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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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  • @twistedreader870
    @twistedreader870 Рік тому +7567

    Oh wow, I need to say this. I'm a black woman almost 60 years old. I was raised in a predominantly black neighborhood in the 70's. A Vietnamese family moved across the street from me. I became friends with a very smart young lady name Anna, if i remembered correctly and she and her family would invite me over from time to time for dinner and they would serve something like this but it was chicken over rice, I never forgot that and would sometimes look for this because it was so good. Awesome post, thank you for sharing. It brought back a wonderful memory.

    • @sincerelydavillian5851
      @sincerelydavillian5851 Рік тому +121

      Dope Phillipines provided neighbor's in the hood in jersey 90s also. N it tasted like a broth with green onions scallions n rice it was so good but my friend took me to her grand mother's room n we kissed n dryed all clothes on lovin n never was allowed again dam I'm from the Caribbean but still think of her lol it was her fault she used to give me love letters Blair we were like 6 we was dumb lil kids n it was her fault I was the atom

    • @IhateAlot718
      @IhateAlot718 Рік тому +21

      That's why you have high blood pressure. Do better

    • @huynhat682
      @huynhat682 Рік тому +108

      As a Vietnamese I can say that your neighbour is just like any neighbour here in Viet Nam, super friendly.

    • @sweetumsDenise
      @sweetumsDenise Рік тому +264

      @@IhateAlot718 You are loved ❤❤❤
      You are loved ❤❤
      You are loved ❤❤❤

    • @MiaMya396
      @MiaMya396 Рік тому +343

      @@IhateAlot718 😂😂the stereotype out of nowhere. I’m sorry that we all don’t have that problem like you wish. You are loved if no one told you that today or EVER.

  • @sonaiill
    @sonaiill Рік тому +35544

    Because.. "Why not?"

  • @aduhmbased
    @aduhmbased Рік тому +4957

    The simplest meals are the best ones to be honest.

    • @Zenzen-t2r
      @Zenzen-t2r Рік тому +47

      Yes because some food is taste odd when it's overpower so ye simple is the best

    • @dericmatthewsoliman
      @dericmatthewsoliman Рік тому +32

      I remember eating eggs and bacon for dinner and since im Asian you gotta have some rice on there

    • @Zenzen-t2r
      @Zenzen-t2r Рік тому +9

      @@dericmatthewsoliman ye rice we Asians love rice

    • @nananyanba
      @nananyanba Рік тому +14

      Chicken and rice for me, and you can spice that ish up with all kinds of flavours!!!

    • @Yunosainaa
      @Yunosainaa Рік тому

      Because we all lazy ass f*ck haha

  • @SimBits
    @SimBits 9 місяців тому +1484

    Being broke/poor really makes you appreciate any warm meal, like having a warm meal instead of something quick from a bag or like some white bread sandwich makes you feel so good! Rice and soy sauce is still one of my favs

    • @CarinoGamingStudio
      @CarinoGamingStudio 3 місяці тому +1

      asian does eat rice.

    • @Jane_Friday
      @Jane_Friday 3 місяці тому +4

      Even in the US rice with potato curry can't possibly be mire expensive then white bread or something from the bag....
      When I was broke I ate rice with apple souce or grits cooked with milk or rice with the cheapest veg cooked as curry, mainly potatos, carrots frozen peas, zuchhini, cabbage, Kohlrabi.

    • @Takazoro
      @Takazoro 3 місяці тому

      @@Jane_Fridayin the United States that’s pretty expensive in the states broke people can only afford 99cent noodles bologna and white bread

    • @randomoneforstuff3696
      @randomoneforstuff3696 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Takazoro Frozen vegetables and chicken quarters are also super cheap. My Albertsons sells a 2lb bag of mixed veg for just $3.49, chicken quarters for $1/lb, and 2lbs of rice for $1.99. Add some soy sauce, and you could get by spending less than $5 a day on food with that and get much better nutrition than you would get from cup noodles. If you need extra fiber and protein, add in some dry beans or lentils, which are insanely cheap as well ($1.29/lb dry = 2lbs wet).

    • @whatitisnt.
      @whatitisnt. 2 місяці тому +1

      @@randomoneforstuff3696brilliant

  • @Diebulfrog79
    @Diebulfrog79 Рік тому +9597

    It called Abon. Cracked a raw egg and mix with hot rice. That was my struggle meal . Some top with green onions.

    • @aryapatel4445
      @aryapatel4445 Рік тому +129

      Alex albon

    • @antisocial726
      @antisocial726 Рік тому +84

      ​@@aryapatel4445 a man of culture right there 🗿

    • @etcetc6790
      @etcetc6790 Рік тому +135

      Yup. My favourite is also rice, fried egg, and abon. But instead of salty soy sauce, I like to add Kecap, which is sweet soy sauce. Sweet on sweet 😊

    • @T1LT_ON_TOP
      @T1LT_ON_TOP Рік тому +182

      Bro as an indonesian i can verify this but its a diffrent name in every country , also its made out of PORK so its diffrent bc most of us dont eat those

    • @aryapatel4445
      @aryapatel4445 Рік тому +7

      @@antisocial726 f1 all day

  • @merileva
    @merileva Рік тому +3970

    girl i cant believe i used to be shamed for eating white rice w soy sauce its so delish! i sometimes added canned tuna also cause we usually had that in the cabinets.. bringing back memories of a lonely childhood lmao

    • @artemisameretsu6905
      @artemisameretsu6905 Рік тому +176

      Ah canned tuna and rice 🥰 I had some just last week cause I didn't feel like cooking lunch. It's so good! Lil soy sauce Lil garlic powder and a dab of mayo 😗👌

    • @bluesapphire4262
      @bluesapphire4262 Рік тому +69

      Rice + soy sauce was, and still is, my number 1 lazy food.
      I almost always have some rice ready and whenever I just feel like I don't want to cook or make anything, pour a soy sauce or sweet soy sauce on it and voila, a delicious meal is ready.
      And it's even easier to prepare than instant noodle!

    • @Kautiepye247
      @Kautiepye247 Рік тому +28

      Yes , thank you!! I used to do rice soy sauce and tuna and was called weird
      But it’s so good 😅

    • @ashleyshim2078
      @ashleyshim2078 Рік тому +9

      ​@@artemisameretsu6905 yumm😊

    • @EmberFlames_Jag
      @EmberFlames_Jag Рік тому +14

      Fried rice is good with "yum yum" sauce which i think has mayonnaise so even though this sounds weird to me maybe tuna would be ok with rice?? As long as good sauce is used ig

  • @lachandroteamer7463
    @lachandroteamer7463 Рік тому +669

    Times are tough but with simple meals like this will most definitely get you through, makes you appreciate the little things more! 😅❤

    • @phoenixskyward9972
      @phoenixskyward9972 Рік тому +21

      Been there. Once, I struggled so badly because of lack of work, I had pennies left. I swear, I cut a bit of onion, used a tea spoon of tomato paste and a hand full of frozen veggies with a hand full of lentils. cooked it, although it's basically horrible and not much of anything, just the smell made me happy, with a bit of rice. I survived on this for almost 2 weeks. Like you said, we only appreciate things when we don't have them.

