Chinese Snacks!!!

[ralliart]

I was eating dinner today and my mom told me to stop buying those salty, sweet, sour snacks they have at Chinese Supermarkets because supposidley she heard from the Chinese news......again, that they are bad for your health and can kill you because they came from China, or something like that.

She said something like they add a lot of deadly preservatives and other stuff to stop it from going bad and stuff like that.

She also said something about those Shredded pieces of Squid that they do something to it so its really white and attractive so people will buy it. Whatever they added was bad for your health and if you eat a lot of it, it's gonna kill you. Even the Beef Jerky you find in chinese supermarkets she said is bad ( But it's from Canada, it says so on the box, lol), and she wants me to stop buying them.

How could someone not live with salty chinese snacks. Is Pocky okay, hehehe

[Ecko]

are you talking about those dried prunes n mango?? those are bomb once in awhile... n the ginger...

but I heard something about the chinese beef jerky lately... n supposedly theres too much wax in vegetables now..

[Taxloss]

Yeah, I know these stories too, but I think it won´t do much harm if you eat it once a while. The bigger or more well known brands are supposed to be a little better than the totally unknown China brands as they do have to maintain a good image and can´t afford it to get bad media attention if someone dies from eating their snacks.

[reno]

well essentially any of those snacks/food imported from china supposedly has been reported to use dodgy ways of making it, ie harmful chemicals to give it the nice color or flavor....

and its like they all say this causes cancer blah blah

i'd say its best to avoid ones that have been reported on, otherwise "what doesn't kill u only makes u stronger?" heheheh

[AC0110]

Everything is bad of our health...
If you read the news... Almost everything cause cancer...

So does that mean we should not eat anything?
Well obviously no... But just have your limit when eating junkfood...
I mean eating it once in awhile then it doesn't matter
But if you start eating it every hour... then there's a problem

[Ecko]

yes reno... now go and slowly ingest small amounts of poison so you can be immune to it...

[ralliart]

are you talking about those dried prunes n mango?? those are bomb once in awhile... n the ginger...

but I heard something about the chinese beef jerky lately... n supposedly theres too much wax in vegetables now..

Yah, my mom was talking about those too, those prunes and mangos rock, lol. That just makes me wanna go out and buy more. lol

[Taxloss]

Ugh, there are still people liking those beef/pork jerky´s!? -shock

[kdotc]

all food from china is bad

[~*Dawn*~]

gosh... i bet if ur mum was living in HK she'd b eating only plain rice everyday... beef has mad cow disease... pork n sheep both also has some kinda other disease... fish has a lil bit of poison in them... vegies have too much chemicals... might catch bird flu from chicken n birds n eggs...

stop worrying so much... u only get to live once... enjoy the yummy food out there :P

[Taxloss]

^He, some rice could be genetically modified.

[lee-lee]

so go for the potato chips! cause those things are healthy for u...

[zoom_zoom]

tuna's have high mercury levels... so what are sushi restaurants gonna serve?

speaking of poison, anyone remember the incidents of some mainland chinese food company scrubbing moldy oranges clean and waxing them or the 'ha mai' or the little shrimps that were colored red? mainland chinese must have crazy strong immune systems...

[Taxloss]

And more recently the watermelons added with red colours to make it look nicer (or was it in Taiwan?) and a while back when they´ve discovered a serious amount of babies and toddlers are lacking of nutrition and hence suffer from related health problems. A few died too.

Because a manufacturer sold WHITE POWDER as baby milk powder! Greedy bastards!

[fearless_fx]

im more worried about all the chemical interactions our bodies must go through. One thing put into a watermelon might be harmless.... but then you combine it with a pesticide from an orange and you might get a carcinogen. There hasnt been enough scientific study into chemical combinations/interactions and its kinda scary considering the thousands of chemicals in our food.

