April 25, 2010
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Food-Related Things I Think My Grandma Truly Believes
I sometimes wonder what goes on in my grandma’s mind when it comes to food. Based on my time with her, these are some of my theories as to what she’s thinking.
I do not know what to do if I get hungry.
If she doesn’t mention food, I will forget to eat. In fact, she has to remind me every hour (every half hour as meal time draws near) just in case. Even though I’ve been alive for 24 years and counting, I will never outgrow this sad inability to detect hunger within myself. Heaven forbid I venture out into the outside world for longer than five hours! By the time I arrive home, I must be famish. There’s no way I would have consider taking care of my hunger problem without her ever present reminders.Any food that is not Asian is bad.
It doesn’t matter if it looks healthy or tasty. If it’s not Asian, it is disgusting. The offended, dirty face she makes, along with the Marge-like grunt that soon follows, signals this opinion every time I come home with take out or whenever I make something “American” like a sandwich.Temperature is beyond my understanding.
You see, if I don’t immediately eat food that was literally just made on a hot stove, it will get cold. No, like REALLY cold. It’s one of the worse things that can happen and because of that fact she needs to remind me to eat every minute past the time I was suppose to have started eating. If I wait too long, my food will freeze over. The fact that we own a microwave is irrelevant.I do not possess the basic skills to cook for myself.
If I ever try to make anything on my own, such as something as difficult as eggs (
), she has to micromanage what I’m doing so I can get through it. It doesn’t matter that I’ve cooked for myself numerous times before. She WILL repeat every step in the cooking process, and there’s not a single thing I could say to stop it. For her, there’s always that chance I will forget something and when I do, she will be there to cue me to turn off the stove when I’m done.
Chinese soup cures absolutely everything.
Coughing? Drink her soup. Having trouble sleeping? Drink her soup. Have the flu? Drink her soup. Got allergies? Drink her soup. Your arm is sore? Drink her soup. Infected with a flesh eating virus? Drink two bowls of her soup.There are so much more I could discuss (i.e. rice being a requirement at every meal, steak must be cooked extremely well done and with corn on the side each time, heating up all the leftovers even if only a small portion will be eaten), but for the sake of time I’ll digress. I understand she does all this out of love, but there are days when I feel I’m just one reminder away from going bonkers.
Now will you excuse me, my grandma is calling.
Comments (196)
I wish I had a grandma to impart such wisdom on me…and make me yummy food too.
Your grandma sounds adorable XD
Great granny you’ve got! And she cooks too!
My parents do the same thing. It’s kinda cute except for when I’m not hungry and my concentration is being disrupted…
I laughed at the soup one. So true, so true. Gotta love Asian grannies and their “tong”.
Well I’d say you better get to your grandma.
My grandma’s cure for everything was a peppermint.
LMAO!! For the last point, my parents always say “if you want to look more leng lui, drink my soup” =.=”
I’m sure my grandmother would have done this if she lived at my house while I was growing up. xD She certainly did do it to my mom last summer when we went to visit her. It was hilarious because my mom thinks she’s an AMAZING cook. (Which she is…but my grandma’s even better. xP)
the last one?
SO TRUE.
every time i’m sick the first thing i see cooking is congee. . .
i think my grandparents have this obsession with congee because my fridge is stocked with it. My grandpa just makes it in mass amounts and portions them and eats it like everyday D:
Can you send your grandma over to my house?
Grandmas are full of awesome. My granny’s cure for everything is tea. Tea with flowers in it..teas with leaves in it and tea with bark in it that smells funky but cures the common cold.
Ohhh I laughed at this… esp the “cure all” soup. She sounds like a hoot!
oh your grandma sounds like my mom! Ahahahaaa… Oh I totally get the soup is a miracle for all illness and ailments. Every other week when I go home for dinner, my mom always has a pot of soup waiting for me!
“Oh allergies? its because you don’t drink enough soup now”"What headaches? You better drink some of this soup” (it’s a hangover mom…)
i think aunts are the same too… being babied after you turn 18 by others is nice haha.
LMAO Soup is full of magic. It can make your pimples go away. It can make you healthier and give you wings. My mom makes me drink 2 bowls of soup every night.
haha so at first, i thought you really didn’t know when you were hungry….[facepalm]
There is a thing about Asians and their soups, each type is an ailment to something of your body. I don’t get it…
…and about cooking, my mother monitors me too when I fry eggs to make sure I don’t burn them -_-”
So…your grandma probably wouldn’t like the food I cook, will she?
