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Information source: South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" reported on the 23rd
文丨S1mple
Editor丨S1mple
People take food as the sky, and this sentence can be said to be correct no matter where you are, after all, no matter who you can't accept if you can't eat enough.
However, there is also a particular aspect of eating, because of the limitation of food resources in different places, the food produced is also very different, the mainland is vast, and there are countless delicacies in various places.
But in South Korea, a strange delicacy has recently emerged, and it has become popular all over Korea as soon as it was developed, and Koreans have even shared the food they found on the Internet.
This delicacy is the "starch toothpick", although experts say that this thing can be eaten, but do not eat too much, but South Korea still set off this trend of eating toothpicks.
Why did South Korea suddenly start eating toothpicks? Can these toothpicks really be eaten as snacks?
Burst of starch toothpicks
I've always wondered if the mental condition of Koreans is still normal, and the three elements of Korean drama heroines twenty or thirty years ago were gentleness, delicateness, and cancer.
But in the past few years, the mental state of the heroines of Korean dramas that have exploded on the Internet have all changed, and they have become crazy critics, and they have to go crazy from time to time.
However, obviously, the mental state of the heroines of Korean dramas in recent years is more suitable for the physique of Korean babies.
It turns out that Koreans just don't sleep, which is understandable, after all, now domestic young people are also staying up late, and one can stay up more than the other.
Although staying up late in Korea is even more exaggerated, exaggerated to the point that it seems that sleep has evolved, the news that came out not long ago really made me a little nervous.
South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reported on January 23 that it has recently set off a wave of eating "deep-fried starch toothpicks" on South Korean social media.
The first time I saw the news, my expression was like this.
Koreans have even developed a different way of using this starch toothpick, which at first just soaked in hot oil and fried until crispy before eating, and later developed a way to boil and eat it.
Of course, dry food is definitely not very good, and Koreans know this, so Koreans will add cheese and hot sauce when they are ready.
Even so, it's hard for me to imagine why there is such a craze for eating "deep-fried starch toothpicks" in Korea.
Not only that, Hong Yun, a well-known comedian in South Korea, also shared this "delicacy" when she was on the show, sometimes she can eat a whole box, and she also shared this "delicacy" with other actors.
If you want to say that this thing can't be eaten at all, then it's not so much, because the main ingredient of this starch toothpick is potato starch or cornstarch, so it must be edible.
But this thing is at most enough for a food grade, but it is definitely not edible, because the relevant departments in South Korea also said that this toothpick was not designed for human consumption at the beginning.
So even though this kind of thing can be eaten, it is not recommended to eat too much.
Many people may have a misunderstanding, that is, when they see some food-grade propaganda, they think that this thing is no different from food, and it must be edible.
But this view is actually wrong.
We open the shopping software and search for it, and a long column can appear under the word food grade, what food grade gloves, food grade plastic bags, food grade silicone tubes, food grade glue and food grade plastic buckets are available.
Of course not, the merchant just tells you that you don't need to panic too much even if these things are accidentally eaten, so it may not be a big deal to eat this thing, but it is definitely not okay to eat it as a snack.
Just like cat food and dog food, from the perspective of raw materials, there is no problem even if it is eaten by people, but if you really want to eat this thing as a meal, it is considered light to have a stomach.
Food grade and edible are two completely different concepts, so don't confuse the two.
So the question is, why do Koreans set off such a craze for fried starch toothpicks, and don't Koreans have nothing to eat?
Eat the back of a toothpick
In fact, there is another news in South Korea recently, that is, prices in South Korea have skyrocketed.
Recently, many domestic flights to South Korea have been carrying rice on the plane, and some passengers have taken advantage of the weight allowance allowed for personal luggage on the flight to start carrying rice to South Korea.
The reason for this is simple, and that is the skyrocketing price of rice in South Korea.
Now the price of rice in Korean supermarkets has come to 35~45 yuan a kilogram, and the price of cabbage in South Korea has risen to 20,000 won a piece since December last year, which is almost about 100 yuan.
The prices of other vegetables, as well as meat, eggs, milk and instant noodles, have also increased to varying degrees.
Now you can understand it, I can only say that South Korea, which regards entertainment as a pillar industry of the country, can even bring the rise in food prices in this slightly funny way.
In fact, this is not the first time that South Korea has done this kind of thing, and some bloggers in South Korea have complained about us before, saying that Chinese do not know that watermelon peels can also be eaten.
After this video came out, a group of Koreans were about to climax, and all kinds of strange remarks emerged one after another.
In fact, it is understandable to Koreans, because in South Korea, you have to spend money to buy watermelon skins, and Korean supermarkets have special clean watermelon skins for sale, and a bag of watermelon skins is about 100 won.
Not only watermelon rinds, but also ears of corn that are made into pig feed and burned as firewood on the mainland have become treasures in South Korea, and Korean experts claim that soaking the ears of corn in water is good for health.
So there was a corn cob of 2,000 won in a Korean supermarket, and there were five in a bag, and one was about two yuan.
I know that this news may seem strange to you, and some people may even wonder if I am making it up for the sake of attracting attention.
I can only say that it is really not, now there are related industries in Liaocheng, Shandong Province in the mainland, which collect corn cobs in the mainland, and then export them to South Korea after processing and packaging.
Looking at it now, what kind of fried starch toothpicks Koreans eat is really nothing, after all, compared to watermelon rind and corn cob
Maybe starch toothpicks are not a rare thing, at least cheap.
The reason for this situation in South Korea is inseparable from its domestic environment.
South Korea is not a large country, and there are few plains and mountains, which makes the arable land area of Korea very small, and it needs to import a large amount of grain from abroad every year.
Why do Koreans like to eat kimchi so much? To be honest, I feel that there is really no choice, otherwise, who would want to eat kimchi three times a day.
However, the taste of Korean kimchi is really good, but if I want to eat it for a long time, forget it.