Comments by "May L" (@MeiinUK) on "Ask Adam: Leftover rice syndrome; why East Asians eat out so much; Adam's future (PODCAST E21)" video.

@anyascelticcreations : He has not told you that, even babies inside China do eat cooked food, but their hot woks or hot cookers are literally around a minimum 1.5 kilo watts, up to around 6 kilo watts. So yeh.. when we say "left overnight and THEN recooked", they are literally recooked til it is broken to pieces. But domestic cookers in the UK, are only set to around a mere 1.5 kilo watts. Or at most, food here in the UK are pre-cooked first, and then reheated at home. That is why you won't have an issue this way. The other issue that we have in the UK, would be a nutrient or an allergy thing. Whereas in the US, I guess that, people do not have those kind of commercial level equipments to make it at home? Although, yes, more and more better equipments now exist in replacements.. but still.... Even if in the UK, if you DO cook something, most people WOULD indeed use a kind of chemical method to pre-marinade (to both kill germs as well as to sterilise any bacterias)... Well... if I was making chinese food, I do this too. So does most cooks that were taught back in the days in HK. When fridges and freezers didn't quite existed. To tenderise a piece of meat with potato starches was also a thing too. Even before cooking. But of course you would wash out this as well. The funny thing which happens these days is that people DON'T wash these dam starches out ? Now... this is the ultimate difference between the previous generation of cooks and chefs, to THIS generation of chefs and cooks !!!! To die from food illnesses is a lot HIGHER in this generation in my honest opinion....
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@sparkeyjones6261 : That's because not all places or people have a home, or a kitchen either. I remember my grandmother's house in HK back in the days.. it was literally quite exactly like that video of Linzi's.... That great big stove. And you use logs to burn it and to run it. Some people will run it on all the time. (Kind of similar to that of an Aga.) A friend of the family whom I call "uncle"... said that... he used to literally run the logs and to make sure that it gets the oxygens... and he would cook different things. People literally slow cook their food. Til it is done so well. Slow roast. Slow steam. If you really think about how clever that really is, for those days.... you know? People would literally cook, and then keep warm, or to make hot water for drinking or for bathing too. Sanitisation etc.
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A lot of people in SE Asia are extremely appreciative as well, because to cook a meal from scratch takes around a good old 8-10 hours. So they see it as making it in bulk, as a business opportunity and an economy of scale thing as well. So that is why most people would indeed make more to sell. And then call it a day when it is done. I mean, taking a good 8 hours to cater for around 100-150 people is enough for a day's work, don't you think ? I think this is reasonable.
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LOL.... "Sharing" is also a cultural thing too. Most people won't share this way, unless you are their wife or husband. :) This is TOO intimate for most people in the UK. Sorry, but it is.... God, don't even go there. The culture is to be an individual. Though, if you sell it in the format of an actual "banquet", then this is different. Or buffets. But yeh, a lot of people are very individualistic this way. Cos those are personal choices, and personal choices are often protected by law, to be fair.
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Yes, because proper woks.. in SE Asia is around a mega 2 to 8 kilo watts. Domestic cookers in the USA or the UK is capped at around 1 to 2k. So this is something that Adam left out. Of course boiling water is only 100 degree c. Those wok frying under such high heat are basically flash fried. This is why it will taste different. This is why.. on many levels.. street food in SE Asians is also quite hygienic. Whereas in the UK, people need to learn how to cook properly and that a healthcare system acts as a back up.
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I don't even know ... at which point in time... I am also sucked into this kind of thing... like... How could this kind of thing be said online... when it is often not said offline? Discriminatory elements.. seem to be now carte blanche. How is even YT tackling this kind of thing ???? What exactly is Adam selling here???
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There is another possibility that.... some of the rice grown.. outside of Asia itself.. WERE contaminated. Meaning that, they have bacterial growth inside of them. Because what Adam say here... about how to treat them... this is really well documented in regulatory documents in the UK, and presumably in the USA too. Maybe this is why this exists. But these types of rice, are and can be a different breed to those found in SE Asia as well. Cos most rice grown in SE Asia... are in regions of heavy rain... and big monsoon... and plenty of water. They grow in water... That is literally how they stay plump... and not dry out as well ? Whereas the rice grown in America.. is not with a water system. It is actually grown like malt.. or oat... It is treated like a grain. There is a big difference here.