    • @randomstranger8938
      @randomstranger8938 Рік тому +13

      ​@@phoenixskyward9972 omg, same. Ive never had money growing up, so my favorite meal was plain spaghetti (no butter, oil, sauce, whatever) and that was it. You can get spaghetti for $1-2 and it lasts for days! Also, im pretty sensitive to food, so plain spaghetti was better to me anyways 😅

    • @86Kera
      @86Kera Рік тому +2

      Yes ❤

  • @NT-sx2bd
    @NT-sx2bd 5 місяців тому +289

    I entirely agree, rice and soy sauce is amazing

    • @ScienceReasonLove
      @ScienceReasonLove 3 місяці тому +7

      Even when I’m sick, hot rice, a drop or two of sesame oil, and soy sauce is amazing.

    • @pilarbetancourt-martis1341
      @pilarbetancourt-martis1341 3 місяці тому +1

      10 out of 10 it’s amazing recommend

    • @mematt8955
      @mematt8955 3 місяці тому +4

      mix in a pad of butter. life changing. so simple yet amazing. can also garnish with green onion and sesame seeds.

    • @codyholley
      @codyholley 2 місяці тому

      ​@@mematt8955 for sure

    • @katarinapadma7601
      @katarinapadma7601 Місяць тому

      @@ScienceReasonLove hmm true, totally bomb

  • @slikxs808
    @slikxs808 Рік тому +344

    At one point in life, we’ve had just a bowl of rice as a meal.

    • @nooral-sager6031
      @nooral-sager6031 Рік тому +2

      why if you don't mind me asking?

    • @hunter-jeanbosworth5909
      @hunter-jeanbosworth5909 Рік тому +17

      @@nooral-sager6031easy and cheap meal

    • @grin_legion
      @grin_legion Рік тому +6

      Rice is everyday meal in Asia

    • @hoshiboshiis
      @hoshiboshiis Рік тому +1

      with some salt on it

    • @Hereforthemusic.
      @Hereforthemusic. Рік тому +4

      One time that’s all I had and didn’t want to just eat rice for dinner everyday. I remember over hearing my neighbor outside disciplining her kids telling them if they don’t act right they have to eat just plain rice for dinner.. 🫠😪😪 LMAO I was like bro! Ahahah

  • @86Kera
    @86Kera Рік тому +274

    A protein with rice and a veggie is my go to when I don’t feel like cooking a big meal . It’s healthy and filling. Can’t beat that.

    • @therapistizzy2266
      @therapistizzy2266 Рік тому +7

      Word UP KERA…

    • @KayJayCrazy
      @KayJayCrazy Рік тому +5

      That's sounds really good 🙏🏽

    • @blacksunstudios1147
      @blacksunstudios1147 Рік тому +3

      STRAIGHT FACTS. An egg with rice and im set for the morning

    • @86Kera
      @86Kera Рік тому +2

      @@blacksunstudios1147 that actually sounds good for breakfast

  • @Giyuu-hc9pd
    @Giyuu-hc9pd 2 місяці тому +103

    I’m living alone and I’m 19. Life is hard for me right now, I go to college and I work after for two hours at a gas station then I have a night shift at 8 pm at the local grocery store lasting 2 and a half hours. I have to study for my exams and i have to do my assignments too.
    I’ve been struggling real hard to provide only for me. I never knew how hard stuff would get. Even a simple sandwich and drink can be one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten, I miss my childhood and parents, they have passed. I hope everything will get better and I hope all this struggle will be for the better for me.

    • @brocksampson2590
      @brocksampson2590 2 місяці тому +8

      The struggle is real, and sometimes it just gets harder for awhile. Im sorry you lost your parents. You got this tho! Once you start seeing some of the gains from your hard work and also impress yourself with how much you can endure, that confidence will help suppport you

    • @10ksetrg
      @10ksetrg 2 місяці тому +7

      sending love

    • @xxbrokenxx5239
      @xxbrokenxx5239 2 місяці тому +3

      Same bro.Hope your suitation get better ❤.

    • @clarencechung122
      @clarencechung122 Місяць тому +1

      hang in there man, been there done that and it gets better if you're persistent ❤

    • @Aphrodite-474
      @Aphrodite-474 Місяць тому +2

      Sending ❤❤

  • @braxinIV
    @braxinIV Рік тому +1863

    Some parts of Mexica make that pork floss. They call it “machacado”. Goes amazing with scrambled eggs and some beans.

    • @0v_x0
      @0v_x0 Рік тому +21

      Huevos rancheros con machacado

    • @sabymarie1116
      @sabymarie1116 Рік тому +16

      It's the best!!! And to make it stretch we added migas (fried tortillas)

    • @frediaallure2528
      @frediaallure2528 Рік тому +6

      Sounds banging, so im gonna find and try it!!

    • @Booya9272
      @Booya9272 Рік тому +5

      Eggs!! Luxury, we could never afford eggs, we just used to boil stones to go with out machacado and arroz.

    • @Fred_lost
      @Fred_lost Рік тому +1

      Damn my mom bought a lb of that meat when she came back

  • @anonymousperson8259
    @anonymousperson8259 Рік тому +1971

    When I was in West Africa, they taught me the struggle meal of rice, sprinkled with chicken flavored Maggie seasoning, and a little red palm oil. If you had some sliced onion or cucumber, you're really ballin'! And yes from hanging out with my Asian friends I got rice, soy sauce, and we put sesame oil too. I like to put pepper flakes on both versions.😊

    • @miriammanolov9135
      @miriammanolov9135 11 місяців тому +56

      Oh..maggi seasoning was/is Life 😂
      We use it in Iraq and my friend from the Philippines uses it too.

    • @DreamFactories
      @DreamFactories 11 місяців тому +10

      I just had some torgborgee the other day. It was smackin.
      I’m Liberian American btw

    • @DreamFactories
      @DreamFactories 11 місяців тому

      @@miriammanolov9135it’s just flavored MSG. Same as what you get in instant ramen packs.