I like my steak rare, dripping in juicy goodness.
I didn’t learn to cook well until I moved out on my own and had no one to hover over me the whole time. Turns out I wasn’t a bad cook before, my family just made me nervous.
LOL I absolutely love this post <3 Must be because i’m hungry so often (: .
and your Grandma Makes me soup when i tell her i’m deciding to wanna try going cannibalism for maybe a week ):
Haha I can see that happening
“If I wait too long, my food will freeze over.”
lol i love this one
My grandma is always trying to feed me too.
I can’t go to her house without having her ask if I want something to eat. haha
I don’t know what I’m going to do when I get seriously sick. I need–to learn how to make–my mom’s exotic asian soups.
Ahaha..my parents do the same thing, but when my grandparents here, all that is doubled to a whole new level.
@cal_islander - Yes, although too much of a good thing can be bad.
@Isodomic - @CurryPuffy - You have my permission to borrow her sometime.
@jia_x3 - I know that feeling. Then it stops being cute and start going towards nagging territory.
@Keeko1 - Haha yes, my grandma makes enough tong to satisfy 20 people, even when there’s only a few of us.
@johnny_hopkins - peppermint eh? Did it ever fix anything?
@Got_Takoyaki - Oh of course. Just like if you don’t eat up all your rice you’ll marry someone hideous.
So…I need some of that soup!
LOL! Did your parents tell you about the fish? If you don’t eat fish, you can’t swim like them. XD
LOL
But, mmmm chinese soup. Now if only that was gluten free…
So how many bowls does it take to cure ebola?
XD, she sounds a lot like my grandmother, minus the asian-ness and plus a LOT of latin-ness, haha. is this the same grandmother that loves knitting?
aww, you’re a granny boy <3
lol
Grandmas are awesome! You are so lucky to have her. Mine was a great cook and was forever feeding us, but she wasn’t Asian. Must be a grandma thing.
There must be something to that about Chinese soup. Every time I’m sick, I just have to have hot and sour soup. It works miracles.
I wish I could meet your grandmother…she sounds fantastic.
And yeah. I know what you mean.
PS: good job- I like these funny blogs from you
altogether now: “awwwww”!
aw cute grandma!
Hahaha don’t you just love those old crazy Asian ladies? Very cute
My grandma always was convinced we couldn’t see the book we were reading. She was always coming through and turning lights on if we were reading. Never mind it was noon on a sunny day.
This post made me burst out laughing. My mother is the same way! I can’t walk through the kitchen without her telling me that there is food in the fridge. And even if I open up the fridge and have a look inside myself, my mother will run off a list of all the foods in the fridge I might like (just in case I can’t find them in there myself?). It’s exactly like what you said–you’ve been alive for so many years but if not for her constant reminders to eat, you will forget and starve!
@repressedwriter - My relatives are like that, too!
I think that’s what grandmas love to do with their time. Feed us as much food as they can. XD It’s either that or they tell you to go to bed earlier because sleep is good. But since they can’t really force us to go to sleep early…they go for stuffing us with food because they know we can’t really say no. hahah
so funny. my mom is calling me for food now too. and the soup thing, my mom has all these remedies that i think she sometimes makes up. hahaha… bon appetit!
Twenty years down the road, that may very well be you.
Or your wife. It’ll be adorable.
Could I get a recipe of her soup? ^^. That sorta soup is hard to come by, you know!
ohmygod, I think my grandma thinks the exact same thing for every single one of those. except for the last one. she makes korean soup.
How long will she leave rice in a rice cooker without refrigerating it?
Oh gosh, I don’t have trouble remembering when to eat. I think you do so much and multi-task so much it’s unbelievable.
Your grandmother sounds adorable. I lived with my paternal grandmother until I was 11 or 12. She didn’t cook though – nothing like your grandmother.
I can certainly relate to eating food while it’s piping, steaming hot… enough to cause 2nd degree burns on your lips. And if that happens, you’ll probably get
smacked in the head for being so stupid to eat food that hot. hee hee…
I chuckled at the soup story… that is absolutely so Chinese (probably other Asian cultures too). (make up an imaginary ailment… tell her your sperm count is very low, and does she have any soup for that? Oh wait, she might… better not do that.)
Alex – I was kinda in the dumps tonight until I read this entry. You put a smile back on my face again. Thank you.
This is the cutest thing ever! I LOVE grandmothers!
DUDE.
