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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've lived in Asia and can tell you that American supermarkets are a heavenly cornucopia of a snackhole.
Asian markets don't sell nearly 1/4th the ready eat stuff that American markets have.  Most things in Asian markets are meant to be cooked or prepared somehow.  Not just rip open a bag and heat it in a microwave.  There's a lot of veggies, fruits, tofu, raw meat (sometimes cured but definitely few ready to eat).
So there's that immediate gratification thing that America has with food reflected its its plethora of readymade meals.
Asians tend to have a hangup with freshness of foods - freshly steamed, cooked, chopped, nothing a day or two old.  Packaged foods are considered, how do I put it, food not made with love.  Sad food.
This food culture has its drawbacks - a lot of time is spent in kitchen prep.

Asia also has a lot of very active night markets for those who don't want to cook.  That's the closest to ready eat foods.  Night markets are usually a social activity - walk, eat, talk, eat, shop, eat with friends or family.  And the food is cooked right there before you so its fresh.[/quote]

LOL

Really?  I am Indian and have family in India.  Indians have a ridiculously high rate of diabetes and heart disease.  Sure, they cook a lot (or have low-paid employees who cook for them, actually) but the amount of sugar and butter used in the cooking is unbelievable.

You’re right, that someone does come door to door with fresh vegetables daily.  However, the vegetables are a supplemented with lots of rice and roti and sugary chai.  Heck, growing up, the parents used to feed us ‘glucose biscuits’ as healthy.

I wouldn’t make any generalizations about how people in one country eat versus how people eat in the US.  [/quote]

All the coconut milk and products clog arteries [/quote]

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