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@nguyenvanduy247 : They should NOT use Borax in the food production processes for those noodles. I think you will find that some countries would have banned that. I don't know why SE Asian countries do not curb their usages of these kind of food production methods. Cos it would have been banned in Europe ! At the same time, I am super weary too of these kind of video blogs, like Adam's who is a mere "journalists", or "food writer", but often, they do not necessarily have made that recipe before publishing them, or tried and tested both on themselves, or on someone else, before publications. And this is also a danger as well. If I wound back the clock even just say 10 years ago... I would trust most online recipes. But these days with the increasing social media exposures.. I am not so confident any more. So many people misuse specific ingredients, and volumes? There is a gap of biases and room for errors here.... that is a bit too dangerous ? It is always often just stick with tried and tested recipe which is time-trialled and passed down from generation, which is a LOT better. Even in your MSG example.. not all factories are configured to make the product the same way... I was reading an article about soya milk from the USA too. Similar thing, and all it was, is a simple step which differed to the SE Asian process, and therefore, this affects one's fertilities/periods. I stopped buying from the American branded soya milk. I check where they are manufactured first...
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Harris.. UK did not used to have everybody going to "restaurant". Most working class people, only ate in a factory's canteen. And then you have the elites, who have their own houses, and then they have their own personal larder, and kitchens ? That was how things were in the UK. This is whereby the difference between "working class" compared to "upper class" existed. Then, there are the "Lords and Ladies" of the land, that could actually have cottages and farmers who attend to the land. Those small families would often have a cottage industry, and they would indeed run a small kitchen. The typical small "cafe" came around from this... that country cafe. And the "pubs", were also a thing when people started to move around... and they were basically a stopover when people travelled between cities. You can see the same in HK as "tea houses"... as compared to the typical Imperial Palace style dining, and banquets. The entire "Western Michelin Star opulent dining" model which is found in HK... only came around, because of the trading ports and things, and then people saw HK as a leisure city and port. That is why they increased... It is similar if you travelled into Europe, you will find those old style hotels, with opulent dining restaurants and things. That has not changed. But the modern fast food chain, or chained-restaurants, this is a merely modern concept. Or concept restaurants, this is all new.... and of course, people also started to live in cities, and become urbanisation, that different to living off in farmland or rural land, and this changed everything in how we see food. The prices varies depends on the export and import and taxation. Food is often expensive in Western countries because of economics, pricings, and regulations, and logistic costs. That is why. Whereas in SE Asia, we don't literally add a lot of prices on top, because we discount them.
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The reason why you would see the high prices in London is because the Queen does collect taxes as well. And then landlords often will rise in prices as the operational cost of that building increases. So for example, the major increase in price right now, is energy costs. There is a war in Russia.. and many businesses are impacted by the rise in fuel prices. This is going to add to your cost of food prices. Hence, why the likes of Deliveroos now currently exists, for a short while. Hopefully. Whereas in HK... there is oil, and there is gas, but there is also nuclear plant over the border into Canton and Shenzen area which stabilises prices as well. Hence, many businesses can indeed have a chance to make a profit. This is the ultimate different really. It is also not uncommon for an establishment to actually buy a piece of land and to hold the price. The ethos behind them is not to operate a profitable food business, but they are a holding place for the rise in the property price. This is another discussion... But to eat good food in the UK, always find those little "homely places that everybody knows", and you need to ask around, there would always be one, cos either they have paid off the building, or the mortgage, or that they are in some kind of cooperatives that can allow them to run a decent kitchen. Now, seek those places out. That is my advice. In London, I would indeed recommend places like Japan Centres... those "warehouses turned small kitchen/cafe".. their costs often run to become around say a reasonable 10 pound per meal. There used to be a good 9 pound meal in Chinatown too, but my guess is that, this is not kind of gone... Most would get a "meat brioche bun" from a chinese bakery. < 3 pound. You will notice that many people will actually spend no more than 5 pound for lunch. I definitely recommend a sushi box. Unless you know those hidden alley ways, into local pubs, that also do decent lunches... Again, you need to know people who knows people etc. Oh, people do not dine alone in the UK. This is also not a done thing either.. I know... this is a cultural thing too. This is why those fast rice places are still common and popular in Chinatown. It really is not. And dining is often a 3 course meal thing as well... If I was to work in London again, I would definitely take my own lunch box again. People also tend to steal your sandwiches too in a typical office ! Not funny... but.. I was so mad. Sigh. The world has lost it. I see food as something reachable in my most basic low earnings... but most people do not see it this way. I don't know why. Maybe cos we can see an entire chicken and formulate the different meal plans, whereas most people refuses to even contemplate this notion ! Oh, also, in the UK, people even as office workers, tend to go to the local supermarket and then buy a microwaveable meal and then microwave it at work... That costs around like a 3-4 range.. Not the best ideal.. but... You can see why the UK is an extremely overprocessed place, can't you ?