My grandma is like that too. She doesn’t believe me when I say that vegetarians can be healthy too…
Also, Asian soup is magic.
haha that’s like my grandmother! except mine is the italian version of her.
my grandma annoys me sometimes hahahha
she makes me eat a humongous orange and drink a cup of lukewarm water every morning to help me “poop better”
lol cute
This is a great post!! I love it….and grandmas everywhere!
I agree…Chinese soup cures absolutely
everything! I love Hot and Sour soup the best.
These type of memories will last you a lifetime. And always make You smile. It sure did for me.
@Rhia_Pyrithea - I think overall my mom is a better cook than my grandma, but my grandma does make some good fried rice!
@ordinary_gir1 - I think my grandma is similar. There’s always this huge pot of soup and she expects everyone to drink it.
@everchanginglife09 - If I could I would.
@Vanagloria - I love tea, so I wouldn’t mind that! Better than the soup.
@Passionflwr86 - I don’t think I go through any day where I don’t hear some from my grandma that makes me go wtf?
@Utoppia@datingish - She probably would still say the soup will cure you if you told her it was a hangover haha
@sonychak - Nice to an extent. Too much makes me go crazy!
My granny and your granny should get together and go bowling.
Drink two bowls for a serious flesh eating virus! hahaha!
LOL!
I didn’t really know any of my grandparents. But my aunt loves to throw out these little reminders, leave notes, and have “family meetings” in the morning to remind us how our days should go.
@Agent_Spanky - Does your soup at least taste alright?
@BranmacFeabhail - failz =P
@babixling - My grandma always comment on my grilled cheese sandwiches. They’re suppose to look like that!!
@the_rocking_of_socks - Yeah, whenever I’ve cook I don’t have too much problems either. Oh, and I personally like my steak to have a little redness at least. My grandma thinks any red is bad for me, which I disagree.
@CombinedEffort - It’s pretty much a guarantee food is the first thing my grandma will say when I walk through the door. No hi ever.
@Parsimony - Learn and teach your love ones so they can prepare them for you when you’re sick!
@throughsamseyes - So far, my parents aren’t that bad…yet. I can see it happening in the future though.
@Galbsadi - please, take it all!
Oh, typical Chinese grandma, eh? The one that is definitely true is the last one about Chinese soup. It does cure anything.
The other day a Thai here was telling me about a Thai friend’s Italian husband. They would go up country to the provinces to visit the Thai wife’s family in a large house with a well-equipped kitchen. Each time they go up the Italian husband insists on preparing a big Italian dinner for her family. They smile big smiles and poke at their food, and then wait until he is gone to go get some “real” (i.e. Thai) food.
@Got_Takoyaki - haha what?? I haven’t heard that one before.
@x_Butterflies_and_Hurricanes_x - Don’t worry, the soup cures that too!
@Thatslifekid - one bowl. That isn’t as serious as a flesh eating virus.
@eomona - Why yes it is!
@musicmom60 - I wouldn’t mind hot and sour soup instead of the soup my grandma makes. It’s…not that great tasting haha.
@shatterFocus - You also need to meet my brother! Make plans to visit my area sometime.
@x_onholiday - Ahhh watch me become like that when I’m old. Must..fight it!
@Roadlesstaken - Yay! no worries! Your mom should send me some of that soup in bundles!
@repressedwriter - When it comes to lights, my grandma thinks using the computer in the dark will mess up my vision. Hey, I’m just trying to conserve electricity like she wishes!
@decembriel - I actually have started sneaking around in the kitchen to avoid detection from my grandma. I’m just getting a drink grandma, I’m not hungry!!!
@dUhGrL - haha makes sense.
@Delia712 - I guess they’re hoping for the placebo effect with their cure all concoctions!
@lilxwunxnxluv - Noooo, I don’t want to be like that! Nonetheless, I’ll probably be taught how to make that soup and when I do I’ll write the receipe on here.
@alltimelow22 - I wonder if your Korean soup and my Chinese soup share the same magic ingredient.
@CareyGLY - Usually overnight at least. What makes you ask that?
My mom does #2 and #3. She will always choose to go to a Chinese restaurant and she prefers a buffet to fine dining. And OMG, when she reheats food with the microwave, she heats it to the point where the liquids in it will BOIL and then says “come eat it! don’t let it get cold” -___________-
@ElusiveWords - I’m glad my entry help make your evening brighter. What was the matter?
@Imnotcrazyjustinsane - I think my grandma would love it if I was vegetarian. She always complain I don’t eat my greens, even though she sees me eating broccoli and spinach often times. Selective memory, she has.
@kelly_madasahatter_gayasellen - Italian soup probably taste better than my Chinese soup.