    • @Its_Me.258
      @Its_Me.258 11 місяців тому +11

      Bro in south African I just eat rice and aromat even when we have food

    • @incubus_the_man
      @incubus_the_man 11 місяців тому +4

      Now you could start a restaurant and serve that as a side and charge $10 for it.

  • @thomasmoore1015
    @thomasmoore1015 Рік тому +946

    Everyone always looked at me like a dang freak for eating rice with soy sauce. I'd grab that at school when I just wanted a little something to tide me over until I got home, until the school forbid that. They forced us to buy full meals and not just sides. Utter trash school rules, but I'll still grab some rice and douse it in soy sometimes.

    • @whataworldlol
      @whataworldlol Рік тому +72

      That's truly insane because that combo is fire they missing out

    • @BuddinGHP
      @BuddinGHP Рік тому

      School really milking every penny out of students.

    • @Megz1794
      @Megz1794 Рік тому +11

      @@whataworldlol well to be fair kids do need more than just a snack or side at school especially if they wanna stay tide over until they get home

    • @kristinaabele1205
      @kristinaabele1205 Рік тому +10

      @@Megz1794depends on the person I didn’t really get that hungry at school as a kid

    • @registeredjopper
      @registeredjopper Рік тому +25

      ​@@Megz1794 but forcing a kid to have a full meal and to pay for it- what if you cant afford that or dont want to spend money on microwave pizza or burgers or whatever schools serve now? better to let people choose what theyll eat as long as they eat something (or sign a waiver).

  • @beautifullove3381
    @beautifullove3381 6 місяців тому +43

    My grandfather was a farmer and used to process amd smoke his own meats. I’ll never forget, he made this one dried meat that looked very similar to this in a Smokey BBQ flavor and in a teriyaki flavor… I’ve been looking for something similar my entire life. THANK YOU! I will be trying this!

    • @Dirtbagdaryn
      @Dirtbagdaryn 4 місяці тому

      They sell it at convenient stores as jerky chew lol

  • @Other-eye
    @Other-eye Рік тому +3066

    I remember our home alone meals for me and my younger bro were toast with cinnamon and sugar and those packets of powdered mashed potatoes and some kind of deli meat. Then we’d go in the living room and watch penguins of Madagascar be on the internet completely unsupervised and see something traumatizing. Good times man

    • @tthompson4768
      @tthompson4768 Рік тому +52

      Lol. Fuckin facts!

    • @YT-algorithm-is-strange
      @YT-algorithm-is-strange Рік тому +34

      😂😂watching Kimbo Slice beat the everything fxck out of someone his size and telling him I ain't finished when the other guy was done, was traumatic and mesmerizing at the same time when you're a kid 😂

    • @LuisSantiago-bv4kj
      @LuisSantiago-bv4kj Рік тому +11

      Bro this made me laugh out loud 😂😂😂😂

    • @fukdpopo5869
      @fukdpopo5869 Рік тому +15

      We're internet is like the darkweb back then 😂

    • @user-jd1cp1nk1p
      @user-jd1cp1nk1p Рік тому +9

      Same. But that was so much better than having my alcoholic parents at home.

  • @spiraljumper74
    @spiraljumper74 11 місяців тому +1545

    Pork floss on rice with an egg, fuckin’ delicious. I’d never heard of the stuff until I started cooking at a Creole/Vietnamese fusion place in New Orleans. I started putting it in the fried rice I’d make for family meal. Same basic dish but y’know, with the rice fried.
    I love posts like this because of the comments, I really enjoy reading about others’ formative food memories. Food and cooking are truly universal human experiences and I always feel connected to other people when I see stuff like this.

    • @vexial12
      @vexial12 11 місяців тому +28

      I never knew it was called pork floss. I always called it “that beef jerky dip” because it came in that tobacco dip package and kids would always pretend they were dipping with it and put a big ol clump under their lip and spit on the ground.

    • @calliebrookins2844
      @calliebrookins2844 10 місяців тому +5

      You are making my mouth watery 😢

    • @lexx3423
      @lexx3423 10 місяців тому +4

      What’s the name of the restaurant?

    • @sal_strazzullo
      @sal_strazzullo 9 місяців тому +2

      Not halal ❌

    • @ez_lacr0ix141
      @ez_lacr0ix141 9 місяців тому +21

      ​@@sal_strazzulloi mean, not everyone is muslim

  • @onlyexception9214
    @onlyexception9214 Рік тому +126

    I usually dice 3-4 cloves of garlic and fry em until soft(not burnt!) and add leftover rice with some salt and red chili paper. It's honestly soo good. You should try it!

    • @cummaster7542
      @cummaster7542 Рік тому +11

      I'm really surprised that nobody noticed "red chili paper"...

    • @-toriizaka46
      @-toriizaka46 Рік тому

      ​@@cummaster7542well we all know they mean so its fine

    • @tupakkaonhyvaa
      @tupakkaonhyvaa Рік тому +1

      I like chili paper too. 👍

    • @nameunknown007
      @nameunknown007 Рік тому

      Yes this was exactly my struggle meal. Except we had garlic red chili powder, and not so much oil left in the kitchen, so I just mixed rice + garlic chili powder + salt.

    • @D.77875
      @D.77875 Рік тому

      I looooove chili paper ❤😂

  • @pithyginger6371
    @pithyginger6371 5 місяців тому +17

    completely relatable except i eat it when i'm not struggling too

  • @ruthsandra1521
    @ruthsandra1521 Рік тому +120

    Mine was warm rice with ghee, salt and pepper! As an Indian, ghee was a staple. That struggle meal just slapped.

    • @akiramakara2062
      @akiramakara2062 Рік тому +4

      Its wild how expensive ghee is in America, but that sounds sooo good! 😭

    • @bilbo7115
      @bilbo7115 Рік тому +2

      is gee just clarified butter?

    • @ruthsandra1521
      @ruthsandra1521 Рік тому +3

      @@bilbo7115 yes it is!

    • @bilbo7115
      @bilbo7115 Рік тому +1

      @@ruthsandra1521 ty

    • @BroccoliBrigardist
      @BroccoliBrigardist Рік тому +1

      Isnt there a whole meal around this dish....
      Pot full of rice which you slightly burn and get a crust
      Rice and ghee

  • @yakui7036
    @yakui7036 Рік тому +1905

    My cousin had a Chinese landlord who used to gift him a huge container of pork floss around Christmas and we'd always tear it up with some rice and beans. Goes great on ramen too.

