ahh this has me thinking so many thoughts about chinese food authenticity in my family… like food traditions asian american/canadian pop culture tells me are supposed to be passed down such as making homemade dumplings (which my family doesn’t do) or how in reality many chinese diasporas exist each with our own food traditions. Thank you for sharing your own!
(and as for americanized foods…personally, I still love to order Orange Chicken from time to time 😅)
So true about expectations - often, they are built on a monolithic view of a community, rather than the diverse realities, like you mentioned. Happens with Italian food, too! A lot of what’s considered “Italian” is actually from specific regional traditions. Thanks for sharing 🩷 and I love orange chicken 🤤
Loved this! I grew up in a middle class WASP-y home in Newfoundland, so the processed foods like Michelina's bring me back to my childhood – although without the complexities of an Italian heritage. Also, pineapple pizza ... love it. 😊
I used to love golden krust patties when I was a kid. They were the closest I could get to real Caribbean patties when I was growing up in Germany, but now that I can make my own or get back home to the Caribbean much more often, I won’t even glance in golden krust’s direction lol.
ahh this has me thinking so many thoughts about chinese food authenticity in my family… like food traditions asian american/canadian pop culture tells me are supposed to be passed down such as making homemade dumplings (which my family doesn’t do) or how in reality many chinese diasporas exist each with our own food traditions. Thank you for sharing your own!
(and as for americanized foods…personally, I still love to order Orange Chicken from time to time 😅)
So true about expectations - often, they are built on a monolithic view of a community, rather than the diverse realities, like you mentioned. Happens with Italian food, too! A lot of what’s considered “Italian” is actually from specific regional traditions. Thanks for sharing 🩷 and I love orange chicken 🤤
Loved this! I grew up in a middle class WASP-y home in Newfoundland, so the processed foods like Michelina's bring me back to my childhood – although without the complexities of an Italian heritage. Also, pineapple pizza ... love it. 😊
Trust me, my family will say it’s trash but we all ate it anyway 😂 thanks for sharing 🩵
I used to love golden krust patties when I was a kid. They were the closest I could get to real Caribbean patties when I was growing up in Germany, but now that I can make my own or get back home to the Caribbean much more often, I won’t even glance in golden krust’s direction lol.