I know in some cultures, children who are fussy about food are seen as a burden, but in my culture it made me a legend.

My grandparents’ fave story to tell was the one about how, at the age of 4, I was presented with a silver pomfret and a black pomfret, and I chose to eat the ‘better fish’.

Fish (eating of, choosing of, cooking of, preparing of) is super important in my #Teochew culture. My parents weren’t sure I was ready to live abroad until they saw I could select and gut fish on my own!

I’ve had a very weird and stressful week (mostly because my baby dog best friend has been sick) so I am making myself my comfort food: Teochew muay 潮州糜, fried pompano, chai poh nerng (radish omelette) ; topped with olive preserves and red chillies, like my ancestors intended

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teochew_porridge

https://www.huangkitchen.com/preserved-radish-omelette/

#Recipes #Food #Cooking #Teochew

@skinnylatte I love her too - vicariously!
I feel similar about you as well.
You're one of the first people I connected with here who even knew about #Teochew #Chinese peoples ❤
You're now part of my global #gaginang 👊

We're stocked up on rice now.
Mom's rice supplies anxiety is reduced for awhile.

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #JasmineRice #FromThailand #AsianEssential #RiceShortage #StockedUp #TraditionalDiet #CulturalDietEssential #RoosterBrand #AsianPantry #ChinesePantry

I identify as a loud mouthed squinty eyed #Teochew bitch with a lot to say about injustice. I also post a lot about my plants/garden, rewilding & conservation works, visual arts(my own & others), frequently share music, randomly share life experiences & am highly confrontational with bigots/racists - before I block their asshats. I'm a longtime #POC activist & don't tolerate sealioning or mansplaining or greenwashing douchenozzles.

I have MASS HATE ONS for #RCMP & #BCNDP #NewDeathParty 👊

@staringatclouds The Satanist claims to get rid of JWs seem to be popular with many white ppl 😂
I'm Teochew Taoist so I just need my small 150 yr old gong (with hella big sound) & a strong, steady monotonous voice & a resting bitch face to freak out JWs 🤣

#AsianMastodon #Teochew

@fmhilton Yes, we have witches in our culture.
https://taoist-sorcery.blogspot.com/2012/06/gong-tau-witchcraft-of-south-east-asia.html?m=1

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Hokkien #witchcraft #sorcery

Mom just saw Jehovah's Witnesses doing door to door recruiting outside & laughed when they looked at our house & skipped knocking on it. Mom's howling with laughter & telling me I should go ring my gong a couple times to see if they'll jump/run back to car. Last time JWs came to our door & wouldn't accept 'We're Taoists & not interested' answer - I stopped talking. Grabbed my gong, banged it & chanted 'Leave Now' in #Teochew, until they got scared & left. They never came back👍

#AsianMastodon

With my nonbinary Korean fellow activist friend, from Vancouver, at VGH. We met over 2 yrs ago on remote frontlines & were one of very few Asian activists with boots on the ground at protest camps in BC. They're an amazing human being. We worked on deescalation training, accessibility solutions & nonviolent defense tactics together.

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Korean #POC #Asians #POCactivists #environmentalists #AsianActivists #Unity #friends #StrongerTogether

Homemade #BanhMi sub for late lunch.

#AsianMastodon #CholonDistrictRefugees #Teochew #ChineseDiaspora #VietnameseFood #AsianFood #EthnicEats #CulturalFoods #POCfood #lunch

Mom brought home some #rambutans from Chinatown 😊

They're closely related to lychee & longan #TropicalFruits from #SoutheastAsia areas.

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #TootSEA #AsianDiaspora #iLoveFruit #AsianFoods #BowlOfFruit #monochrome #ImFruity #Saanich #VictoriaBC

We're having Vietnamese prawn & pork salad rolls for lunch today 😊

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #VietnameseFood #CholonFoods #EthnicEats #CulturalFoods #SaladRolls #AsianFoods #VietEats

#ThrowbackThursday
My first time enjoying Pease Lake in the Highlands. 2019.
My friend, Lyrica, introduced me to this lake 🥰 We've been back a few times since this day. We took a small inflatable boat out & paddled to far end of lake. There was only 4 other people at lake at other end.
You can see part of my atrophied legs here - left is thinner than right.

#GoodMemories #LakeDay #AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #PolioSurvivor #Fab40s #scoliosis #osteoporosis #DisabledJoy #Saanich #vanisle

En route to Mom's ultrasound appointment.

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Fab40s

It's currently 25C° in the shade 🌡
My feet are soaking in cold water in a bucket on the deck.

#Saanich #SummerHeat #ItIsHotOutside #AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #VictoriaBC #vanisle #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest

@rowenamonde I'm almost always the only masked person in indoor public places. It fucking sucks that so many people treat covid like it's over/not serious. I only got 3 racist glares today & that's an improvement here. Been attacked for wearing a mask several times over past 3 yrs. One guy spat on my Mom after calling her a stupid Chinese disease carrier. That's what we had to experience in public. It's not OK.

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #RacismInCanada

@fyrfli @edd I love the salted fish a lot too.
We use #SaltedFish in our #Teochew cooking too. It was really awesome to find out as a teenager that salted fish is used in many different cultures all around the world 🥰

#POCfoods #MulticulturalFoods

Current event.
I'm cozy & comfy.
Found a couple of things for me & Mom to watch because our first 2 picks were unavailable. My radsome cat, Asher, is snuggling between our feet ❤❤❤

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Fab40s

It comes after our traditional 49 days of daily respect/honouring ceremonies at home altar for Dad. We are a very traditional #Teochew #Taoist family. I'm more connected to my Matriarch family in terms of cultural traditions & am very grateful for important teachings by my elders & ancestors. I feel like a fucking alien a lot - living in diaspora in Canada.

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #diaspora

I wanted to host a wonderful multicultural potluck gathering early Fall but can't host anything like that or host any big cultural holiday events like Chinese New Year until a full year has passed since Dad's passing.

This is one of the ways us traditional Teochew Taoist Chinese honour our most beloved family loved ones. It is not a huge sacrifice. It is showing enduring respect & honour for my deceased Dad ❤

#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #CulturalTraditions #RespectForAncestors #Reverance