[ralliart]

gosh... i bet if ur mum was living in HK she'd b eating only plain rice everyday... beef has mad cow disease... pork n sheep both also has some kinda other disease... fish has a lil bit of poison in them... vegies have too much chemicals... might catch bird flu from chicken n birds n eggs...

stop worrying so much... u only get to live once... enjoy the yummy food out there :P

It's my Mom who's scared. I've been eating it since I was little. Great, Now I have to hide everything I buy from T & T or Chinese supermarkets from my mom. =P lol

[demonle]

Sure, everything is bad for you if eat a lot of it. If you know its bad, then eat a little of it. If its poisonous from the first bite, then good luck to the first few customers and there goes the company.

[xiaojia]

This thread just reminds me of the research I did on organic food.. so.. any of you consume organic food btw?

[Taxloss]

Only by accident and if the usual stuff isn´t available at that moment and I absolutely need that certain ingredient for a dish. Organic stuff is still too expensive over here.

[Ecko]

guess we'll be growing tentacles n whatnot soon...

[reno]

yes reno... now go and slowly ingest small amounts of poison so you can be immune to it...

its like anti-venom, and all those immunisation stuff =P
get a first dose, so body is prepared for 2ndary response =)

theoretically its all good hehehe

[happychic]

I've heard a lot of negative rumours about chinese snacks too, but Im not really keen on Chinese snacks anyways - best to avoid it if you can!

[hiake]

But I though snacks are snacks, never meant to be healthy in the first place (until the whole HEALTH-EATING trend, that is)

[lwmtang]

i bet a bit of those assumptions above are true, cause China health laws aren't as strict as the West. Also, in some cases their goods cost less to produce too. But it can't be much worse than the rest of the junk foods out there.

[wind2000]

Hopefully the Chinese Government will toughen up on their health law after so many issues with their products in HK.

[ralliart]

But I though snacks are snacks, never meant to be healthy in the first place (until the whole HEALTH-EATING trend, that is)

It's not the whole bad for you thing, its just all the chemicals adn what nots in it to make it the way they want it. Like they can pretty much add anything they want to make it look a certain way or taste a certain way. Who knows what they use....

[~*Dawn*~]

how can u live without asian junk food?!?!?!? Poky, Carl-B chips n prawn crackers!!!!

[Ecko]

lol how much chinese you ate back in HK dawn?? -lol

[~*Dawn*~]

ummmm.... countless!!!!!! actually come to think of it Pocky n Carl-B r japanese -unsure

[lee-lee]

ummmm.... countless!!!!!! actually come to think of it Pocky n Carl-B r japanese -unsure

japanese, chinese. whatever. pocky RULES

[CharismaLee]

hehe......in this day and age everything is bad for your health!! even food that is supposedly healthy isn't anymore!!

it comes to the question......."What can we eat???"

[xiaojia]

ummmm.... countless!!!!!! actually come to think of it Pocky n Carl-B r japanese -unsure

japanese, chinese. whatever. pocky RULES

nah.. carl-b rules!

[lee-lee]

Wat is carl-b? never had them b4

[Ecko]

don't yall mean... Calbee wit the tasty corn chips...



Wat is carl-b? never had them b4


lol thas because its not carl-b.... xD

[xiaojia]

haha.. yea.. hot and spicy flavor is my favourite
http://www.keaner.net/SDCC2005/LA/calbeechips.jpg

[Ecko]

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009GWTSQ.01-A3PWY12TMT2V6M._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg


Now go n 2 steps.. Now go n 2 steps... n get jiggy wit it... get jiggy wit it.... -lol ahahah... -lol

[lee-lee]

never had em

[Ecko]

hwhat?? n you call yourself asian from the streets... -___-'

well apparently amazon is sold out of 'em... so no luck for you...

[lee-lee]

calbee=japanese, me=chinese

[xiaojia]

lol.. you just missed sth really nice.. time to dump pocky for calbee :)

[xiaojia]

calbee=japanese, me=chinese

lol.. snacks are snacks.. you even discriminate their origins? haha

[Ecko]

hahhaa... actually im pretty sure they have it in a lot of asian stores... haven you even been to Ranch 99!? or even know what that is??

