Sigh, have to cross out another favorite food of mine because of the reputation of MIC (made in China) products.
As Yang and I was eating our home-style stir-fry dish of sliced pork, asparagus and golden mushrooms for dinner just now, I became horrified all of a sudden. “These golden mushrooms are cultivated in China! The substrate used might be plasticky!” I cried. I always detested the chemical smell drifting from the plastic wrapping whenever it was cut. What was that? It seemed to resemble the smell from those disposable chopsticks. Sulphur dioxide? Worse still, was the substrate made up of ground used disposable chopsticks? *Shudder*
Pardon my wild imagination. :)
Anyway, the list of MIC items I’m avoiding is growing by the day. So far, the list goes like this:
1) China fruits (pears, Fuji apples, nectarines, hami melons)
2) China vegetables
3) China luncheon meat (This should be the first on my list. Yang knows the story)
4) China fungi (golden mushrooms, shiitake)
5) China dried products (scallops, birdnest, dates, seaweeds)
6) China biscuits
7) China rabbit sweets
8) China imported medicine, including dried herbs (mother would be upset)
Well, I have to be more resourceful now especially when alternatives can be much more costly. :(
I admire your determination, Ling. I don’t have the discipline necessary to even check the labels, tags, or stickers!
Haha.:) Thing is, there’s a mite bit of paranoia in the house right now. Last evening I was making sandwiches from cold meats e.g. honey-baked ham. Ling munched on them for a minute, froze, and asked if these meats were from China haha! :)
actually i don’t evem buy fresh veggies grown in china now… how u know they didn’t add anything in the soil? or maybe it LOOKS like kailan but it’s actually not kailan *shudder*