#chinese crackers

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Chinese crackers | Part - 2( Animation )

[buffetlicious]

Today is the seventh day of Lunar New Year, also known as Renri (人日). According to Chinese customs, Renri was the day human beings were created. It is celebrated not only in China, but also in the surrounding region influenced by Chinese culture. In Chinese mythology, Nüwa (女娲) was the goddess who created the world. She created the animals on different days and human beings on the seventh day after the creation of the world. On this day, Singaporeans and Malaysians often crowded around the table to toss Yu Sheng (鱼生) or Prosperity Toss. This is a raw fish salad brought to Singapore with the migration of Cantonese and Teochew people from China in the 19th century.

Our Yu Sheng was bought from Sushi Express (爭鮮) and came with a set of red packets or Hong Bao (红包) along with a card with simple instructions on how to do the prosperity toss (捞鱼生). The Good Luck Yu Sheng Set (S$39.80) came with assorted vegetables in their natural or dyed colours, eight pieces of raw salmon and other condiments. As you poured in various ingredients and sauce, you say the auspicious phrases indicated on the accompanied card and then everyone get ready to toss the ingredients as high as possible and at the same time shouting “Huat Ah” without spilling onto the table. The taste of the salad came from the sweet plum sauce, lime juice, golden crackers, pepper and five-spice powder and it is quite pleasant to the palate. Anyway, after eating the yu sheng, we hope everyone had a prosperous and abundant year ahead.

Topmost image from Sushi Express.

[morethansalad]

Vegan Prawn Crackers

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white people defending the whitewashed genshin impact characters is the most i've ever seen them defend china

THIS IS SO RANDOM 😭

[hella1975]

ur fatigue makes perfect sense hella, you've been doing waitressing (a tiring job) while you've been sick, and you have a lot of uni work to do, of course now you have to rest. i totally get that it's frustrating but it's not unfounded. hope you feel better soon x

heavy on acknowledging that waitressing is a tiring ass job ty for this <3 im feeling better now x

[idyllcy]

The saying we're just friends, thinking you're my man reader is asian coded right? especially Korean? sounds cool

Reader is specifically Chinese 😭 but yeah there's not much culture involved it's just bc reader cooks a ton of Chinese food in one of the fics in the series so I was like "hey btw reader is asian coded"

[train-harder-to-be-better]

It’s that time of year again. Happy Chinese New Year 🧧

[goowakjaistore]

Lance Peanut Butter Toast Chee Sandwich Crackers 6.1 oz $1.25 @ Dollar Tree

Relative to the Austin brand of sandwich crackers, these are actually ok–namely, they are acceptable, it tastes fine–but it’s nothing to write home about. The cheese crackers are actually kind of subtle in flavor. You can just barely make it out in the finish but the peanut butter is the real star of these sandwich crackers. It isn’t very often that Ill talk about the peanut butter flavoring of…

[hiyouuk]

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What’d you learn in school?

How to secretly eat snacks

[dieschwartzman]

someone knocked on the front door and then i heard lots of creaking noises and then suddenly my housemate appeared at the top of the stairs with a bag of prawn crackers

[buffetlicious]

Yu Sheng (鱼生) or Yusang in Cantonese, meaning “raw fish” in Chinese, is a salad dish comprising thinly slicesd raw fish and various seasonings that are mixed together as diners toss the ingredients. It is a dish usually eaten during Chinese New Year. Traditionally a simple dish with few ingredients, the yusheng recipe has evolved over the decades and now comprises a wide variety of ingredients. Our second yusheng for this Lunar New Year is a small serving of Grand Fortune Abalone Yusheng (S$49.90++) from White Restaurant. In line with the coming Year of The Rabbit, this yusheng comes with an auspicious rabbit ornament.

Today, the common form of yusheng is the 七彩鱼生 (Seven-coloured Raw Fish salad) served in local restaurants during the Chinese New Year period. Also referred to as 发财鱼生 (Prosperity Raw Fish Salad) or 新年鱼生 (Chinese New Year Raw Fish Salad), this colourful take on yusheng was said to be created in the 1960s by chefs Lau Yoke Pui, Tham Yui Kai, Sin Leong and Hooi Kok Wai, together known as the “Four Heavenly Kings” in the Singapore restaurant scene.

The ritual of eating yusheng during Chinese New Year involves all the people at the table tossing the salad and uttering auspicious phrases. The dish is deemed auspicious because of the homonymic meanings behind its ingredients, which suggest blessings and good fortune for the new year:  鱼(Yu) is a homonym for “fish” and “abundance”, while 生 (Sheng) means both “raw” and “life”. Together, yusheng implies “abundance of wealth and long life”. In the Cantonese dialect, the dish is known as 捞起 (Lo Hei), where “lo” implies “tossing up good fortune” and 起 (Hei) means “to rise”, again a reference to a prosperous business and thus its popularity with businessmen during the new year celebrations. The ingredients of yusheng vary among restaurants, and one such recipe is presented below along with examples of auspicious phrases that may be uttered as each ingredient is added.

Step 1: All at the table offer auspicious greetings.

Words: 恭喜发财 (Gong Xi Fa Cai - Wishing you wealth and good fortune) or 万事如意 (Wan Shi Ru Yi - May all your wishes be fulfilled).

Step 2: Add fish, which symbolises abundance or excess through the year.

Words: 年年有余 (Nian Nian You Yu)

Step 3: Add pomelo over the fish for luck and auspicious value.

Words: 大吉大利 (Da Ji Da Li)

Then dash pepper over the ingredients for greater prosperity and fortune.

Words: 招财进宝 (Zhao Cai Jin Bao)

Pour oil, circling the ingredients to symbolise the multi-fold increase of profits and to encourage money to flow in from all directions.