@noree_n - Well, that’s a little embarrassing =P
I always debate that with my white friends. Most white people think it needs to be refrigerated immediately.
@Roadlesstaken - let me teach my grandma to use a phone first, and then she can ask your grandma.
@Roadlesstaken - Dying from your guts liquifying isn’t serious?
@Roadlesstaken - ahh… argument with family member.
@seedsower - I would rather have that then the soup my grandma makes. It’s soooo bitter, but she says that’s how you know it’s working!
@tsotofu - Writing this down definitely helped out with my annoyance today. I ate a late lunch, so my grandma started yelling at me starting at 6 why I wasn’t eating. Urgh.
@TheDeadWhale - Does your grandma play majong? That would probably work out better for my grandma haha.
@reallifedemo - Interesting, I haven’t had to experience things like that yet. Btw, it’s good to see you! Stop staying away from Xanga so long XP
@christao408 - Is his food not tasty, or do they just really prefer Thai food?
@Senlin - My grandma thinks this one preset button is perfect for everything. Of course, if you’re only reheating something small it comes out scorching!
@Senlin - lol… I can picture the plastic wrap melting and food popping inside the microwave.
@CareyGLY - Oh really? It’s not like it really goes bad. If it does, I haven’t notice.
@Thatslifekid - Hmm guts liquidfying or flesh being eaten off…okay, it’s at least on par =P
@Roadlesstaken - Just like your Grandma, they believe that if it isn’t Thai food, it isn’t really food.
my grandma is sort of like this, but with everything. that’s why we don’t see her much. hehehe.
@Roadlesstaken - =p
@randaness - With everything? So she tells you what to wear and where to go and stuff?
@Roadlesstaken - From time to time it does. haha The worst it takes, the healthier it is for you.
I come from a big Italian family and it is the same exact thing
So cute (and annoying).
@Roadlesstaken - mm, well, more general than that. she has her pet causes, like this “miracle” medicine called ReLive (or something), so anything we do medicine-wise whether it be allergies or immunizations could have been better cured by her. oh, and I’m studying psychology, and have to defer to her expertise because she got her Master’s in counseling a couple decades ago. she gave me a box of her old textbooks for my graduation, which are completely outdated at this point. and when I went to Panama with some of my professors and fellow students my mom was trying to explain to her what my research project was and she was confused, “what does that have to do with counseling?” (I was studying proxemics) also education, politics, general life philosophies, etc.
i would LOVE to have your grandma around to cook me some yummy asian food. yuuuummmmm =D
My grandma likes to micro-manage the baking of sweets for Christmas. No one could possibly do any of it right without her there, guiding their hand. If I call her and ask for a recipe, she won’t write it down and hand it to me the next time she sees me. She reads even long complicated recipes over the phone, always before I am ready to write anything down. Something as simple as rice crispie treats would take about forty-five minutes to an hour to explain.
you should blow her mind and get her a Julia Child Joy of French Cooking cook book.. haha although from what you said she’d probably give you a dirty look and throw it in the trash as soon as you left the room.
Gotta love grandma’s though. I think food is better than having your grandma try to talk to you about awkward subjects like periods and stuff. I once had my grandma sit me on the couch, get a maxi pad out of her purse and ask me if I had ever seen this size before, and if not, I should look into it… Needless to say I was MORTIFIED. Like a year later we found out she had alzheimers.. and I’m wondering if that was like apart of it.. I guess I will never know. It makes me laugh though LOL
So eat your soup! And just be glad she isn’t talking to you about condoms! haha
i think that’s cute having a grandpa like that…i guess it’s becuz i don’t have one…
@Roadlesstaken - hahahaha i got it after a few sentences though!
hahahaha that’s sweet thoughhhh!!! i miss my grandma…
ahaha. sounds sort of like when my grandma is here.
haha ..your grandma is awesome!
Agree with everything, esp the cold food thing! i’m a really slow eater, so i always get comments on how the food is cold and how all the nutrients go away with the heat ahah
hehe =] #1 reminds me of my grandma. she’ll ask me if i want something to eat, and i’ll say yes, and while i’m eating, she’ll offer me about 3 more things. and when i’m done, she offers something else.
also #4. once she was leaving after a visit at my house and i was cutting an apple and she wouldn’t leave until i was done using the knife haha.
the bit about the soup made me laugh =]
” Infected with a flesh eating virus? Drink two bowls of her soup.”
That made me laugh so hard haha.
My grandma is the same way. I love my grandma
LOL. WORD. OH ASIAN GRANDPARENTS.
