How many vegetables and fruits do you eat everyday: Asian perspective

[CHN Bamboo]

Hey, Miss Bamboo, control.

It's difficult to control,and sometimes even feel painful when eat too much

Chinese actually don't eat that much meat.
62.43kilo per capita in 2014
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WOW,Chinese really eat such less beef..?
I hardly eat pork..I love beef...

 

[dy1022]

It's difficult to control,and sometimes even feel painful when eat too much

WOW,Chinese really eat such less beef..?
I hardly eat pork..I love beef...

Beef 钵， BBQ lamb

 

[AndrewJin]

Beef 钵， BBQ lamb

I'll have BBQ veggie and BBQ lamb tonight around 11pm-1am.
Unhealthy, I don't care.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

I'll have BBQ veggie and BBQ lamb tonight around 11pm-1am.
Unhealthy, I don't care.

!!!!!!!

I am jealous of u!

 

[AndrewJin]

!!!!!!!

I am jealous of u!

Some universities around my home, an array of food choices at night, BBQ on the street from 8pm-3am.

 

[liubang]

I have been cutting down on red meat.
Using a lot more frozen vegies since their quality is very much the same but not fearing they will rot or something.

I drink more fruit shake (with fibers intact).

Favorites: beets, sweet potato, bitter melon, onion, asparagus, tomato
Although haven't really touch these in a long time but
-Ipomoea aquatica (rau muong), Piper lolot (la lot), aganonerion (la giang)

As for fruit: I love this shake that combine carrot and tropical fruit like water melon + others. Really good. Avocado shake is awesome. Really miss Vietnam in this regard.

 

[AndrewJin]

I have been cutting down on red meat.
Using a lot more frozen vegies since their quality is very much the same but not fearing they will rot or something.

I drink more fruit shake (with fibers intact).

Favorites: beets, sweet potato, bitter melon, onion, asparagus, tomato
Although haven't really touch these in a long time but
-Ipomoea aquatica (rau muong), Piper lolot (la lot), aganonerion (la giang)

As for fruit: I love this shake that combine carrot and tropical fruit like water melon + others. Really good. Avocado shake is awesome. Really miss Vietnam in this regard.

Yes, less red meat better, I prefer fish.
You have bitter melon in US of A?
I prefer leaf vegetable, always have plenty of them for lunch and supper.
Water melon is the main theme here in summer, very cheap. I always buy one and then cut into two, use spoon to eat while watching TV.

 

[Lure]

Chinese actually don't eat that much meat.
62.43kilo per capita in 2014
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Hahaha clearly Turks are Vegaterian! It's the complete opposite of the general stereotype. Altough there is an enormous variety of vegetable recipes, Turkish cuisine is mostly known by Doner and Kebab in abroad. Doner is Turkic origin, however kebab is not even Turkish (Altough kebab made a huge inroad to Turkish cuisine, it's origin is arabic and it is introduced to Turkish cuisine in modern times) yet still Europeans like to believe that kebab is Turkish food.

Who wants a Barbunya Pilaki? (A Turkish food made of beans, on a side note it's also widespread in Greek and other Balkan countries' cuisine) :

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Some universities around my home, an array of food choices at night, BBQ on the street from 8pm-3am.

I'm locked at the apartment around my school!!!!

↗What I only have in this shabby apartment.I want to get back my home

 

[AndrewJin]

Hahaha clearly Turks are Vegaterian! It's the complete opposite of the general stereotype. Altough there is an enormous variety of vegetable recipes, Turkish cuisine is mostly known by Doner and Kebab in abroad. Doner is Turkic origin, however kebab is not even Turkish (Altough kebab made a huge inroad to Turkish cuisine, it's origin is arabic and it is introduced to Turkish cuisine in modern times) yet still Europeans like to believe that kebab is Turkish food.

Who wants a Barbunya Pilaki? (A Turkish dishmade of beans) :
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First time know that u people eat very little meat from that ranking.
But there is a turkish BBQ restaurant in front of me rented apartment in Shanghai.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Hahaha clearly Turks are Vegaterian! It's the complete opposite of the general stereotype. Altough there is an enormous variety of vegetable recipes, Turkish cuisine is mostly known by Doner and Kebab in abroad. Doner is Turkic origin, however kebab is not even Turkish (Altough kebab made a huge inroad to Turkish cuisine, it's origin is arabic and it is introduced to Turkish cuisine in modern times) yet still Europeans like to believe that kebab is Turkish food.

Who wants a Barbunya Pilaki? (A Turkish food made of beans, on a side note it's also widespread in Greek and other Balkan countries' cuisine) :
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I want to eat it !!

 

[AndrewJin]

I'm locked at the apartment around my school!!!!

Hey girl, when I attended my high school, I lived on campus for weeks!
I didn't have computer or smart phone. The only consolation was my CD player and a pile of Deutsche Grammophone CDs(@Götterdämmerung ). Good days though, so memorable, miss playing board games with classmates in dorm.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Hey girl, when I attended my high school, I lived on campus for weeks!
I didn't have computer or smart phone. The only consolation was my CD player and a pile of Deutsche Grammophone CDs(@Götterdämmerung ). Good days though, so memorable, miss playing board games with classmates in dorm.

That's a good memory..
I usually surf the Internet while my classmates study hard..

 

[liubang]

You have bitter melon in US of A?

Yup, my mom made meat stuffed bitter melons all of the time. I do see white American chefs cook with them on tv shows at time. Mostly we bought from Viet market but any Oriental shop run by a chinese should have them to be honest. I would also add bamboo shoot too, but it been too long since I have young bamboo shoot.

Water melon is a favorite of mine. Don't buy them much anymore since it is a hustle. And I really don't know how to pick them. Americans are fine with picking random watermelon. But it is an art. My uncle would spent couple of minutes pick them out and what not. I would come out really red and sweet. But often American melons seemed bland watery.

I have been cooking my own food for a while. Haven't had good luck with turning raw fishes into delicious meal

Fried frozen fishes came out well. I tried cooking salmon, and all of that white goo came out. Which is okay but it never came out good for me. Used to love catfish a lot when I was younger. lol imagine a 6/7 years old gnawing on catfish head. That was like my favorite thing. I am way too Americanized now to enjoy fishhead like that.

First time know that u people eat very little meat from that ranking.
But there is a turkish BBQ restaurant in front of me rented apartment in Shanghai.

BTW, my uncle used to go to china town to have many things but really focus on Ipomoea aquatica or chinese spinach. It is just peasant things that grew like weeds in the backyard. And yet, when you in the USA, you have to go out of your way to China town to enjoy a piece of home.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

In western societies, its an ingrained cultural trope that children hate vegetables because they are so unappetizing. When they go abroad and find this idea is not so common elsewhere, they get so surprised.

That's not exactly true. I have had numerous mutual discussions with Chinese acquaintances on how to get our kids to eat more vegetables. Kids can be born finicky and it isn't because of external sources telling them to be that way. It''s more likely that a greater chance of exposure to sugary foods at a young age has led them to have an aversion to the taste of vegetables.

..oh and yes they have gardens with Chinese vegetables.