Who’s responsible for decolonizing a mindset?

Full video and recipe for this stock (it’s called Superior Stock) on my channel as well as a recipe for ginger scallion oil.

[PrimarchSanguinius]

Minority kids who grew up in the Midwest know this pain. I still keep in touch with some of my friends from high school and we've all had our own existential crises about coming to accept the quasi-mainstream acceptance of our cuisines. As someone from Indian heritage I grew pretty accustomed to having curry be likened to, "shit, " and other jokes focusing on odor and poverty in general. My friends of East Asian heritage had to deal with the wonderful stigma of, "eating dogs, " and the like. Fast forward to our twenties and we see the same MFs who were terrorizing us about our food posting on Instagram and Twitter about the new hip Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, etc. eatery. Maybe I'm weak-willed but it took a herculean effort to not call out these same people who denigrated our cuisines growing up but were now okay with paying thirty fucking dollars for a plate of sub-par biryani. It just seems like a common thread amongst most of the PoC millennials I've met who also grew up in conservative towns unfortunately.

Also LFO sucks.

[justhereforthevideos]

Growing up I heard the msg thing but as a kid in the 80s I always loved when my Asian classmates brought treats I had never seen! They were always happy to share and I was happy to try new things lol. I can't say other kids were as open minded, but this video brought a nice memory

[dantethegiant]

I am loving the historic food commentary content, it really gets me hype about food, love this type of education and representation while you're teaching us how to cook healthy amazing food while also talking about representation and being proud of ones heritage. You're doing amazing things Keep it up.

[NP-zldz]

Having watched the longer videos before and knowig how the recipe is made, I'm always blown away by your audio in shorts. Like I've never thought more while ignoring the images in front of me

[saltyypretzell]

Anti MSG fear mongering is a sentence I never thought I’d hear lol

[MirrorSound]

It feels good knowing you're out here standing up for this unseen problem. Even to this day I see my smart friends talk about how bad msg is for you.. keep up your good work king.

[gwynething]

Love that you made a deeper look at decolonization of food (which I'd seen you briefly mention in another short) and how much the comments at the top are more responsive and often full of POC reflections on their experiences!

[jodrew]

I had a kid who would pick at my food because I was chubby (that was a thing in the 60's), not because of cultural reasons. We were all black kids but little did I know that he hoped I would stop eating my food and throw it away so he could retrieve it for himself. I only found out about his intention when we reached our late teens and I said something to the affect of; you always think you're better than me, why are you always working like a grown-up. His response broke my heart; he teared up and said if he didn't work, he wouldn't have money for food or clothes because his grandmother, who was raising him was sick and he needed to take care of himself.

In the 60's, black families weren't as assaulted as they were in later decades so this was a BIG deal to me. I would see him occasionally as we became adults but I never forgot that statement he shared with me. Sometimes jealousy is the reason for the attacks, when you're a child, you cannot recognize nuances in behavior as you would in adulthood.

[joonchild]

I'm Māori and the one thing I got mocked about is such a big part of us as people. It is called a hangi and its typically foods like meat, potatoes, kumara(sweet potatoes) other vegetables and stuffing. It was made usually on a special occasion and normally cooked in the ground. You dig a deep whole in the ground and it's cooked with hot rocks for hours and comes out so beautiful♡
The food we use is so normal so when I moved to a different country and told people that I was craving hangi, they would look at me weird and ask what it was. I would explain and the look on their face was always brushed with a hint of disgust, comments like "ew, are you too poor to cook in an oven?" Or "that sounds disgusting... atleast wr have better food here" always hurt my heart because not only was my cultures food delicious but the process of making it always brought people together. I got in my feels a few times but I'm over it now lol.

[sayheykay]

All I can say is thank you. This is so eloquently said and explained. So I thank you for shedding light on this subject.

[diodelvino]

Thank you for this, I'm American born Haitian, and all throughout my early childhood other kids in school always made fun of us and Africans, and spread rumors about what we eat and disrespecting our culture. So i understand where you're getting at, now adays alot of people love our food because of all the hardwork of restaurant owners, and we're doing better at reclaiming the narrative about our food and culture

[Meowmeowmeow]

I remember being in 1st grade and that was when we brought cupcakes to school for your birthday. I was so excited to bring my class a treat for my birthday because it was my first birthday in America. I had just moved from Costa Rica to Wisconsin and had justttt graduated from my ESL class to class with all the other regular English speaking kids. I wanted to bring my class arroz con leche, which is a very beloved treat in Costa Rica so I thought everyone would love it. My mom spent all night cooking it and packaging it up and cute lil containers and I was beyond stoked to share it with my class. NOTHING will ever compare to the absolute regret and shame I felt listening to everyone (including the teachers) say “this is nasty” or how it looked “disgusting”. My mom took time out of her hotel cleaning job to come and distribute the treats and the sadness in her face as she tried to distract me from other kids comments is something I will never forget. Please don’t call food disgusting.

[DMofnone]

I never heard anything like that growing up poor and white. In fact, having the opportunity to eat food from other cultures was a treat, because it was fresh and healthy. All my parents could afford was hamburger helper. 🤷‍♂️

[gillianneil]

Well said!!! I am Jamaican and honestly my favorite foods apart from my own country is Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese food!!! If it wasn’t for YouTube I would not have tried all these other cultures!! Thank you!!!

[dreamof_me]

I really appreciate you take the time to talk about this stuff. I didn’t wanna take my parent’s food to school but I wanted uncrustables or lunchables? Disgraceful

[claudiawoods]

Wow!! I've been watching every now and again. Subscribed today because of your powerful and empowering message. Thank you.

[YouTubeReady]

I see what you’re saying…because those lies have been told to us constantly. We need to change that perspective regarding our cultural cuisines and foods. But those same ppl who perpetuate those lies need to change their mindsets as well, but we also have to take into account the odds of that actually happening. But nonetheless, I agree with you. Enjoy your day, John!

[anglophone]

I hear all the time that sauerkraut is disgusting, but you don’t see me complaining about racism

[tenwaystowearit]

I could never see myself degrading someone’s cultural cuisine. Why would there ever be a need to do that? I’m so glad I was raised to be a decent person. ✌🏾

[vichano]

I love how much you teach me about culinary culture. Thank you so much for taking the time to both educate and entertain. You're a gem.