Aww, I think that is absolutely adorable… I bet, to her, reminding you to eat and feeding you is one of the best ways she can show you that she loves and cares about you…
(Much like most Asian parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents)
I have a part time Chinese mother. Whenever I go to her home, she loads me up with a lot of food. I have been eating it for a week and haven’t needed to go out to eat, but I do go out for more variety.
I really don’t know how Chinese can stay slim, maybe they keep passing the food onto someone else?
Well as Asians…don’t we all…LOL. I love your grandma!
Hahaha! So true! Especially the soup part! Oh Asian grannies.. and mom too..
how cute!
sounds just like my grandma. my grandma thinks that if i’m not eating, i must be hungry ): so she would always bring in snacks
my grandma can wield a mean cane.
Hahahaha the soup one was really funny. So true.
My grandma lives with me and does the exact same things. Especially how I’m not capable of eating when I’m hungry. She always has to tell me to eat. Oh, and according to her dinner gets cold after 5 minutes, and it won’t be healthy or nutritious anymore.
Aweee. Your grandma sounds so asian and cute and also like you’re ready to run away screaming. My grandma is a little bit like that. The worst is driving.
Film Suggestion: Psycho. Not exactly a grandma but a motherly figure. And also Serial Mom. :]
HAHAHAH so Asian. Reminds me of my grandmother, I miss her.
EXACTLY like my mom.
lol hhahahahha how cute
my grandparents are like that too
You should have drank her soup when you had your snickers/red bull debacle.
you’re lucky your grandma cooks all the nommy food for you!
I swear, soup heals everything except cancer and that crazy stuff. haha
I honestly do believe that soup helps cure everything.
I looooove soup!
Hahahahaha your grandma is awesome!
LOL. This is so funny!
I would like to meet your grandma someday and taste her Chinese soup.
haha! You’re lucky you have a grandmother who is so doting and can actually cook! Both of my grandmas are far far away. Love your grandma list though. It put a smile on my face.
lol. It IS nice, isn’t it? My mother is similar on the reminders. Ofcourse she waits untill we are halfway to where we are going before she remembers to “remind” me of something we could have brought. lol
and btw: most american food is disgusting.
lol…That’s a special kind of love.
Aside from a few things, my grandma can be the same way. I’m 25 and she still stops and asks if I’ve eaten yet. Thank goodness for grandmas who care. (Even if they do drive you nuts. O_o)
hahaha, that’s the cutest things your grandma does for you
understand the going bonkers part though 
Very cute post. I can totally sympathize with her on the “your food will get cold!” complaint. I can’t stand it when I call my kids and they take awhile. All I can think about is how I timed everything to do done at almost the same time so everything is served at the right temp and then ……. 5 minutes go by before they sit to eat it and it’s COLD! Okay not “cold”, but not what I envisioned.
Hahaha my grandma always tells my mum off for not feeding me and my brother properly when we go to visit…”:O SO SKINNY!!!” XD
haha she seems like such a good grandma.
This makes me miss my nana so much
LOL that is cute
I think it’s chinese culture to 1 – dislike anything not chinese (this doesn’t always just apply to food) and 2 – believe that drinking obscene amounts of greasy (yet tasty) soup is the cure for everything.
My boyfriend’s father is chinese (he’s half & half caucasian) and us eating out or getting non-chinese is like us descecrating his heritage. But honestly, we are so sick of half plate fulls of white rice. And the same 5 meals over and over and over. So of course we go to my family’s type of food cause, well, there’s a lot more diversity!
And the soup thing… if it wasn’t so greasy maybe… but it is terribly greasy…
@Roadlesstaken - haha! It must be a grandma thing. My mom does it to my son too. She’s always trying to make him eat.
Lol… I`ve had Chinese soup before (I`m not sure if that’s some sort of….well, crime, since I’m white lol) and strangely, it was comforting indeed.
This is pretty common, it used to drive me insane as a kid when my grandmother did this. I think all grandmother’s do this, but its an especially asian thing.
Hospitals need to start serving your grandma’s soup!
This is hilarious. Although I have a roommate who might need someone to remind her to eat. Sometimes she just kind of forgets…
LOL, my mom’s mother was very much like that.
OMG. Sounds just like my Grandma, other we’re Italian. It’s crazy how she alwayyyyyyyyyys asks me if I’m hungry, and anything other than Italian food is disgusting. ha. And o f course, her soup clears anything up. haaa
loveeess this.