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@saethman : You should tell your wife that you have an actual allergy. Cos it can kill you. I also gotten into some issues lately by having too much ice cream and cream in general. I think I have had some mini strokes and burst blood veins... I do feel really bad too, cos I've been to the GPs, and I couldn't get help. But anyway... Really quite sad. I am very close to leaving the UK, in all honesty. Cos I think the chances of me surviving here is actually really low ? Very low. With so many dried beans, you should, or ought to... soak them overnight to expand them first, even before cooking...
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@RePhantomz : Most people do not dine out, is because, you probably also be working for a corporation too. And bad-mouthing your employer, outside of the office, or indeed bad-mouthing them, so that your customers, or your clients could hear. Well... this is bringing down your employer into disrepute isn't it ? And with the increasing usages of "online media", this is getting worst !!!! This is why, most people cook at home, and then you go to work. And most of the time, work or dining is mostly corporate entertainments as well. i.e. People let their hair down, and to socialise and to NETWORK (for WORK PURPOSES. NOT FOR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AND ONE NIGHT STANDS !!!!)... If people do not get what is going on, and why... then they should not be allowed to go out of the house or something. Adam here has access to global "private AND corporate communication". Now... which road will he take, and what will he edit, or not edit ? What he spoke of, does not even reflect that of the UK... And he certainly has not done his homework, with regards to the fishing supply which was cut off in the UK due to joining the EU too.... He COULDN'T even get THAT BIT RIGHT ! So it's an ultimate edited form of a lie, isn't it? Cos he basically does not know. People follow the laws here in the UK, or as much as they could. Same as Japan as well, cos many things are structured. Just because outsiders in SE Asian countries do NOT know. Does not CARE to follow their own countries' laws. Does not mean that others won't, and shouldn't, and can't. Cos they should, and did, and will do so.
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@RePhantomz : You don't even understand the context of that what we are talking about, do you ? When in work, work. When in personal time. Be in personal time. When dining out. Dine as a group. Dine at a networking event. Socialise. Most people eat together with their families, at home. This is my point. So this "singleton dining out thing" is not a done thing in the UK ? Or in Europe ? Most people either dine in their company's canteen, or that they grab something from the supermarket and heat it in their office's canteen, or get a salad and eat outdoor, in a park. THAT is the ultimate culture here. Oh, Adam forgotten something as well.. which I know he doesn't know... In HK...(well, post 97 50 years now, it will happen this way any way. We knew it. We got it. It will do.) WELL... Many people usually dine together AS a mega big group, is because of polygamy. You tend to dine as a group, when you are related to those people as well. Back in those days, whereby a lot of families are often recruited or worked in the exact same company... Then.. they do have this mega "big group event" to "dine out" together. It is very rare not to do so... and it is super rare if you did so, even when you are not related. And then somebody ordered like a big mega thing, which they want to force you to eat, but you don't want to eat it, cos it is so expensive, and it p!sses you off. Back in those days... HK was like that as well. This is how to tell... who is trying to con you out of a meal. That was totally a thing in corporate life as well. Some managers will take a personal hit. Others will put it to the company's expenses... Some will end up being fired, basically. So yeh... story of HK. Those days why their stock market fluctuated a lot, and those "oligarchs" literally... killed the economy. The end. Li Ka Shing never made his money in and from HK's actual population.. His money was made overseas... Of course, many people don't know that. Don't care either. And this is why in Vietnam.. you now have this weird.. upsidedown thing.
