oriental food
By hailsferrer
@hailsferrer (76)
Philippines
1 response
@ShardAerliss (1488)
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18 Feb 08
Ooh, this is a somewhat contentious thing. Do they actually even live longer? Or is it just a misconception?
I really enjoy Japanese food; proper Japanese food, not just some rubbish you buy in tin or those horrible little sushi packets you get in Waitrose and M&S. I make my own, from good quality ingredients (Clear Springs Organic range of sauces and sea vegetables for example).
And I can tell you this; I feel as though it is making me healthier! lol Due to some bizarre illness I had last year my digestive system is not great. I can barely get through a bowl of soup without feeling bloated. However, I can digest Japanese food very easily. Perhaps it is the vast amount of healthy enzymes, herbs that are digestive aids (ginger for example) etc... but it works.
@hailsferrer (76)
• Philippines
18 Feb 08
it is always a given fact that what is natural is good, do you agree? but why do most of us veer away from what is natural?
@ShardAerliss (1488)
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18 Feb 08
Definitely, natural is always better. We evolved to survive on certain diets and suddenly changing that to take in food-stuffs that our bodies are not used to is going to cause trouble.
People veer away from it because it is seen as a hassle. My partner HATES (really, I can not use a strong enough word) to wait for his food. If he is hungry he wants food now, right this very second! Everything he eats comes out of the microwave (and stinks).
I on the other hand can wait the ten minutes it takes to slice a few veg, mix up a broth and make a bowl of miso soup with some ginger fried rice or noodles. Though this morning I ate some shop bought spring rolls... lol having a lazy day.
People just don't realise that they can make good food in minutes, out of fresh ingredients. They think that anything home cooked must take hours.
And it might not even be that! At my last job I would have a tin of Baxter's soup at dinner. There is nothing in them that hasn't grown out of the ground (except the meaty ones... but I don't eat those). People would say how lovely it smelled and how tasty it looked... while they pushed the gooey chunks of TV dinner round it's little plastic container.
They would complain that there was so much fat in their TV dinner, full of sugar and rubbish. So I asked one day "why don't you have a bowl of soup?"
The answer; "Oh... well... er... I dunno, I just always get a microwavable dinner."
*sigh* bowl of soup! Filling, nutritious and tasty!
I have a thing for soup... don't ask...