Dear Alex,
I’ve just spent a little time here, and I’m sure I’ve told you this before, but I do love your videos. You and your brother remind me of the stuff my brother and I did when we were young. (sans the video cam of course, since they didn’t have them in those days.) Sometime I think your brother’s talents might even surpass yours!
I don’t watch a lot of NBC, and I didn’t make the time to read the comment section, but I did enjoy the vids. Most professional, and I love the audio overlays of applause and canned laughter. I only caught Seinfeld and The Apprentice.
Your birthday video for Joey was very original and funny and I’m sure she loved it.
Grandma’s food phobias are quite interesting. I’ll bet it’s a riot having her culinary experience in the family.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
This made me laugh, my boyfriend’s mother and grandmother are like that too.
It’s true…Chinese soups are the cure for everything.
@Roadlesstaken - Works wonders for an upset tummy.
hahahaha, this is so true~! I just drank my mom’s beauty soup.
I might be with your granny on the soup.
I have never in my life had anything as soothing as the chicken soup (head and all!) that I had in China when I had a nasty cold.
You mean you don’t believe Chinese soups cure everything? My mother thinks so! The Jewish people believe that Chicken Soup cures many things. Anyway, soup is a comfort food. What do you think of soups in general?
I love old people.
@Lady_Kelacy - tell me about it
@jenessa1889 - You know, I’ve been seeing other comments referring to their Italian families too. Didn’t realize how very similar Italian and Asian grandmas are!
@rxglasshalffull - Be careful what you wish for!
@pianomusicchick - So you end up staying on the phone for that long? Eek
@Fireflywishes - I suppose condom talks with my grandma would be less appealing, yes.
@Mistykalady - Did you used to interact with your grandma?
@suuperstar - haha I haven’t heard that reasoning for why cold food is bad. Then again, I wouldn’t be surprise if my grandma thought that too.
Oh my, your grandma sounds lovely… and slightly insane. Love how your grandma’s soup cures everything. My mom’s like that too, but with chicken soup. My cure-all is gatoraid, ironically.
Btw, is your family one who does the rice/bread thing? Like, if there is bread with the meal, they usually forgoe the rice? Or is your’s the kind of family who adds rice anyway? “Eating a sandwitch? Here, have some rice!” kind of family I mean. My auntie is like that.
@Roadlesstaken - haha yeah basically substitute a few words in there and that’s my grandmother. italian culture is, before anything else, about the food. not just what it’s made of but when you eat it, how much, how often, and with who
@butonthecontrary - What’s kinda funny is that as much as my grandma offers me to eat, she hardly eats anything. Everytime I point that out she doesn’t see the irony.
@B1ANCACACA - You think flesh eating disease is funny?!?! =P
@mZdejavuZ - I just wish she understands that our conversations don’t always have to be about food…or clothes she knitted for me haha
@PPhilip - Eh, must be in our genes. What qualifies as a part time mother?
@M_E_M_O_I_R - I’m sure as much as I’m annoyed by her sometimes, I would miss it in some way when she’s gone.
@Miz_Runi - My grandma would forever offer my guests snacks. I tell my guests that if they’re not hungry, DON’T accept it just to be polite. Othewise, she’s just going to expect you to eat more. It’s a trap!
@jumpthenfly - 1 minute. That’s about how long it takes for food to get cold according to my grandma haha
@indiechaos - Holy crap, I do not want to be in the car with my grandma driving. Good thing she never has.
@Kontzicles - She offered it to me! I just reallly didn’t want to drink it XP
@hodtos - It is convenient, I got to admit.
@xchinkylaydee - I don’t think cancer is an exception for her haha
@mary_jezka - If you do, you can have allllll the soup you like!
@Tofunator - Both my grandmas live in the same neighborhood as me. The other one isn’t so bad, but then again I’m not around her as much.
@Alle_in_Ashe - I’m fine with all types of food. I enjoy Chinese food, but I just need some variety!
@LonerKat - My grandma does that to my parents too, so I don’t think there’s an age limit to her reminders X_X
so true. typical lovable chinese grandmother haha…
@ItsWhatEyeKnow - Ah I see your point. Sometimes, I like to wait a couple minutes because I know the food is too hot, but my grandma just assumes we didn’t hear her the first 329 times about it haha.
@whoosh90 - Become a fattie!
@haloed - I think I’ve had that soup. The one my grandma makes is a bit bitter tasting, so I probably would prefer the greasier one.
@nimbusthedragon - Oh no crime at all, you’re very welcome to take as much as you like! It worked for you? Hmm, I must be doing something wrong…
@Wildserraphim - That’s what I kinda figured. I’m glad I’m not alone having to deal with this type of thing.