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It really was not that long ago, whereby a "factory" had just a machine that sold a sandwich. And there were no actual fining chains either in the UK. If you guys don't believe me, then read on this in wiki. Cos that was what really happened... I was watching a Tom Scott's video about the "national British menu". I also had no idea that we had an actual nationalised restaurant concept before.. So that really is what kept people fed. In hindsight, those were wonderful days.. in comparison to the new... When I see a kid now, and even when i see adults. I see them as very malnutritioned? I'm so surprised... sad also. Farming is also controlled in Europe as well. Whereas in China, there is no control in farming.. if you own the land and farmed, then the food is free. You can live off the land? And then sell the excess? This is also why people do not actually see food as that precious in HK. Which I find a little bit annoyed as well, cos it takes a lot of effort to farm good food. That is also a detachment of this new generation of service-based economy graduates too. This is why you now see the arrogance of "comedians" like "Uncle Roger" surfacing... I am beginning to dislike him an awful lot. At first, I found it funny. Then I realised that, those jokes I used to write in my 20s. Just giggling with friends.. but you grow out of that... and now here we are. Back round into full circle.
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@wirewyrm01 : In the UK, and in Europe... there are "food" and resources... but the government do not let you, or allow you to farm or to take those things. It is illegal... Well.. most lands are literally landowners, and it is owned by somebody. So therefore, you cannot just go to a farm... and pick somebody's crop. Despite... even those some of the people WERE the descendents of those landowners, THEY... still cannot just grab that crop. Of course, this is now different.. cos people can walk in a "public" place.. and fields. This was a change in the actual government though... Cos we split the government from the citizens... This kind of change, is how come, even if you are not British, you could travel into the UK. Don't assume that this isn't a priviledge in any way.... Similar thing exists in HK as well... but the thing is.. nobody is protecting the landowners any more. Even Japan would not do this. And nor would South Korea.. i.e. If those are the land owners, then they ARE the landowners. You just DON'T dispute THIS !!!! For them, they integrated those landowners into their political structure... So yes... There is something inherently wrong.. in how people perceive things today. The USA is basically quite a new country... in comparison to the rest of Europe. In Europe, everything is "paid" for... You have to pay your way. In China.. it should NOT be a USA !!!! The way that the PRC is forcing the country to be... and forcing USA to accept that, there is only "one china"... Is absolutely ridiculous !!! There IS no One China...!!!! It is made up of many countries !!!!...... How can 1.2 BILLION be a "SINGLE COUNTRY" !!!!
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Why do East Asians eat out at restaurants way more than Westerners? <---- This question is quite racially discriminating by UK standards, did you know that Adam ???
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@RePhantomz : That is what you think... you can't own land... Right. You mean, foreigners cannot own land in China ?... That sounds about right.
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@crossmr : And what this comment's section have not covered or told you about is that... The UK's dining scene used to be SO much better too. What happened after that? HK's financial sectors, and their money lending, and you can scream at the likes of Laura Cha... she did those bad deeds. Of allowing SO much borrowings.. and not controlling them either. So ... therefore a LOT of Chinese "borrowers" just basically swiped out. So many good dining restaurants in the UK ? Pret's were bought by the Chinese. Another Italian chain was bought out as well. So then this kind of forced the factories to consolidate as well. Just like how Swire group kind of grew their humble beginning. They wanted the same but in reverse? And this is how UK collapsed in, and of itself. The end. And why now.. so many small time players.. now have to rely on the super markets to import food. And why this stupid app delivery thing is now a genuine thing. Cos again, it is those hostile chinese aggressors.. who reverse-engineered takeovers using shell companies. THAT is why we ALL lost out here. When I saw some kids living off a tin of vegetables... that breaks my heart. I am sure that their questions is literally a thing... Cos this is ALL about the "social" media isn't it ? Very social indeed. And I am of chinese descent as well...
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You thank Adam here. But you don't thank the southern Chinese for protecting their rice paddy fields. And you don't thank the dry plane rice growing fields of the USA to treat their rice cooking method to be a lot more proper ? That is why you guys eat rice from a bag cos your rice is not grown in water and therefore mould will likely to form in it. And yet you don't thank the Japanese for their great engineering to produce high pressure low heat rice cookers that kills and solve this problem ? You don't thank the traditional Chinese.... But the barbarians of the North for their traditional double steam double boil techniques that traditionally created a high pressure environment that breaks food down to the molecular level ?.... Wow... Adam just took the 2000 years of glory from southern china!!! Talk about being inclusive ! Or giving respect where respect is due!