Words: 一本万利 (Yi Ben Wan Li) and 财源广进 (Cai Yuan Guang Jin)

Step 4: Add carrots to the fish, indicating blessings of good luck.

Words: 鸿运当头 (Hong Yun Dang Tou)

Then place shredded green radish on the fish, symbolising eternal youth.

Words: 青春常驻 (Qing Chun Chang Zhu)

Next, add shredded white radish for prosperity in business and promotion at work.

Words: 风生水起 (Feng Sheng Shui Qi) and 步步高升 (Bu Bu Gao Sheng)

Step 5: Add condiments. First, sprinkle peanut crumbs on the dish, symbolising a household filled with gold and silver. As an icon of longevity, peanuts also symbolise eternal youth.

Words: 金银满屋 (Jin Yin Man Wu)

Sesame seeds follow, symbolising growth in business.

Words: 生意兴隆 (Sheng Yi Xing Long)

Add deep-fried flour crisps in the shape of golden pillows, with wishes that literally translate to mean that the whole floor would be filled with gold.

Words: 遍地黄金 (Bian Di Huang Jin)

Step 6: All at the table stand up and toss the salad an auspicious seven times with loud shouts of Lo Hei (捞起) and other new year wishes.

Action: Mix ingredients by pushing them towards the centre, which is an encouragement to push on the good luck to all at the table. Some may lift clumps of the salad as high as possible to symbolise the increase in good fortune.

This Yu Sheng (鱼生) only came with five small pieces of abalones so we enhanced it with an additional can of baby abalones. When we are ready to toss, we found out that the restaurant had mistakenly given us two containers of oil instead of one oil and one yuzu sauce. Without the sauce, there is no sweetness, so sis quickly juiced a couple of Mandarin oranges to replace the forgotten sweet sauce. Overall, not a satisfying eat due to the lack of a crucial condiment.

Yu Sheng info from here.

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Spiced Grapes - Fruit

[inkdrinkerworld]

Sirius Black x reader on their period who doesn’t want to eat (food discussed) and feels a bit teary and sad (not depression, just sadness)

“Siri, I really need a back massage.” You groan as you emerge from the shower with a hand to your lower back even through your towel.

Sirius perks up from his spot on the bed, his magazine dropped immediately. He stretches across to his bedside and rummages around until he finds what he needs.

“Come lay down, sweetness.” He pats the expanse of the mattress, a suggestive smile on his lips making you giggle.

“It’s ’cos of my period,” you mumble, shedding your towel to reveal you’re already in your underwear.

Sirius shrugs, stealing a kiss before you lay down. “I’m always going to want to touch you, doll. Doesn’t affect my appreciation of you if you’re bleeding out.”

You laugh like Sirius had intended, his palms a little cold as his fingers trail your back to get a good feel for all the knots.

You smell the oil before it touches your skin. Warm vanilla and a hint of something woody that you like.

Sirius kneads and massages at your back like he was made to do it, his touches firm and targeted to the spots that ache.

He revels in the fact that goosebumps erupt on your back as he continues in his massage, a stray kiss placed here and there.

By the time he’s finished you’re limp like a wet noodle, boneless and practically liquid where you lay.

“Better?” The smugness in Sirius’ voice is unmissable as he combs back a few strands of your hair from your face.

“So much,” you murmur, raising your head to meet his touch.

“Think you can eat something yet?” You groan, turning your head away from Sirius in such a petulant manner that he has to chuckle.

“You have to eat something other than animal crackers, poppet. I can make or get you whatever you like.”

You whine, “I don’t feel like anything Siri. Please don’t make me eat.”

Tears gather on your waterline as you think about eating anything that isn’t salted and thin.

“No tears, baby.” Sirius coos, dragging his thumb across your cheek to catch the tear before it can fall properly. “I could get you spring rolls from the Chinese place you like.”

You look up at him, “And that’s all I’d have to eat?” At his silence you frown.

He murmurs, “You really should have some red meat, get your iron back up.”

You turn away from him. Sirius bites back a smile, he likes you like this- picky and petulant because it means he gets to make you feel better and he loves that too.

“Can’t I just survive off the fruit you got me? And maybe two spring rolls?”

Your words are eaten up by the sheets but Sirius understands you fine. “And a few bites of my beef and broccoli.”

You mull over his offer, knowing that if Sirius wanted he could order you your own beef and broccoli and that somehow sounds worse. “Fine.”

He beams, kissing your temple and cheek as he slips out of bed and places an order to your place. “I’ll go get the fruit, poppet. Choose something to watch yeah?”

“Yeah, love you Siri.”

Sirius laughs, fond and full of love. “I love you too, trouble.”

[homunculus-argument]

I remember seeing screenshots of posts on chinese social media - with the comments helpfully translated - about a meme-ish concept of "white people lunches", started from people observing what kind of bleak, depressing, overly simple, unseasoned and flavourless things their western/white co-workers pack for their work lunches - ranging from simple ham slices on crackers to literally just one single whole cucumber, uncut and eaten like a banana. Or just plain macaroni with no sauce nor seasoning. I have personally witnessed 2/3 of those irl, and committed one of them.

While this obviously started out as a matter of simple cultural misunderstanding - western people don't generally bother with preparing a whole proper meal for work lunches, and will eat something better once they get home - the idea that white people just eat bleak and depressing goblin shit for all of their meals was naturally funny enough to be memed immediately.

One particular comment that I still remember - though the translation itself was clearly paraphrased and I don't remember it word-for-word either - was something along the lines of "white people don't even enjoy food as an essential necessity of life. They remain alive through the power of therapy alone." And I still think about that one every single time I'm eating something like a whole package of cottage cheese - plain, straight from the packet with a spoon - for breakfast.