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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:30:30 JST Adrianna Tan

   Made black bean paste. Black bean noodles. Masala chai. Chicken rice. Ginger garlic sauce. Chilli sauce.

   Eating the way I would back in Singapore for less than $10 a day is an exhausting all day activity when I make things myself

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:35:34 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I think about the difference between the food culture I grew up with, and the one I have now, quite often

     https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/112106771401442278

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:44:28 JST Adrianna Tan

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     The other day someone asked me what hot sauces and sambal we buy in Southeast Asia if I am so often complaining about the ones here and I was like, that’s probably it: none? Everything is homemade usually!

     The jars of sambal I might buy are specifically made for people going abroad who don’t have homemade stuff, not stuff we would buy over there hehe

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:49:34 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Mona⁷

     @pixiecata I lived with this auntie in Jakarta who would make a different sambal every day for lunch. To match the dish she was making that day. It was wondrous.

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     Mona⁷ (pixiecata@apobangpo.space)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:49:35 JST Mona⁷

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     @skinnylatte I remember when I was studying in Australia the mother of my Indonesian classmate gave me a bottle of her homemade chili garlic sauce. It was the best I'd ever tasted, and nothing I've tasted from store-bought has ever come close.

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     Carolyn (cstamp@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:50:51 JST Carolyn

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     @skinnylatte Can you freeze any of it? So you could spend a few exhausting days for weeks or months of easy meals?

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 13:50:51 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Carolyn

     @CStamp thinking about doing that. I find it very challenging to eat previously frozen foods as I am not used to it, but cooking this way is not sustainable in this part of the world as well. So I will probably have the think of some meal prep ideas that suit how and what I want to eat.