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@---iv5gj : TO you, maybe. To me, this is not "unusual". Even when HK had people, I still waited. I did not jump the queue, and many of us, would not dare to have concubines, OR be a "second wife", or a mistress of somebody's. You guys genuinely screwed up royally. And if it was not for the financial crisis.... then SE Asia would not have benefitted. And what happened is that, some of those financial sector people were headhunted into SE Asia... and it is THEM.... that let go of ALL risk control. And now, we are hitting at a whopping 7 billion people. People have babies faster than the farmer can farm food !!!!
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@---iv5gj : What is an "East Asian" ? I am a "British Weitou"... or aka "British Cantonese". What are YOU ? What do you mean "WTF" ? Please don't swear at me, otherwise, I will report your post to the administrators. I am a person, and I DO have feelings. Which part of what I have written is "false" about the "marriage rituals " and "laws" in SE Asia in general ? Polygamy is still happening inside SE Asia.. and even as far as HK too. Most people use the old British colonial mindset, which is illegal by now. They have a first official wife. Then they will have an official Filipino maid. THAT is how they get out of that polygamy law really... or loopholes... EVERYBODY knows this. And this is possibly "why" people stays and sits together and share the costs. Don't tell me that you did not know, or had NEVER sat in front of your dad's mistresses and shared a meal before. Don't tell me that... he never told you... lol... Or anything like that. Isn't the most famous case is of Robert Ho Tung ? Who could not and is not allowed a polygamy marriage, so he left his kids back in HK ? And came back to the Netherlands and remarried? So then his kid ended up marrying an actual Cantonese women, and had an entire clan. And then they built up their wealth and created schools and things. That was why there was a sector, and a dining sector in HK.
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@kiliang96 : That's really lucky for you guys in Spain.... cos you also have the larger farms too, and is an agricultural country. Whereas everything has been lost here in the UK in general. We have an mega BIG manufacturing sector.. and because of this, even basic "farm to table" no longer exists. And there are so many chains here in the UK. And those chains are not necessarily good either. You can be paying around like a mega whopping 20-30 pounds, for like a burnt dried up burger. This is not a joke, and people still have to be polite, and thank the chef to do this. This is because UK is still linked to that capitalistic relationship with the USA as well. This is why it is so sh!tty here in the UK.... People now rather go to a "food bank", than to actually eat fresh. And there is also a monopoly as well online. Meaning, social media/marketing companies have played that currency fluctuation play... this is why Adam's channel here is masking you the truths and is basically lying.... Frankly. Cos they take an actual cut of that profit ? So now we have a whopping... Farm > MARKETING COMPANY > Restaurant > Customer. That ratio is beginning to hit around : 30% : 40-50% : 20 % !!!!! In this lockdown, a lot of families turned to tinned food items. And somebody has created these independent "small supermarkets" without proper licensings... and are selling them as a charity basis, with some kind of club membership as well. THIS kind of model was NOT heard of in the 1980s !!!! THIS is bureacracy at play ! It is the regulation that is stopping people from being alive, and is basically are actually..... being fed. This is why so many people are SO angry here right now. Even I am too. During the lockdown, some people also flipped food as well. Meaning, they make up these small supply-chain position, and squeezed themselves to become an actual chain in the process when they are not even licensed to be so. I don't even know why Adam can dare to speak and answer with those answers that he did.... Absolutely diabolical ! Some people also hoarded food as well during lockdown. Supermarkets had to actually control. And to stop people from wiping an entire shelf for resell purposes during the first lockdown... And then you could see them resurfaced on the likes of Deliveroo ? I was so shocked. Cos they are illegal to be sold on such apps. And those apps have no license to operate as a supermarket ?