@sam - Ahhh if only her thoughts were totally accurate.
@Liquid_Pain_523 - I knew a couple people like that, too busy to eat. My grandma probably thinks I do that sometimes, but I’m a fan of eating.
@Roadlesstaken - the best one I had was stewed chicken, lentils, and honey glazed ham. That, despite it being greasy, was so f****ing delicious. I’ve had lentil soup… chicken soup…. and even my boyfriend had me try bitter melon soup (HOLY GROSS).
Devout chinese people with a loyalty to their food should really have some lasagna with garlic bread. Or a roast beef with gravy, potatoes, veggies, etc. AND PIE!!!!!!!! mmmmmmmmmm
Haha, fun post. I felt like this a lot when I was in Argentina. My host dad would sometimes drive me crazy because I he would “advise” me of certain things that implied I really hadn’t known how to take care of myself at all despite my 21 years of living lol. On the other hand, I also did some pretty stupid things when I was there, too, so ya…
@Roadlesstaken - I guess it depends on the recipe. It was my ex’s mom.. she’d make this very milky-yet-gingery soup… it actually tasted pretty good, and was like a strong tea or something. delish!
damn the soups to hell D:<
My maternal grandmother is the same way. Except with her, it’s a cuppa tea and scone. (We hav ea secret family recipe that requires teacups, handfuls, and certain gravy ladles that are passed down to the next generation upon marriage. It’s serious stuff.)
My non-related waipo traps me if I’m ever sick and forces me to eat soup and a spicy sort of shrimp that is absolutely delicious, but I could never identify unless I had a cold. And the whole ‘eat more’ thing comes into play with her – I’m sure you’ve experienced it. The absolutel insistence that you have no idea when you’re full. So you must eat more! Who else is going to eat it? It’s good, isn’t it? Eat more!
(I got a real kick out of this post, if you couldn’t tell)
Do you live anywhere near Columbus? I’m coming up in July for a concert
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I’m envious!! I have pretty much been left up to my own devices since I was 12. (Granted, I’m a damn good cook now, but still…)
…. wait, you mean Chinese soup doesn’t cure everything?
grandmas are allowed to act this way.
omg! this made my morning LOL (I was reading it much earlier today!)
Aw! So if you don’t have sandwiches for lunch then… what do you have? They’re just so convenient!
this is my grandma too hehe
soup is on the top of her list! If that fails, heaven forbid cause she starts freaking out, she has other weird concoctions like tea for a pink eye, marshmallow milk for a cough.
Haha this is so true!
My grandma always asks “was their food good?”
me “Yeah..”
her “uh huh *sarcastically*”
Btw, maybe your grandma’s soup can cure cancer!
@WeWillBecome - You’re not the only person who’s Italian and have said my story sounds very similar! Who woulda thunk it?
@baldmike2004 - I hope my brother’s talents surpasses my. Ideally I hope he becomes a start on Disney Channel or something and I can be his manager =D
@JL789 - Hey, so since Flip got over 100 eprops on that post what do you owe him?
@KJLavender - Chicken soup is good! Grandma soup not so good.
@CoachTheresa - I say it’s a comfort food too, just not as magical as my grandma makes it out to be haha
@PiyoPiyo123 - It’s pretty much add rice to whatever you’re eating. My grandma isn’t too bad with this, although she keeps on suggesting I eat fried chicken (like the one you get at KFC) with rice. No grandma, that’s not how it works!
@haloed - I’m a big fan of Italian food. Pasta is great after a long tennis match!
@webofsimplicity - Some stupid things there eh? Sounds like a story you should tell sometime.
@MyCongee - I second that!
@AubbySilver - In turn, do they ever eat more? I find it ironic whenever my grandma tells me I need to eat when she doesn’t really eat much herself.
@B1ANCACACA - Do you mean Columbia? Are you going to Meriweather Post Pavillion?
@shillykins - That is the most well written comment I’ve ever received =P
@daeshii - Hey that’s good! I’m an okay cook, but I think I would be much more advance if my grandma didn’t always insist on making food.
@aililia - Well, at least not for me…but perhaps for you!
@Erika_Steele - I suppose it’s one of their rights. I’ll just have to keep on enduring!
@pasaway4eva - Took you that long to respond eh? =P
@MochaSprinkle - Usually something with rice. Surprise huh?
@whereisichi - There’s such thing as marshmallow milk??