[lee-lee]

hahhaa... actually im pretty sure they have it in a lot of asian stores... haven you even been to Ranch 99!? or even know what that is??

-cry2 -cry2 -cry2 ecko is trying to take away my asian street cred just b/c i don't eat chips!!!! -down

[xiaojia]

^Ecko bullying lee lee..

haha.. wats ranch99?

[~*Dawn*~]

i dunno wot's ranch99 either... but then again i'm not canadian... :P

[mrlee87]

LOL... my mom is the same way... after watching the news, she said that she will never buy food that came from china...

[keikei_b]

i love my dried mangos ><

[jsleepoverc]

Ranch 99 I believe is in the states? Aleast I know there is one in seattle. And TnT is for canadian, I love going to tnt and buying snacks especially pockys (eating the roasted ones right now).

A lot of things COULD give you illness, osyter - cause cancer
beef (I live in alberta, where it known for beef and mad cow diease) - mad cow diease, chicken, fish, etc the list goes on but what the percentage of you getting a dieasee from these? 1 in 16 million (I made this number up, this number actually comes from getting pathegon - diease from drinking water, lol), life is short....just dont eat one item everyday for the rest of your life and you will live.

[ralliart]

Yoo, TnT Rules. Their like the Dominions of Chinese supermarkets. lol

[brown_bear]

nooo -cry2 i love chinese snacks they're like the yummyiest thiings ever

[AzNrEbEl]

i love snacks:D
having them once in a while doesn't hurt

[Ecko]

Ranch 99 I believe is in the states? Aleast I know there is one in seattle. And TnT is for canadian, I love going to tnt and buying snacks especially pockys (eating the roasted ones right now).

A lot of things COULD give you illness, osyter - cause cancer
beef (I live in alberta, where it known for beef and mad cow diease) - mad cow diease, chicken, fish, etc the list goes on but what the percentage of you getting a dieasee from these? 1 in 16 million (I made this number up, this number actually comes from getting pathegon - diease from drinking water, lol), life is short....just dont eat one item everyday for the rest of your life and you will live.

ahh dropping the knowledge on 'em... indeed... TnT ayy... do they have a lot of those?

[jsleepoverc]

ahh dropping the knowledge on 'em... indeed... TnT ayy... do they have a lot of those?

a lot of tnt? there is one in edmonton, 2 in calgary, 2 or was it 3? in vancouver and Im pretty sure there aleast two in toronto, i only been to one when i was there...but im pretty sure wherever there a asian population that pretty big, there a tnt. i was just there this morning, buying snacks for study...lol. cant wait to go back to the one in vancouver, a lot more selections especially on pockys -rockon

[ralliart]

a lot of tnt? there is one in edmonton, 2 in calgary, 2 or was it 3? in vancouver and Im pretty sure there aleast two in toronto, i only been to one when i was there...but im pretty sure wherever there a asian population that pretty big, there a tnt. i was just there this morning, buying snacks for study...lol. cant wait to go back to the one in vancouver, a lot more selections especially on pockys -rockon

There are 4 TnT's in T.O i believe. 1 in Scarborough, 1 in Markham, 1 in Missisuaga, and 1 somewhere else, forgot.

Soo i went to Tnt yesterday, and my mom found my stash of junk food in my room draw, lol. Boy did i get an ear full. lol

[brown_bear]

arent these like the yummiest things ever -drool

http://i18.tinypic.com/4qqi0xj.jpg

[Taxloss]

arent these like the yummiest things ever -drool

http://i18.tinypic.com/4qqi0xj.jpg

Neh, Calbee chips often have that 'burnt' flavour I don't like, only their Wasabi variation doesn't have that and is tasty enough for me. -tongue2

(brown_bear, Calbee is Japanese...) ;)

[brown_bear]

really..i dont notice the burnt flavour as much.....because they so yummmy.....but i guess its coz i cant eat spicy foods so wasabi flavour out of the question for me......

calbee is japanese ga meh??......okies....

