100-mile diet-memories

[shootingstar]

I should add, though my mother had alot of 100 mile diet dishes, many of the dishes were Asian in taste.

Seriously, it is often the technique-- how you execute and combine certain ingredients. ie. I think alot Europeans are not familiar with steamed meat dishes or steamed savoury egg dishes which like a steamed savoury custard with meat and onion inside. That clearly is Asian in technique, and not something you can even order today in alot of Asians restaurants in North America.

I do remember oranges alot in childhood. Perhaps it was the indulgence my parents allowed/spent money on. I don't remember it being too rare at home. I think they had to get used to apples...apples are not common in southern China, where they came from. But we usually bought a bushel each time.