@giggle_face - If it does, I will learn the recipe and profit!
@Roadlesstaken - Lol. Nothing! He should owe me for using me to get eprops!
@Roadlesstaken - Stupid/dangerous, oh yes, plenty. Funny thing is that right after I commented here, I read a post that reminded me of another part of my time there, so those combined gave me the idea to start a series of stories from my time abroad
So thanks for sparking that idea lol!
@Roadlesstaken - lol yeah it’s pretty good actually. Just heat up the milk, pop some marshmallows in there and stir till they melt! and you have delicious milk! :]
@Roadlesstaken - My signature laugh. HAHASKLDFJLSAKDJF. Even flip has started to use it too teheh.
@Roadlesstaken - LOL! Oh wow, that is still adorable. She sounds like a real sweetheart…
Yes! The Asian soup
It honestly doesn’t work very well. All it did was make me more sick… haha.
Your grandma is probably bored, and just wanted to have an excuse to interact with you that’s all!
Woops. Yeah that’s what I meant. And yeah that’s where I’m going. The show is July 31st.
@B1ANCACACA - Cool! Yeah, I’m actually REALLY close by. How long would you be in the area? What show you catching there?
@AzureRecollections - Boredom probably is a big factor. Still, I just wish she understands just because I walk into the kitchen does not automatically mean I’m hungry! Sometimes I’m just thirsty haha.
The soup one made me laugh. My mother-in-law to be is very much the same way. Soup for every occasion!
I would like to get there on the 30th and leave on the 1st. We are probably staying in DC. I’m going for the Honda Civic Tour. Only going to see Tegan and Sara. I do know Paramore is headlining though.
My boyfriend and I are going. He used to live right by there. His name is Andrew Prosser. Does that ring a bell?
@B1ANCACACA - Hmm it does not. Cool, let me know more details when the time draws near and maybe I could meet up.
lol. cute.^^
ok sure will
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Alex-ah! Chi fan le ma!?
I wanna make a thank you video blog on youtube.. for mybday.. but i only have 3 ppl to thank really haha. nothing compared to the video you made. lol
asian grandma’s are the coolest ^^ wish i had one like urs
and yes asians love their food =] nice post x
@Joanna_said_SO - You should do it. I’ve only heard your voice once, and it was barely a sentence haha.
@aznspartan94 - Aiya!
lol, Aw Alex. This is so cute. I’ve missed this post as I was out of town till last night.
She is adorable. Reminds me so much of my grandma.
Awww…grandma! She sounds like such a sweet heart.
My mom genuinely believes in so many korean things like
that asian pears steamed will have an INSTANT and direct effect on my coughing.
No.
Your grandma is so cute! My dad makes our family drink his soup all the time. XD
@DoRi_dOrI - I actually get a strange allergic reaction in my mouth with pears in general, so luckily I can avoid that!
LOL, I love the last one.
On this Mother’s Day (May 9), let’s toast to Grandmas and the soups they made. I think grandparents are wonderful people!
lucky duck
Your Grandma is so cute! =D My mom is exactly like her. IDK abt ur grandma, but my mom hates microwave, and wouldn’t allow us to use the microwave at home (have no idea why she bought it), she said microwave “kills” her food. There’s once, she called me just to give me a lecture on how important rice is =S
@stray_sparrow - My grandma is fine using the microwave, but she has the horrible habit of using the same heat setting for everything. I’m surprise some of my food hasn’t gone nuclear haha.
asians and their crazy soups lol
Hahahaha, your grandmother is so typically Asian, but it’s adorable! Hey, you might be the dad asking whether or not your kid has eaten breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack, dinner, midnight-snack (and then tell them to go to bed!) one day =). I look forward to hearing those stories ;D Hahahah.
@xxthatsmexx - I’m scared that I’m being groomed into becoming that way =/
awwwwwwww. hahaha that’s sweet but so funny! Grandmothers always think we can’t take care of ourselves.
Hahahaha so cute.
Sounds like Asian grannies and Southern ones have a lot in common; except of course if it isn’t home made Southern food it’s bad instead of the Asian food.
Hahaha, I can’t stop laughing. Your grandma is adorable. This blog is awesome!!! Reminds me of my own. Same if not more over-the-top. I miss mine!
@abaloneonashell - what happened to your old one?
@Roadlesstaken - she passed away.
@abaloneonashell - Oh oops, I was thinking you were referring to your old blog in your previous comment. Yes, now your comment makes more sense =P
My grandma too. And she watches like a hawk to make sure that we try everything. Food making MACHINE.