    • @chiknn
      @chiknn Рік тому +3

      Lol

    • @doomguy2020
      @doomguy2020 Рік тому +52

      A kind landlord? That's awesome

    • @cc-so9hj
      @cc-so9hj Рік тому +1

      Lmao

    • @camarada7274
      @camarada7274 Рік тому +18

      @@doomguy2020 a “kind landlord” still takes 1-2/3 of your paycheck

    • @Prishdoesanimations
      @Prishdoesanimations Рік тому +20

      ​@@camarada7274 thats every landlord:/

  • @Lol-tr5dm
    @Lol-tr5dm Рік тому +698

    As a Japanese I always made onigiri with only salt and rice. It seems like too simple. But I loved it when I was a kid.

    • @gordshorde
      @gordshorde Рік тому +29

      sometimes simple is just what you need :)

    • @Bear-cm1vl
      @Bear-cm1vl Рік тому +9

      Pan toasted onigiri! Yummmmmy !

    • @Mr.Scootini
      @Mr.Scootini Рік тому +5

      For me, if it was available it was Ikameshi

    • @TopAnimeLoverEver
      @TopAnimeLoverEver Рік тому +7

      I'm American, I also love making salted onigiri to take to work. Sometimes I make tuna onigiri, but only salt and rice is the best.

    • @Rover.M07
      @Rover.M07 Рік тому

      Strugle meal in my country just salt and rice
      If you really poor , you know leftovers rice we dried it in the sun
      And cook it again
      Sometime it smell like roten rice
      That since dutch colonial

  • @lyv8627
    @lyv8627 9 місяців тому +8

    Yes!!! Rice for breakfast, fried egg, dry meat and avocado works Sooo well too. Even Machaca 😊 Nori too 😋

  • @verballyrebellious
    @verballyrebellious Рік тому +263

    We make the meat floss in Northern Nigeria called Dambun Nama and it looks exactly like this. We make it out of beef and chicken usually, though I've had ostrich dambu. Rarely, you see fish dambu which is very oily and nice.

  • @bonkeroooo
    @bonkeroooo Рік тому +596

    White rice + soy sauce is the absolute goat, that was my fav childhood dish and still holds a special place in my heart

    • @jalaaaah
      @jalaaaah Рік тому +10

      i’ve elevated as an adult though & use liquid knors seasoning instead of soy 😭

    • @EelWasThere
      @EelWasThere Рік тому +3

      Ngl, I've been craving for just rice with soy sauce for a while. When I finally got to eat it with some rice that was still warm, god it tasted better than I was expecting. Food from my childhood really is the best (well... most of them).

    • @sovannraseang
      @sovannraseang Рік тому

      Nah also rice with salt too

    • @jhonat1969
      @jhonat1969 Рік тому +2

      Rice and soy sauce is my fav😋

    • @ddbb3195
      @ddbb3195 Рік тому +1

      But it's not nutricious without some veg and meat. You're just eating salt and starch.

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon 4 місяці тому +10

    I can't relate to all these cooking channels with their fancy ingredients, no one cooks everyday, sometimes you just gotta take a piece of bread and bowl of rice and add some random thing from the fridge

  • @bryanfarmer1693
    @bryanfarmer1693 Рік тому +164

    Rice has saved me more times than i can count. Perfect budget meal

    • @ianhomerpura8937
      @ianhomerpura8937 Рік тому +2

      A 50 kilogram sack of rice can last a month or two, depending on appetite.

  • @Anna19093
    @Anna19093 Рік тому +34

    Honey, when I was younger a “struggle meal” was code for “we’re broke.”😂😂😂

    • @HeyhitmeBAM
      @HeyhitmeBAM Рік тому +3

      This is pretty much rice and soy sauce. What’s cheaper, cat food?

    • @c0rpsecr0iX
      @c0rpsecr0iX Рік тому +6

      ​@@HeyhitmeBAM man, cat food is even more expensive than rice 😂😂😂
      We basically combine rice+soy sauce, rice+oil+a dash of salt. That's our struggle meal when we were young.

    • @Anna19093
      @Anna19093 Рік тому +2

      @@HeyhitmeBAM I wasn’t commenting on the food she was making, I was commenting on the fact that she called it a “struggle meal.” Her version of a “struggle meal” was something she made for herself when her parents weren’t home. What my family called a “struggle meal” was something you’d have to eat 4 to 5 days a week for dinner (grilled cheese, hot dogs, baked potatoes, etc.) because we couldn’t afford anything else

  • @erionlovingood2748
    @erionlovingood2748 Місяць тому

    ❤ I love your voice. I enjoy the videos but your voice is so soothing and calming to me. I watch the videos just to hear you on some of my bad days. Thanks for the videos. 😋

  • @pw4780
    @pw4780 11 місяців тому +537

    Simple food can be the most satisfying gourmet meal.

  • @richie1098
    @richie1098 Рік тому +206

    Ngl as a Vietnamese American. This is my struggle meal right here with the rice with soy sauce and the pork stuff lmao.

  • @Jimjam1405
    @Jimjam1405 Рік тому +282

    When my family was broke broke to the point we couldn’t get anything fresh from the supermarket. Mum would always make us rice with Maggie seasoning soy sauce and just fried egg. That’s it, it lasted us for a couple days even more if you don’t get tired of the taste.

    • @apldy
      @apldy 11 місяців тому +5

      that maggie seasoning soy sauce is the best. 💯

    • @samk7500
      @samk7500 11 місяців тому +5

      I grew up on rice with "butter" and soy sauce. Sometimes frozen dinners. Throughout my time at a competitive private university, I realized how broke I grew up, just observing what all my new friends and classmates were eating.

    • @methanesulfonic
      @methanesulfonic 11 місяців тому +4

      bro thats just a regular fried rice for my family 🥲 and I wouldnt call that broke food

  • @RosieLangdon
    @RosieLangdon 2 місяці тому +2

    That rice ain’t gonna last long.. I’m a rice eating goblin

  • @smiller8898
    @smiller8898 Рік тому +115

    I remember during the 1970s, there were times where all we had was beans and rice. There was always rice leftover. We used to get the free packaged government commodity food. My brother and I would take the dried powdered eggs, spices, mixed it with milk, leftover rice and fry it in leftover recycled oil to make our lunch. Later, we learned to mix it with onions and soy sauce. It was food that kept us full and satisfied...

    • @Ratclan
      @Ratclan Рік тому +5

      That is humbling.

  • @Ask_me_to_go_and_study_pls
    @Ask_me_to_go_and_study_pls Рік тому +1717

    "Why not" will always be iconic....

  • @0v_x0
    @0v_x0 Рік тому +445

    The American childhood equivalent for me was buttered pasta (or maybe just olive oil) with salt and pepper. Buttered white rice with soy sauce was also a favorite, especially later when grown and living with roommates during hard times. A rice cooker is one of the best investments.

    • @Noname-uk9mu
      @Noname-uk9mu Рік тому +11

      seasoned salt is amazing on buttered noodles.

