Mời cả nhà ăn cơm!

Recently, because I’m pregnant, my father told me, “okay, don’t eat raw papaya or papaya leaves because this is what was used in the villages as an abortion medicine.” My elders share knowledge that isn’t generally talked a lot about. Though, nowadays there are a lot of books on Traditional Chinese Medicine and the medicinal benefits of how healthy it is to eat particular things during different seasons.

Eine Mango oder Avocado ist damals nicht Gang und gäbe gewesen. Das heißt in den 90ern, hatte man schon sehr viele Cravings nach Hause. Und selbst wenn man es vermisst, hat man nicht die Ressourcen gehabt, einfach mal Kräuter zu kaufen. Das war schon schwierig. Was meine Eltern auch oft gemacht haben, ist am Waldrand gucken, was man so an Gemüse und auch Unkraut essen kann. Wir haben damals im Asylheim gelebt und dann eben im Wald geguckt, was man da so essen kann.

I think recently,… because I lost my grandma last year. I think my most memorable experience with food is her making thịt kho because it is something that everyone in my family loves. And that was the last dish she made before she passed. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to eat it because I’m so far away. This dish is a very memorable one because of her.