Oh wow, I need to say this. I'm a black woman almost 60 years old. I was raised in a predominantly black neighborhood in the 70's. A Vietnamese family moved across the street from me. I became friends with a very smart young lady name Anna, if i remembered correctly and she and her family would invite me over from time to time for dinner and they would serve something like this but it was chicken over rice, I never forgot that and would sometimes look for this because it was so good. Awesome post, thank you for sharing. It brought back a wonderful memory.
Dope Phillipines provided neighbor's in the hood in jersey 90s also. N it tasted like a broth with green onions scallions n rice it was so good but my friend took me to her grand mother's room n we kissed n dryed all clothes on lovin n never was allowed again dam I'm from the Caribbean but still think of her lol it was her fault she used to give me love letters Blair we were like 6 we was dumb lil kids n it was her fault I was the atom
@@IhateAlot718 😂😂the stereotype out of nowhere. I’m sorry that we all don’t have that problem like you wish. You are loved if no one told you that today or EVER.
Being broke/poor really makes you appreciate any warm meal, like having a warm meal instead of something quick from a bag or like some white bread sandwich makes you feel so good! Rice and soy sauce is still one of my favs
Even in the US rice with potato curry can't possibly be mire expensive then white bread or something from the bag.... When I was broke I ate rice with apple souce or grits cooked with milk or rice with the cheapest veg cooked as curry, mainly potatos, carrots frozen peas, zuchhini, cabbage, Kohlrabi.
@@Takazoro Frozen vegetables and chicken quarters are also super cheap. My Albertsons sells a 2lb bag of mixed veg for just $3.49, chicken quarters for $1/lb, and 2lbs of rice for $1.99. Add some soy sauce, and you could get by spending less than $5 a day on food with that and get much better nutrition than you would get from cup noodles. If you need extra fiber and protein, add in some dry beans or lentils, which are insanely cheap as well ($1.29/lb dry = 2lbs wet).
Been there. Once, I struggled so badly because of lack of work, I had pennies left. I swear, I cut a bit of onion, used a tea spoon of tomato paste and a hand full of frozen veggies with a hand full of lentils. cooked it, although it's basically horrible and not much of anything, just the smell made me happy, with a bit of rice. I survived on this for almost 2 weeks. Like you said, we only appreciate things when we don't have them.
@@phoenixskyward9972 omg, same. Ive never had money growing up, so my favorite meal was plain spaghetti (no butter, oil, sauce, whatever) and that was it. You can get spaghetti for $1-2 and it lasts for days! Also, im pretty sensitive to food, so plain spaghetti was better to me anyways 😅
Bro as an indonesian i can verify this but its a diffrent name in every country , also its made out of PORK so its diffrent bc most of us dont eat those
I’m living alone and I’m 19. Life is hard for me right now, I go to college and I work after for two hours at a gas station then I have a night shift at 8 pm at the local grocery store lasting 2 and a half hours. I have to study for my exams and i have to do my assignments too. I’ve been struggling real hard to provide only for me. I never knew how hard stuff would get. Even a simple sandwich and drink can be one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten, I miss my childhood and parents, they have passed. I hope everything will get better and I hope all this struggle will be for the better for me.
The struggle is real, and sometimes it just gets harder for awhile. Im sorry you lost your parents. You got this tho! Once you start seeing some of the gains from your hard work and also impress yourself with how much you can endure, that confidence will help suppport you
girl i cant believe i used to be shamed for eating white rice w soy sauce its so delish! i sometimes added canned tuna also cause we usually had that in the cabinets.. bringing back memories of a lonely childhood lmao
Ah canned tuna and rice 🥰 I had some just last week cause I didn't feel like cooking lunch. It's so good! Lil soy sauce Lil garlic powder and a dab of mayo 😗👌
Rice + soy sauce was, and still is, my number 1 lazy food. I almost always have some rice ready and whenever I just feel like I don't want to cook or make anything, pour a soy sauce or sweet soy sauce on it and voila, a delicious meal is ready. And it's even easier to prepare than instant noodle!
Fried rice is good with "yum yum" sauce which i think has mayonnaise so even though this sounds weird to me maybe tuna would be ok with rice?? As long as good sauce is used ig
I usually dice 3-4 cloves of garlic and fry em until soft(not burnt!) and add leftover rice with some salt and red chili paper. It's honestly soo good. You should try it!
Yes this was exactly my struggle meal. Except we had garlic red chili powder, and not so much oil left in the kitchen, so I just mixed rice + garlic chili powder + salt.
