dish I've ever tried, but my god was it good. What was your experience (restaurant or homemade) where you didn't think something would be as amazing as it was?
The festivities begin with a feast the night before, and can last for two weeks. The foods — longevity noodles, dumplings, lumpia, steamed fish, tang yuan — often symbolize promises for a better year ahead. Do you have any special cultural or holiday traditions that involve food? If you celebrate Lunar New Year, do you participate in any of the food-related traditions you read about, such as sharing a big meal with family and friends or eating and giving fruit? If not, what did you learn about this holiday? Do the traditions remind you of any that you practice in your own culture? If you don’t celebrate Lunar New Year, choose another special food-focused holiday your family or community celebrates. What kinds of foods do you eat? Who does the cooking? What does the preparation look like? Are there any special rituals, like the lo hei? Certain Lunar New Year foods hold special meaning: Long noodles symbolize a long life; whole poultry signals abundance; dumplings represent family unity and togetherness for the year ahead; and apples are said to bring peace. Think about the holiday you’ve chosen to write about. Do any of the foods you eat have special meaning or symbolism? Why do you think food is such an important part of so many cultural traditions? How essential is eating, preparing and sharing food in your culture? What does it mean to you? Are there recipes that have been passed down through your family that honor or celebrate your culture? Describe one that is special to you and tell us why. What do you normally eat in a day?
Are you on a diet, or is that just normal? Also, could you include your basic body type? (If you want of course) What do you eat on a typical day?
I grew up in an overweight family so all I know is eating like an overweight person. I'm not asking this as a "How do I lose weight?" question. I'm just curious as to what people eat and how many meals they take. How do you guys pick out what to eat every week?
It's incredibly overwhelming for me just to pick out what I want to eat for lunch, a snack, and dinner because I have so many youtubers I watch that have amazing recipes, and I keep coming across articles with lots of great looking recipes in them as well. How am I supposed to organize all of this, or even pick out what I want to eat, especially with calorie restrictions? Is there a magic formula or button that does all of this?? I know recipe apps exist, but god it's going to take forever to put ever single recipe from the people I follow in those things. What kind of foods do you take to work for lunch?
I'm looking for ideas because I need to stop eating out when I'm working. It's not healthy and it's expensive. But I'm having trouble thinking of things that are both healthy, filling and easy to prepare. When I can I take leftovers, but that isn't always an option. So what do you take for lunch? And if you have any recommendations for cook books/recipes/websites feel free to add them! What do you usually eat in a day?
Everyone is so different I'm curious to know what you eat and whether your culture, family etc influences your diet. What foods do you eat in an unconventional way? What did you eat growing up, and how does it affect your view on food today? How many meals do you eat a day? I once had something called "Avalon Style Shrimp", which was basically cooked shrimp on top of garlic bread drenched with probably the most amazing sauce I've had in my life - this creamy, buttery, shrimpy delicious white sauce. Literally I spent the rest of the day thinking about how I was going to replicate that masterpiece to the point where my dad made fun of me for it lol.
It sounded basic so really didn't expect it to be the best seafood dish I've ever tried, but my god was it good. What was your experience (restaurant or homemade) where you didn't think something would be as amazing as it was?