    • @jaybirdishhhhhh
      @jaybirdishhhhhh Рік тому +13

      if we were lucky there might have been cheese 😌

    • @Rebekah_Renders
      @Rebekah_Renders Рік тому +13

      I absolutely love butter rice! Lol that’s what we called it. We would be full all night.

    • @barkshae3563
      @barkshae3563 Рік тому +6

      Stop with the nostalgia 😂

    • @halatiny6537
      @halatiny6537 Рік тому +4

      Oh shit and just noodles with mozzarella like that shit is so good

  • @truthjones8228
    @truthjones8228 Рік тому +54

    This lets me know, a lot of us struggled, and we all learned the STRUGGLE IS REAL…whether black, white, Asian, Indian… we survived!!!!

    • @carlystone5994
      @carlystone5994 Рік тому +1

      Yes! And, having lived in poverty in Mexico, I learned our poor in America still have it way better than most poor in the world. ❤😃

    • @orage8332
      @orage8332 Рік тому +4

      asian, indian lmao

  • @Cute_kitty762
    @Cute_kitty762 4 місяці тому

    I love it! I tried them before, they are so good! ❤

  • @Galahime
    @Galahime Рік тому +12

    My struggle meal is something my mom showed me.
    Its a tortilla with ham and cheese folded in half then put on a pan.
    The cheese melts the ham gets warm and the tortilla is just perfect. At my house we always had left over tortillas.

    • @naomiaki2962
      @naomiaki2962 2 місяці тому

      Sounds yummy and economical

  • @AWPierson
    @AWPierson Рік тому +557

    As a Filipino American, i must say that this is so relatable on every level. Except the chopsticks part, i just ate with my hands and suffered sticky skin later

    • @leoray1234
      @leoray1234 Рік тому +8

      Mexico and Philippines share so many similarities when it comes to culture and food…I’m sure there is a good amount of dna mixed within both countries via the Galleon trade for hundreds of years between Manila and Acapulco

    • @airaobregon-jg9ws
      @airaobregon-jg9ws Рік тому +1

      Some pinoys still eat with spoons ds days tho

    • @concordemachspeed24
      @concordemachspeed24 Рік тому +1

      I'm a Filipino living in Canada and I still use my hands because it tastes better 😂

    • @zoraackerman1684
      @zoraackerman1684 Рік тому +2

      Tou coukd wash your hands afterwards.

    • @radar5464
      @radar5464 Рік тому

      A hot dog was probably my filipino 2.0. I resorted to this most when i lived w stepmom and dad to get that FIX.

  • @FlowerEmblem
    @FlowerEmblem Рік тому +253

    I used to be a really picky eater. Rice with soy sauce, and spaghetti with butter were my two comfort foods.

    • @JL-el7ju
      @JL-el7ju Рік тому +8

      Spaghetti with butter yesss! ❤️👌🏼 I’m from Scotland and that was something I would eat as a young yin lol

    • @LilMissMint
      @LilMissMint Рік тому +5

      I would do the spaghetti noodles with butter, Parmesan, garlic and basil… still do it as an adult sometimes 😅

  • @teihiniane
    @teihiniane 2 місяці тому +1

    growing up mine was eggs rice and ketchup, or rice, soy sauce, and cut up vienna sausage popped in the microwave!!! during my sisters generation (she’s 9 years older) she had rice and ketchup, rice and butter, or bread butter and ketchup rolled up like a burrito.

  • @tinytsun
    @tinytsun Рік тому +73

    About 90% of the time, my mom comes up with the best struggle meals that don't even feel like struggle meals. Ones that are basic struggle meals and ones she'll throw together when she doesn't know what to cook and it works. One of my faves is white rice and cornbeef

    • @casedistorted
      @casedistorted Рік тому +2

      Never heard the term struggle meal before, is it like vibes or something for the young gen?

    • @driftdotus
      @driftdotus Рік тому

      @@casedistorted living paycheck to paycheck but you gotta pay a unexpected bill or buy kids clothes or shoes etc so you need to make what money you have last

  • @VultureXV
    @VultureXV Рік тому +112

    I had gotten let go from a job because they downsized and fired all the temps. My dad just 'knew' it was because I was 'lazy' and was so upset that he grabbed a social friend and told me I'd be house-sitting for a few days. (Mainly just to get me out of the house to avoid 'confrontation'.)
    During this time I made one meal because I didn't want to be a bother and it lasted almost all five days for me. I spent all five days at the other house, watching two small dogs, and playing Dark Souls (as it had just come to PC).
    I put wild rice, black beans, chicken breast, tomato, and some spices in. I couldn't have used more than $20 of materials. I cooked the chicken until it was easily shredded, then added more water and cooked the rice and beans, adding the tomato mix with some spices later.
    My actual struggle meal as I was dealing with major depression at the time.

    • @girl6girl6
      @girl6girl6 Рік тому +7

      Sounds tasty. Hope you got over your depression issues.

    • @blessedx3338
      @blessedx3338 Рік тому +9

      Depression is very much a crippling issue. It’s so hard to overcome, but it ABSOLUTELY CAN BE DONE! I sincerely hope you’ve found your way out! Nobody should ever have to suffer in silence!! If you’re still struggling, I’m here. To just listen, or offer you resources. Whatever you need! Whatever ANYBODY needs!! You’re 1000% not alone. In your struggle, or in this world! 🖤🖤

    • @thegmanviews11
      @thegmanviews11 Рік тому +4

      That sounds really good. Our rice cooker just died, it was my husbands before he was with me and we met in 2015, have been together since 2016, married since 2018. RIP rice cooker, we have been looking for a replacement but it’s amazing how much rice we actually eat each week, it’s great since I have major depression and if he cooks something else I can at least put the rice cooker on without feeling overwhelmed- hope things are okay with you now ❤🫂

    • @VultureXV
      @VultureXV Рік тому +1

      @@girl6girl6
      It's been ten years so things have gotten better where it matters.

    • @VultureXV
      @VultureXV Рік тому +2

      @@blessedx3338
      Thank you for your kind words. It was about a decade ago so things have certainly changed since then.

  • @riatortor05
    @riatortor05 Рік тому +201

    Omg growing up in philippines my beloved cousin introduced us to rice,soy sauce,and pork oil (mantika) soooooo good!

    • @mariem5027
      @mariem5027 Рік тому +2

      Yesss I had a phase as a kid where this is all I craved for a meal 😂

    • @apotatosapling5698
      @apotatosapling5698 Рік тому +6

      I don't know why but this video makes me sad about the poverty in the Philippines,
      Millions of people eat this everyday because of the lack of money, some of them don't even have soy sauce and/or even rice, some of them use salt as a substitute for soy sauce and cassava for rice

    • @rckxs8724
      @rckxs8724 Рік тому +4

      My grandfather’s nurse was from the Philippines & she made the best dishes including the emergency meals (struggle meal). One time it was boiled eggs with tomato chopped up in it.