*sigh* ive got a craving for pocky sticks at the moment :(....they're chinese right :)

[Taxloss]

really..i dont notice the burnt flavour as much.....because they so yummmy.....but i guess its coz i cant eat spicy foods so wasabi flavour out of the question for me......

calbee is japanese ga meh??......okies....

*sigh* ive got a craving for pocky sticks at the moment :(....they're chinese right :)

-lol sorry to disappoint you dear bear, Pocky is also Japanese!

But I know there are some copied versions of Pocky made in China! Picky, Packy, Pucky, Pöcky, Pòcky and Pøcky. -lol

[brown_bear]

yeh ive seen the fake pocky's around as well.....one time i saw it spelt like: pockey as well -rotfl


guess japanese snacks are just so yummy...


how about lo por beng then -drool

[Taxloss]

Lo por beng is certainly Chinese yeah haha, but it's mwoah for me...if I do eat them I always pick the skin layers out and only eat the sweat dough part. -rolleyes

[tamagodaisuki]

there are so many good delicious chinese snacks out there!! love roasted chestnuts!! its considered a chn snack right?

[brown_bear]

Lo por beng is certainly Chinese yeah haha, but it's mwoah for me...if I do eat them I always pick the skin layers out and only eat the sweat dough part. -rolleyes
its mwoah?? i dont get it???

you pick all the layers off -shock....but thats the greatness in it as well >.<.....my sis does that as well...


hey have you guys tried the lo kung beng??

[Taxloss]

its mwoah?? i dont get it???

you pick all the layers off -shock....but thats the greatness in it as well >.<.....my sis does that as well...


hey have you guys tried the lo kung beng??

I'm not really fond of lo por beng, but if you ofer me a freshly made one I won't mind eating it, witout the skin layers that is. :P

Never heard of lo kung beng...guess it's some variation of lo por beng?

[brown_bear]

really.....yeh i heard it in HK and used in tVB programmes...mebe ah wong.....i dunno....but yeh....theres lo kung beng nows as well......


noways no skin....not as nice wor......but speaking of fresh stuff.....i love fresh daan tarts -drool

[Thisdamngood]

^yea, I really like daan tarts. I like all dim sum when I go yum cha with my parents.

[dreyvii]

guess it all boils down to eating in moderation. But once I start on those snacks, I can never stop chomping til it's all gone!! LOL

[erichau]

I was eating dinner today and my mom told me to stop buying those salty, sweet, sour snacks they have at Chinese Supermarkets because supposidley she heard from the Chinese news......again, that they are bad for your health and can kill you because they came from China, or something like that.

She said something like they add a lot of deadly preservatives and other stuff to stop it from going bad and stuff like that.

She also said something about those Shredded pieces of Squid that they do something to it so its really white and attractive so people will buy it. Whatever they added was bad for your health and if you eat a lot of it, it's gonna kill you. Even the Beef Jerky you find in chinese supermarkets she said is bad ( But it's from Canada, it says so on the box, lol), and she wants me to stop buying them.

How could someone not live with salty chinese snacks. Is Pocky okay, hehehe

All asian parents are like that.

"IS THAT FROM CHINA??!?!?!? OMG NO! NO! ITS PROBABLY MADE FROM DIRT OR GARBAGE!"

Just show the lable that says "Made in *anywhere but PRC*"

Like bubble tea : I heard theyre made from trees!
sichuan food - secondhand oil or garbage oil...

Blah china is 100% crazy... Everyday u turn on the hong kong news, something wacky from china

[dreyvii]

^ But then, by personal experience, some of the things reported in the news are true!! I've personally seen how some of the preserved meat is made, and it's really turned me off! Moral of the story is, close not one, but both eyes while enjoying your favourite food! What you don't know won't hurt you. LOL