Damn, Chinese must party really hard. I wished everyone happy new year and went to bed minutes after midnight. Here you are keeping the party alive nearly a month later!
With my wife and extended family in her hometown in rural Henan. It's bloody cold and the air quality is absolutely miserable, but everyone is having a good time.
Sounds fun! Same situation here. Windows stay open in the home to let air in right? Haha. It was a super blue sky today further west but it has been gray for the last two weeks
Yeah same blue sky here, we only arrived yesterday so I can't tell what is was before. Windows had been open for 2 years, so we had a nice cover of assorted carcinogens all through the house. Always nice to visit... į( į )į
That sounds awesome! Lucky you for having awesome cooks in the family.
I donāt eat meat anymore but the best meat that I know from when I did was probably huiguorou or larou. The first is like a pan fried thick pork belly. The second is winter curred sausage. I just had a pan fried tofu dish and jiucai. Both yummy. Grandma gave me her pickled garlic which I really liked.
Took the time to interview her about the 60s. It was interesting!
Oh yeah I know both of those dishes, they are excellent as well! Pickled garlic is also amazing, especially on a Friday night if you don't plan to meet anyone all weekend š
How challenging was it to bring across that you don't eat meat? I have a feeling that would be quite alienating with my in-laws, their whole world revolves around meat.
Thatās fun they make it too :) Is your Henan food spicy or what? Never been!
I think pretty much every family member in China doesnāt really get it and frequently tells me I can in fact eat meat. They said, my PILs have cooked plenty of plantbased meals for me. Eating this way was a personal choice but I am also Buddhist. I also get a lot of comments telling me that monastics in China eat meat, which isnāt necessarily true, so why donāt I. Then I also get the silly questions saying well what about shrimp? Or fish? Or pork? lol more silly than pressured.
Nah I actually stopped drinking years ago, luckily they respect that. I'll have some mild ęØę¢ é in summer every once in a while, that's pretty refreshing. But other than that I pretty much abstain.
Good for you! I also drink less as it really is less enjoyable. I donāt think Iāve had that. Iāll have to look :) Yeah Iām the same, like the taste or the feeling in specific instances. Some uncles here have upwards of 500ml of baijiu. Thatās just horrible
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Facebones@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 1y
I have a girlfriend now after two years single, so that's pretty chill. š¤·
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 7 pts · 1y
Well happy Chinese new year to you two :)
Facebones@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 1y
Thanks!
misk@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 1y
Damn, Chinese must party really hard. I wished everyone happy new year and went to bed minutes after midnight. Here you are keeping the party alive nearly a month later!
/s
Happy new year!
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 4 pts · 1y
Hahaha! Itās just me. Iām the last one left in China celebrating. Going for the record. /s
ZDL@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 5 pts · 1y
I spent it in the countryside with family and just got home to watch the new years show.
jet@hackertalks.com · 4 pts · 1y
Merry Year of the Snake!
scytale@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Gonna go buy some Nian Gao and mooncake!
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Sounds good! In the south we eat Tangyuan.
viking@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 1y
With my wife and extended family in her hometown in rural Henan. It's bloody cold and the air quality is absolutely miserable, but everyone is having a good time.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 3 pts · 1y
Sounds fun! Same situation here. Windows stay open in the home to let air in right? Haha. It was a super blue sky today further west but it has been gray for the last two weeks
viking@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah same blue sky here, we only arrived yesterday so I can't tell what is was before. Windows had been open for 2 years, so we had a nice cover of assorted carcinogens all through the house. Always nice to visit... į( į )į
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 3 pts · 1y
Whatās the best dish you had?
viking@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
Some smoked beef chunks, the in-laws are beef wholesalers, their game is spot on.
Yours?
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 3 pts · 1y
That sounds awesome! Lucky you for having awesome cooks in the family.
I donāt eat meat anymore but the best meat that I know from when I did was probably huiguorou or larou. The first is like a pan fried thick pork belly. The second is winter curred sausage. I just had a pan fried tofu dish and jiucai. Both yummy. Grandma gave me her pickled garlic which I really liked.
Took the time to interview her about the 60s. It was interesting!
viking@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
Oh yeah I know both of those dishes, they are excellent as well! Pickled garlic is also amazing, especially on a Friday night if you don't plan to meet anyone all weekend š
How challenging was it to bring across that you don't eat meat? I have a feeling that would be quite alienating with my in-laws, their whole world revolves around meat.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Thatās fun they make it too :) Is your Henan food spicy or what? Never been!
I think pretty much every family member in China doesnāt really get it and frequently tells me I can in fact eat meat. They said, my PILs have cooked plenty of plantbased meals for me. Eating this way was a personal choice but I am also Buddhist. I also get a lot of comments telling me that monastics in China eat meat, which isnāt necessarily true, so why donāt I. Then I also get the silly questions saying well what about shrimp? Or fish? Or pork? lol more silly than pressured.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 2 pts · 1y
Any baijiu for you? My uncle made 50kg of homemade stuff. It was good too :)
viking@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y
Nah I actually stopped drinking years ago, luckily they respect that. I'll have some mild ęØę¢ é in summer every once in a while, that's pretty refreshing. But other than that I pretty much abstain.
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Good for you! I also drink less as it really is less enjoyable. I donāt think Iāve had that. Iāll have to look :) Yeah Iām the same, like the taste or the feeling in specific instances. Some uncles here have upwards of 500ml of baijiu. Thatās just horrible
Nothing@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
We are having the Lunar New Year party at my besties house on Saturday. Itās always the best time, I canāt wait!
ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com · 2 pts · 1y
That's exciting! I hope you all enjoy. What are the plans :)
HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y
looking for work. This whole cycle is actually the last for me and in less than a decade I will hit my birth animal with my birth element.
Platypus@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 1y
Platypus@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 1y
What?
mick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Lunar new year was yesterday (Jan 29th).