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@skirata3144 : The only thing that I can think of, when that lady stated that she leave the rice out and overnight, could be because she is from India. In India, the temperature is SO high ! Therefore, if she left the food out in the heat, it actually does dry it up ? Bacterias can only grow in certain conditions, and not otherwise. This explains why she keeps it out. Also, if you put the rice in a fridge, in India.. unless the fridge is that kind of air con/freezer type fridge, which extracts water as well to keep things cool. The other type, may just break down under the heat, because of how they function. Since heat can affect some electronics too. This is why... by putting hot food in a fridge say in India.. is going to cause that inside cold temperature to drop, and therefore creates more water droplets.. and then they will fall onto the rice, and cause it to ferment over time. This is why she would leave it outside inside of leaving in a fridge. But the opposite is true when you live in a colder climate region say in the UK or in Europe. I don't know about the US. It depends on which state you reside in. If rice has gone bad... it normally tastes sourish.. like it has started to ferment. Otherwise, it should not have any smell, and it should not have any sourish tastes. On the note about the children.. I think that they could have been food poisoned could also be due to the milk content in their rice pudding as well. I do think that since they are only 2 to 6.. They should not have weird things like lactose.. Children from 2 to 6 are not able to tolerate many food items that we could as an adult. Whatever they have, it must be diluted down to their version, for their stomach. This is a must !!! Most kids should have super watery things any way... Cos they have not yet built up their full stomach acid level either to kill off any potential germs or otherwise. Also, they need to have kept a strict hand washing process too... in order to keep things healthy... So many things to look out for when it is a kid's meal. Also, pureeing things is also far more important too. If I was to make that rice pudding, I rather create a mild congee, and then use milk instead of cream. Anyway, in the UK's government's website, there is a section on food preparation, and most people have to abide by that. So... do leave rice to dry, but do put them inside the fridge overnight. And also, if reheating rice, do think about using it for congee, rather than for fried rice, say. And with many people, they also do a "first wash" thing as well when it comes to cooking.. So you can often see on YT, Japanese noodle makers draining and doing a first wash too. IF there are bacterias, then what are they washing away ? Same with pork. People if they use pork for a soup, I certainly would do a first wash and drain step. Same can be done for the congees too. I normally leave things to boil, then you tend to see some scummy parts floating to the top. I normally skim those away as well. Or drain away that first batch and then add my own broth in it.
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A lot of kids are raised with congee in SE Asia.. so how do they survived then if there is an overcooked rice situation ? Well.. a lot of the old rice are often cooked for congee any way. And yet, they also drain that first soup and broth as said... The same with my mom, and my granma, they used to leave meat outside, when we did not have a fridge back then. But they do the smart thing, which was possibly passed down from their generation, which is to salt the meat. So the meat's alkalinity kills off the bacterias? This is how you preserve the meat. So when you cook it the next day, you would always do a short pre-blanche, even before using it for something else. Just to get rid of the salt overall. It is funny how these kind of steps aren't used or revered or noted any more... Yeh, we have a lot of over manufactured food items in general though. These kind of simple steps should not be overlooked. Bring back Delia Smith !!! Oh, also, with a lot of chinese cuisine, you also have to make it mushy or puree things, cos we don't tend to eat too stuff meats or things. This is why we would chop things up, easier for digestion. Even with a lot of meat, we tend to mince it instead. Mince pork with pickled cabbage, my childhood favourite.
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@violetviolet888 : You also need to understand that, depending on how that rice pudding was created, it may not be palatable and digestible for children between the age of 2 to 6. That is also another issue too. Regardless of whether they are consuming these spores OR not. Children will normally get diahorrea if they do consume something which they cannot actually digest.. Some kids will react to the milk as well this way. This is not unusual... So it is better to be diligent first and foremost. Their digestive systems are also not the same as an adult for that age group too. Considering that the body is made up of around 70% of water... For children, always make more watery food items, and things like that. And ensure that it is also mushy and easily digestible too. This is why in the UK, we now have things like Ella's pouches too, up until the age of around 5 or even 6 years old.
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@violetviolet888 : Do you realise how discriminatory and arrogant that Adam sounds ? I rest my case. I have explained why many SE Asians do not get sick in Asia. And yet, many diarrheas happen in Europe and in the USA. And the way that he described the "danger zone", why don't he remove the emotions behind that and really put his professional hat on first and foremost? Which is that, if you are a food manufacturer, restaurant or take away, then you need to focus on how you cool food down, and how you treat it. This is a regulated thing. What you do, in your own time, and how you consume food is nobody's business, but if you are a licensed food premises, then you DO need to follow such orders, and such regulations as well.... I fear that Adam is VERY misleading in what he is saying... and he is implying with a lot of misconceptions actually ! Especially about the part about the food price issue in Europe and in the USA !!! What he does not know is that, many people in China, and in SE Asia, they own their farm lands, and therefore it is FREE farmed food items. And that is why they do not have an extremely costing farmed food price ! And a lot of people also do not charge people for a high price when it comes to those fruit or veg prices as well... in some countries, it is illegal to charge them actually. USA is based on an economic capitalistic country, and this is the ultimate difference really. I am extremely appalled at his lack of ethic in the sector in how he structured his vlog !