    • @carlojones833
      @carlojones833 Рік тому

      Rice soy and butter.

  • @SceneTh1rian
    @SceneTh1rian 8 днів тому +1

    For some reason I LOVE White rice with butter and garlic salt. It’s so good it sounds bland and strange but it’s like salty sweet buttery and perfect

  • @ApocalypticRadish
    @ApocalypticRadish Рік тому +56

    We always had rice ready to eat in my family. Both my parents worked a lot and there'd be those evenings where they'd call us and say "heat up the rice and whatever frozen veggies you guys want for dinner." As an adult, I still eat a ton of rice and veggies.

  • @elizacarrie7433
    @elizacarrie7433 Рік тому +59

    I add a little sesame oil too. *chefs kiss*. We eat rice, soy sauce and sesame oil with fried eggs sometimes, and as a kid my parents called it “Chinese specialty”. Still one of my most nostalgic meals. Also, as a kid said “soy sauce and sesame oil” more often than “salt and pepper”

    • @embers3528
      @embers3528 Рік тому +5

      Oh my gosh no matter what sesame oil is the best thing ever, I always add it to my white rice when I can (if it pairs well)

  • @katlingray
    @katlingray Рік тому +478

    As a Vietnamese American, I can confirm I (and the rest of my family ) love that combo. The simplicity of it I guess just really draws me to it.

    • @darkbarcodewarrior
      @darkbarcodewarrior Рік тому +2

      Agree

    • @littleepandaa
      @littleepandaa 11 місяців тому +3

      She missed the cucumbers

    • @T9153Yang
      @T9153Yang 11 місяців тому +3

      As a fellow 1st gen Asian American, I can confirm.

    • @tylerfoley2859
      @tylerfoley2859 11 місяців тому +4

      American, if you was born here lol 🇺🇸👍🏼

    • @ricemunchies
      @ricemunchies 11 місяців тому

      @@littleepandaaFOR REALLL

  • @lilkelsmels6000
    @lilkelsmels6000 8 місяців тому

    Actually looks good 💯

  • @merishagrant6548
    @merishagrant6548 Рік тому +190

    When I was younger, our struggle meal was cornbeef and rice. Folks would season the cornbeef, add onions sometimes corn. 🌽 Was one of my best meals growing up!! 😋

    • @Lubin-md4ml
      @Lubin-md4ml Рік тому +5

      I'm so sorry you didn't grow up with eating grilled tomahawk steaks, lobster, shrimp, lamb beef and sushi as a child! :(
      Cause that was and still is one of the BEST meals l've ever eaten in my life :)) even crayfish is delicious here, lm so glad l got to experience all of that as a child :3

    • @unsupportive
      @unsupportive Рік тому +34

      ​@@Lubin-md4ml bro rubbing it in 💀

    • @bando1016
      @bando1016 Рік тому +1

      Corn corned beef? That's like drinking water in a soda can.

    • @Lubin-md4ml
      @Lubin-md4ml Рік тому +1

      @@unsupportive ofc bro, what child enjoys living on vegetables their whole childhood😐💀

    • @MindofRonin
      @MindofRonin 11 місяців тому +1

      Pacific Islander?

  • @gingerdad127
    @gingerdad127 Рік тому +43

    My wife is Korean and she cooks us "struggle meals" too, but she calls it, "poor man food" which we really love, thanks for sharing ❤❤❤

  • @mikahbaby2
    @mikahbaby2 Рік тому +11

    When my best friends sister was vegetarian, she would make a meal similar to this! It would be rice, eggs, green beans and soy sauce. Such a simple but filling snack. Also, I’m pretty sure they sell pork floss to kids here in the US as fake “chew tobacco”. Fake container and all. 😂

  • @diakaheart8384
    @diakaheart8384 Рік тому +258

    There is also pork floss in Nigeria, my mum would always give me some as a snack, sooo good

    • @nacenimu
      @nacenimu Рік тому +12

      I think you need to export to Kenya. I want to try sounds goooood😂

    • @MimiNwabuokuMD
      @MimiNwabuokuMD Рік тому +11

      That dambun nama (beef floss) or kilishi just slaps. You know that someone really likes you if they bring some to you after a trip back to Nigeria 😂

    • @diakaheart8384
      @diakaheart8384 Рік тому +2

      @@MimiNwabuokuMD lmao that's so true, also thx for saying the actual name of it lol. I wasn't born in Nigeria but I've been there a couple times

    • @sammierose1150
      @sammierose1150 Рік тому +23

      American here 🙋🏽‍♀️ - pardon my ignorance; but what is pork and / or beef “floss”?

    • @dumbproductions2958
      @dumbproductions2958 Рік тому +1

      I second this

  • @kasya7664
    @kasya7664 13 днів тому +1

    I love rice with garlic sauce idk why but it's sooo comforting

  • @Nathaniel-Sr
    @Nathaniel-Sr Рік тому +26

    Her struggle meal 2.0 would've been a 3 course meal for me... Cheers to humble beginnings! ✌🏾

  • @whattheflimflam
    @whattheflimflam Рік тому +12

    My mom would put a few dashes of Italian dressing on rice. For some reason I thought this was delicious and a delicacy. Years later, i Realize she was waiting for the paycheck to hit her account so we could go buy real food! Great memories and I like seeing how folks of all cultures dress up their rice.

    • @SlingSlangSkrrt.
      @SlingSlangSkrrt. Рік тому +1

      Italian chicken n rice be good too. Bake all of it together.

  • @lizc.214
    @lizc.214 11 місяців тому +14

    That pork floss looks like Machacado but pulled apart. Machacado con huevo is soooo good🤤 Your dish looks good as well! I love the simplicity of cooked rice with butter but soy sauce is a great choice too.

  • @danyav.b.7747
    @danyav.b.7747 5 місяців тому

    This looks so comforting!

  • @captainblitz9961
    @captainblitz9961 Рік тому +10

    The rice and soy sauce combo is an Asian child classic.

