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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 12:35:38 JST Adrianna Tan

   I’ve found most of the frozen food from Trader Joe’s tolerable if I add half a bottle of hot sauce.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 12:38:59 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I wish I could go back in time and tell me that after 7 years in the U.S., I’d be eating frozen food sometimes.

     For the first 30+ years of my life in Southeast Asia, it was frozen food.. never

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 12:41:38 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I rarely / never ate alone in Southeast Asia.

     Fresh food was widely available. We went to the market daily, as part of our routine. There was good quality and cheap food everywhere. Thousands of dishes at any time.

     I miss that, a lot.

     If I were having the kind of day I had today, but I was in Singapore or Malaysia, I’d be eating hot plate tofu and steamed fish at some local restaurant to feel better.

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     Jonathan Yu (jawnsy@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 12:55:56 JST Jonathan Yu

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     @skinnylatte Would it have mattered? Would you have listened?

     If I could tell myself things, I probably wouldn't have listened, so it wouldn't have mattered. Sometimes the only way to learn is to pass through the fire yourself

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 12:55:56 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jonathan Yu

     @jawnsy i might not have moved

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:01:22 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Cara Bruar

     @CaraBruar my friend’s son goes to school in Stockholm. The teachers were really worried he wasn’t eating food at school, ever. He finally told them he needed flavors

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     Cara Bruar (carabruar@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:01:23 JST Cara Bruar

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     @skinnylatte I had a friend who grew up in India. At work lunches she always brought her own bottle of chilli sauce. Australian food was always too bland.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:05:23 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Cara Bruar

     @CaraBruar I’m ok with it if it’s just good quality simple ingredients. I’ve been fine with Finnish / Swedish food like that, especially seafood and breads. But I don’t think I can do it.. daily.

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     Cara Bruar (carabruar@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:05:24 JST Cara Bruar

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     @skinnylatte Sounds like the menu needs an upgrade. Like hospital food. Healthy but unpalatable

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     Cara Bruar (carabruar@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:10:47 JST Cara Bruar

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     @skinnylatte No. Aged care homes here serve slush, macdonalds would be more nutritious. There's more to food than nutrients. Has to look and smell and taste good as well. And those things have a huge cultural component.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:10:47 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @CaraBruar we always walk by an elderly home in Japantown here, and they have an ad that says they serve Japanese food at every meal.

     I mean, I would want that.

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     John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺 (johnlogic@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:15:07 JST John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

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     @skinnylatte

     I hear you; good food makes the day better.

     In your area, I like El Cantaro (791 Foam St).

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 14:15:07 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

     @johnlogic I am often there for lunch!