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@_Gecko : You will die of starvation if you had Five Guys here... and without access to other food stores. Adam is from the USA... what he has not told the questioner is that, in Europe at least, there are trades that stop farmers from actually farming ? This was done, so that the different countries within Europe agreed to hold their currencies, and split the work between everybody when it comes to production so that it meets an actual curve that fits the supply and demand model. Of course, when the fishing was banned first in the UK... and then those fishes were poached by other European countries. You just know know that, those fishermen will flip ! The same is also happening now.. We brexited, so that we should own back those fishing rights, and regions... and this is now being stopped as well... by somebody. Before the creation of the common single market... Things, I mean people, did not starve and be treated like dirt, like they do now today. (And all of this so called fights and trade deals with China.. that is just... Absolutely non-existent. They don't even control their own internal food market either.) When I see a child today, looking so gaunt.. more than I was, when I was a child. I am quite upset, in all honesty. I had no idea that we have fallen so much from grace as a country. And this p!sses me off no end. What Adam has also not said explicitly is that.... the direction of the Western world is going, is definitely going to be reliant on robo-humans, and genetically modified food... Soon, we shall live off drips. And that is a promise. When the farm is just down the road.. and I am seeing, and using social media for marketing which adds on top of this an extra 40%.... to someone's bills.. Do you, or do you think this is right? This is not right. If things happen this way, soon, the shop shall move to the farm. The restaurant shall move to the farm too. The end of all of those inbetween suppliers... Why some places are more pricy than others? That is because of lack of planned logistics. I have seen one lady who dared to charge a packet of biscuit to be like 2 pound. When there is like a Tesco down the road which sells it around 80p ? This_Is_crazy.
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@Detailed InfoDisplay : There is an awful lot that these "SE Asians" or just "Asians" are not telling you. Like, the fact that they don't do their accounting when they run a business. They put that money, as their personal money, rather than as their corporation and taxes? It is like that in the entire Asian countries? Once upon a time, it was NOT like that. The financial crashes in SE Asia basically killed their economies... and then what happened was that, the people fled. This is why you do not find the same thing happening today. "You buy, I survive". What do you think that Asia and China, now have an actual P2P sector? Who does this kind of banking? Nobody. And this is why most families, most men, are arrogant, and have reverted back to those olden day's thing. Which is to have 1st wife, 2nd wife, and 3rd wife... An entire concubine system in place. THAT is what is going on inside China. The USA calls it human trafficking... Europe calls it prostitution...but inside Imperial China... polygamy seems to be acceptable. And after those financial crashes. This is also occurring now too in the Philippines, and (also, unfortunately) HK too... and inside the mainland China as well. Most people in the US, and in the EU, would not dare do this. That "communal dining" came from "family dining together as a single unit". THAT is why it is still happening. The chances of these people relating to one another is still there ? Just that, with modernism... this is eroded, and destroyed. The TV medias in Europe and the US, SHOULD make TV series about "communal polygamy family life"... and see how people react to that. It will shock them, but also actually wake them up !
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@boutrosboutrosboutrosboutros : That is also because the entire SE Asia, is just one BIG garden !... Because of the monsoon, the rain... greenaries tend to grow super fast. And it is dirt cheap. You cannot stop them from growing. This is why, nobody likes the American chains that enters Thailand.. and most European chains, won't enter Thailand or SE Asia either. lol.. I dunno why... That is why, only good hotels, with a good European chefs often is the only way? Anyway, as much as people want a McDonald.. McDonalds.. in the USA... and in Europe.. is also different to those in SE Asia too. The burgers are NOT the same. Really not the same... and the way that things get made in SE Asia... often.. it is worst than a chain in the West. It is so much about additives.. and things like that? Whereas at least in Europe.. we have standards. Wait til you see what "MASS PRODUCTION"... has driven the craziness of the PRC.. tried to do. This will shock the hell out of you. Cos it shocks the heck out of ME ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JgedoGXyQk&t=175s Why? Because USA refuses to literally call PRC's BS out? And wanted them to enter the WTO ???? So now.. everybody inside China just wants to harm others? Tick a box, and then harm others? Cos they are tired from overworking ???? Digging for oil, from the sewage... it has driven to THIS standard...
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