  • @itztocaskylar5722
    @itztocaskylar5722 Рік тому +31

    pork floss is my childhood fav food all time! Put it on some rice and it’s all done, very well seasoned makes ur plain rice 100% better, I think without soy sauce will just be as good! I just put some pork floss and rice that’s all! Best dish of all times

  • @musfyhasan
    @musfyhasan Рік тому +53

    I remember growing up in Indonesia sometimes I used to eat rice with chicken floss and it would always make me happy lol

    • @aleejjj
      @aleejjj Рік тому +2

      This profile pic if urs 😢😅💝

    • @musfyhasan
      @musfyhasan Рік тому +1

      @@aleejjj lol thank you 🥹🥰

  • @Madmax0581
    @Madmax0581 8 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful meal❤❤❤

  • @Starbuck32123
    @Starbuck32123 Рік тому +11

    Everything on Lisa's channel is an upgraded struggle meal

  • @PainoftheAncestors
    @PainoftheAncestors Рік тому +18

    I love how our lingo is adopted by everyone! That is so awesome! Great simple meals too. ☺️

  • @Kaisen122
    @Kaisen122 Рік тому +19

    Yooooo this definitely hits home for me. A bowl of steaming rice with Magi sauce and a fried egg was a staple meal I had growing up. Heck even today in my adult years I still eat this. 👍🏻

  • @alexmuniz9286
    @alexmuniz9286 10 місяців тому +3

    This can’t be a struggle meal tho cause this is actually good

    • @jayviermendiola
      @jayviermendiola 2 місяці тому

      I'd agree that it's delicious, but it's still a struggle meal because it's something affordable for people that don't make much (I've been raised with a lot of rice/canned good meals).

  • @AnonymousYouTubeconsumer
    @AnonymousYouTubeconsumer 11 місяців тому +298

    My struggle meal is hot rice, seaweed and a can of tuna; it can’t be beat. But if you have a little bit more time than 2 minutes and the ingredients you can make a spicy tuna bibimbap with lettuce and rice in less time it takes to make a BLT.

    • @thedamnfoolthatshothim2145
      @thedamnfoolthatshothim2145 9 місяців тому +9

      YES I put avocado and mayo and some black pepper and it bangs

    • @MrAhuraMazda
      @MrAhuraMazda 8 місяців тому +7

      None of this is a "struggle meal", trying so hard

    • @AnonymousYouTubeconsumer
      @AnonymousYouTubeconsumer 8 місяців тому +7

      @@MrAhuraMazda I mean to make the Tuna bibimbap is just soy sauce, gochujang, red pepper flakes, sugar and sesame oil. It’s pretty standard stuff. Adding avocado is a bit rich though; I personally wouldn’t do that.

    • @Omnibushido-
      @Omnibushido- 4 місяці тому +4

      @@MrAhuraMazda Canned tuna with rice and seaweed isn’t a struggle meal? These things are very cheap and 2 out of the 3 ingredients are in most people’s pantry 😂 struggle meals aren’t always just bread and butter sandwiches or ramen lol.

    • @Blake22022
      @Blake22022 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Omnibushido-the seaweed a little boujee don't lie

  • @bennahamilton6703
    @bennahamilton6703 Рік тому +31

    I always used to eat those but without an egg and on a baguette. Mmmm so good!

  • @nikkiallison8469
    @nikkiallison8469 3 місяці тому

    Yummy!!! That pork floss is amazing in my opinion 😊

  • @aishakuta541
    @aishakuta541 Рік тому +12

    OMG! I can't believe! We really are connected, I'm African from Northern Nigeria we have something similar to the pork floss but with beef or chicken, we call it dambun nama! 😂 And the rice thing ours was with vegetable oil, dried chilly, salt /bullion. 😅Delicious! 😊❤

  • @tech-savvi
    @tech-savvi Рік тому +81

    I remember Jack links use to have this little cans that looked like tobacco chew with fluffy jerky in it like that, use to love them as a kid

    • @Baken-Beans-420PCGaming-fv8ew
      @Baken-Beans-420PCGaming-fv8ew 11 місяців тому +7

      Was just thinking the same!

    • @user-kz8zr4si3i
      @user-kz8zr4si3i 11 місяців тому +16

      I believe Jack links still makes jerky chew, I think it's advertised as a tobacco alternative for people trying to quit, weirdly enough.

    • @SteppingStone445
      @SteppingStone445 11 місяців тому +3

      It’s still out there! I still buy it at gas stations

    • @garrettchapman8170
      @garrettchapman8170 10 місяців тому +1

      Its the exact same thing..
      They still sell it.❤

    • @garrettchapman8170
      @garrettchapman8170 10 місяців тому

      ​@@user-kz8zr4si3iits not advertised as that.. But its made for a quick protein snack.. Like while hunting..
      And odd enough..
      A lot of hunters dip..

  • @marisollopez8873
    @marisollopez8873 Рік тому +14

    Reminds me of my Puertorican version of this meal. White rice, corned beef in a can; sautéed and fried plantain 😊

    • @gensai93
      @gensai93 Рік тому

      My favorite meal my mom used to make

  • @Bigpackofoliveoil
    @Bigpackofoliveoil 4 місяці тому +3

    I be hitting that home alone sauce at 5sec

  • @sitheakewinphlong6579
    @sitheakewinphlong6579 Рік тому +135

    As a Cambodian, I can confirm that rice and soy sauce(and hard-boiled eggs) was my sister's go-to meal...

    • @urbanimmortalculitvator6652
      @urbanimmortalculitvator6652 Рік тому +3

      lol that is literally 90% of fried rice, its just lazy meal now

    • @Kay-ol1ye
      @Kay-ol1ye Рік тому +3

      Cambodian here, mines was Rice with over easy eggs,usually bottom side fried nice and crisp, and sprinkle some soy sauce and some blacc pepper. That sh!t be hittin forreal

    • @tv-21
      @tv-21 Рік тому +1

      Rice eggs and soy sauce lol every South East asian ate this as a kid lol

  • @Khornecussion
    @Khornecussion Рік тому +8

    Fried egg, green onion, rice, soy sauce. I regularly eat that just because I like it. Sometimes I get chicken, shave it really fine, marinate it in soy sauce and then fry the really thin slices that may as well be called shavings and mix it into my rice. Put a sunny side up ( runny ) egg on it, mix that in, add soy sauce and green onion. Enjoy.

  • @wheattins9250
    @wheattins9250 Рік тому +36

    As a fellow Vietnamese, I definitely have had these on days where there really wasn’t much at home. In the Southern dialect, we called these “chà bông”

  • @bearbearbearbear-f8q
    @bearbearbearbear-f8q 13 днів тому

    My favorite rice recipe (easy) 😊
    Ingredients:
    1.white rice
    2.milk
    3.Cinnamon sugar
    Instructions:
    Put rice in microwaveable bowl
    Add desired amount of milk
    Heat for 1 minute
    Add desired amount of cinnamon sugar
    Enjoy! 😊

  • @lenorabrown7797
    @lenorabrown7797 Рік тому +4

    Buttered rice and fried spam. The struggle was real 😂😂😂

  • @thegeekgirl19
    @thegeekgirl19 Рік тому +51

    YESSS oh my god both if those combos were my childhood, and even to now. My all time favorite comfort food is rice, soy sauce and a fried egg. You get the saltiness from the soy sauce and like the creaminess from the egg with the occasional crunch from the outside, UGH it’s so good

  • @gucciducci4386
    @gucciducci4386 Рік тому +4

    Love to see different cultures have Different Struggle meals as well 🤣❤Definitely looks better than my Hotdogs and beans

  • @livewellwitheds6885
    @livewellwitheds6885 4 місяці тому

    i love that stuff!!

  • @the_real_cookiez
    @the_real_cookiez 11 місяців тому +21

    You unlocked a core memory LOL

  • @kingnamcy397
    @kingnamcy397 11 місяців тому +12

    Omg rice with just soy sauce is literally the classic asian last resort if there is nothing in the cabinet and fridge.

    • @StayZero556
      @StayZero556 4 місяці тому

      I’m white AF and it’s one of my go to cheap meals.

  • @bd10232003
    @bd10232003 Рік тому +7

    I’ve tried the pork floss and it’s delicious. I’m so glad Amazon has all these things abailable

  • @bammie2x772
    @bammie2x772 9 місяців тому

    I love thisssss😩❤️

  • @DERTHIX
    @DERTHIX Рік тому +52

    My struggle meal was just balogna on a buttered bagle with mustard... Simple, I still eat it 🤷🏼‍♂️😅

  • @nklinef
    @nklinef Рік тому +126

    When I was in college I had two halfasian roomates who when they moved in brought with them a rice cooker and 50lb bag of rice. It was a completely game changer. Though they made fun of me when I'd just eat it with soy sauce😂 I bought the next bag.

    • @Arcademan09
      @Arcademan09 Рік тому +12

      They know all the good snacks, I wish I had more asian friends growing up lol

    • @IvyMay-qn2ys
      @IvyMay-qn2ys Рік тому +1

      They scared to laugh. They shook.
      Ain't no such thing as half way cooks

    • @trog69
      @trog69 Рік тому +1

      I am a bad Irishman because I prefer rice to potatoes, though, like too many of us, I like plain rice, with maybe some beans or a little meat, but just plain rice with butter and salt is great.

  • @Lovely-ku9rn
    @Lovely-ku9rn Рік тому +15

    As a Chinese/Vietnamese/Cambodian/American... this was my go-to meal too... that pork floss tho 🤤

  • @TapeZ0914
    @TapeZ0914 Місяць тому

    I use to eat Fried rice at my school because it taste so good and when i went on youtube i found some of them had vegetable that i hate but when i saw your video i wanted to try it so thank you you have just made my life easier as a pre-teen

  • @AmaBeanie
    @AmaBeanie Рік тому +13

    Literally me.
    Just heat up rice and add soy sauce and that’s a damn good snack✨

  • @kailinng1710
    @kailinng1710 Рік тому +9

    As an Asian myself too, this is exactly my back up meal as in when my parents don’t go grocery shopping and we have no veggies to cook at home plain rice with egg and soy sauce is exactly it, and same for me, if I’m lucky enough, and I somehow have chicken floss at home I’ll definitely add that and dinner is complete 😂 it’s was my childhood and it’s so nostalgic thinking of it now 😂

  • @Wilson-md4bv
    @Wilson-md4bv Рік тому +52

    its long grain rice, some hot sauce and big slices of caramelized onions (preferably seasoned) for me.
    Its so good and yes😂😂😂 its a struggle meal

  • @FranzAlverio
    @FranzAlverio 5 місяців тому

    Struggle Meals in the Philippines:
    Rice and Soy Sauce
    Rice and 3 in 1 Coffee
    Rice and Sugar
    Rice and Milk Brand
    Rice and Bagoong (Shrimp Paste)
    Rice and Boiled Sweet Potato Leaves
    Rice and Salt
    Remembered those days as a teen. Hopefully no one goes thru that experience ever again.

  • @Ddavault510
    @Ddavault510 Рік тому +103

    Sugar water and mayonnaise sandwich… now that’s a struggle meal! This was gourmet.

    • @iam_yahsgrace29
      @iam_yahsgrace29 Рік тому +4

      YEEES & AMEN!! IM FAMILIAR LOL😂

    • @Joy_LaFaye
      @Joy_LaFaye Рік тому +6

      😂😂😂 u ain’t lying!!! I had plenty of those!

    • @MollyHJohns
      @MollyHJohns Рік тому +6

      Sugar water is still some privilege, because sugar. Plain water, rice and then salt as the only condiment is the true struggle meal in my culture/region at least.

    • @BillBraskyy
      @BillBraskyy Рік тому +5

      Sugar water lol makes me think of the giant cockroach bug from Men in Black, that took over the body of that angry farmer looking dude lol Like when he goes inside and says sugar to his wife, and she thinks that he's just trying to get some, but then he asks for sugar and water, and then more, and then more and more sugar lol Not going to lie though, my two younger siblings and I used to do that as well when there was no one around to cook for us, and we were all out of cereal and baloney lol sometimes it would be sugar water and tortillas smeared with peanut butter haha

    • @oldenoughtoknowbetter8851
      @oldenoughtoknowbetter8851 Рік тому +9

      Add syrup sandwiches 😂

  • @yunorei1
    @yunorei1 Рік тому +36

    Omg i love shredded pork, i enjoy it with just plain rice porridge. Havent had it in a long time tho

    • @TheRPGNerd
      @TheRPGNerd Рік тому

      I might be wrong but I think shredded pork and pork floss are different? Pork floss has an extra step

  • @Aniboom24
    @Aniboom24 Рік тому +16

    Honestly the pork floss used to be my go to all the time when I used to live in Thailand, the sweet taste goes so well with the rice and soya sauce, I also like to eat it with the tin pickled cabbage soooo good 🤤🤤

  • @DuchessCassanda
    @DuchessCassanda 5 місяців тому

    Oh gosh! Pork floss! 🤤 I've never done rice and soy sauce though. I always did rice and fish sauce!😊

  • @TheDragonSeer
    @TheDragonSeer Рік тому +30

    I definitely had struggle meals growing up, rice and soy sauce exactly 😭 We struggle together and grow wise together ❤️

  • @corareece9078
    @corareece9078 Рік тому +6

    My puerto rican mom would make white rice as a second side at times. I loved loved loved adding soy sauce to white rice for seconds❤ More meats for my 3 other siblings and fuller tumtum for me🎉