My grandfather was a farmer and used to process amd smoke his own meats. I’ll never forget, he made this one dried meat that looked very similar to this in a Smokey BBQ flavor and in a teriyaki flavor… I’ve been looking for something similar my entire life. THANK YOU! I will be trying this!
When I was in West Africa, they taught me the struggle meal of rice, sprinkled with chicken flavored Maggie seasoning, and a little red palm oil. If you had some sliced onion or cucumber, you're really ballin'! And yes from hanging out with my Asian friends I got rice, soy sauce, and we put sesame oil too. I like to put pepper flakes on both versions.😊
One time that’s all I had and didn’t want to just eat rice for dinner everyday. I remember over hearing my neighbor outside disciplining her kids telling them if they don’t act right they have to eat just plain rice for dinner.. 🫠😪😪 LMAO I was like bro! Ahahah
Everyone always looked at me like a dang freak for eating rice with soy sauce. I'd grab that at school when I just wanted a little something to tide me over until I got home, until the school forbid that. They forced us to buy full meals and not just sides. Utter trash school rules, but I'll still grab some rice and douse it in soy sometimes.
@@Megz1794 but forcing a kid to have a full meal and to pay for it- what if you cant afford that or dont want to spend money on microwave pizza or burgers or whatever schools serve now? better to let people choose what theyll eat as long as they eat something (or sign a waiver).
We make the meat floss in Northern Nigeria called Dambun Nama and it looks exactly like this. We make it out of beef and chicken usually, though I've had ostrich dambu. Rarely, you see fish dambu which is very oily and nice.
Ngl, I've been craving for just rice with soy sauce for a while. When I finally got to eat it with some rice that was still warm, god it tasted better than I was expecting. Food from my childhood really is the best (well... most of them).
Strugle meal in my country just salt and rice If you really poor , you know leftovers rice we dried it in the sun And cook it again Sometime it smell like roten rice That since dutch colonial
Pork floss on rice with an egg, fuckin’ delicious. I’d never heard of the stuff until I started cooking at a Creole/Vietnamese fusion place in New Orleans. I started putting it in the fried rice I’d make for family meal. Same basic dish but y’know, with the rice fried. I love posts like this because of the comments, I really enjoy reading about others’ formative food memories. Food and cooking are truly universal human experiences and I always feel connected to other people when I see stuff like this.
I never knew it was called pork floss. I always called it “that beef jerky dip” because it came in that tobacco dip package and kids would always pretend they were dipping with it and put a big ol clump under their lip and spit on the ground.
I can't relate to all these cooking channels with their fancy ingredients, no one cooks everyday, sometimes you just gotta take a piece of bread and bowl of rice and add some random thing from the fridge
My cousin had a Chinese landlord who used to gift him a huge container of pork floss around Christmas and we'd always tear it up with some rice and beans. Goes great on ramen too.
I remember our home alone meals for me and my younger bro were toast with cinnamon and sugar and those packets of powdered mashed potatoes and some kind of deli meat. Then we’d go in the living room and watch penguins of Madagascar be on the internet completely unsupervised and see something traumatizing. Good times man
😂😂watching Kimbo Slice beat the everything fxck out of someone his size and telling him I ain't finished when the other guy was done, was traumatic and mesmerizing at the same time when you're a kid 😂
When my family was broke broke to the point we couldn’t get anything fresh from the supermarket. Mum would always make us rice with Maggie seasoning soy sauce and just fried egg. That’s it, it lasted us for a couple days even more if you don’t get tired of the taste.
I grew up on rice with "butter" and soy sauce. Sometimes frozen dinners. Throughout my time at a competitive private university, I realized how broke I grew up, just observing what all my new friends and classmates were eating.
About 90% of the time, my mom comes up with the best struggle meals that don't even feel like struggle meals. Ones that are basic struggle meals and ones she'll throw together when she doesn't know what to cook and it works. One of my faves is white rice and cornbeef
@@casedistorted living paycheck to paycheck but you gotta pay a unexpected bill or buy kids clothes or shoes etc so you need to make what money you have last
I don't know why but this video makes me sad about the poverty in the Philippines, Millions of people eat this everyday because of the lack of money, some of them don't even have soy sauce and/or even rice, some of them use salt as a substitute for soy sauce and cassava for rice
My grandfather’s nurse was from the Philippines & she made the best dishes including the emergency meals (struggle meal). One time it was boiled eggs with tomato chopped up in it.
We always had rice ready to eat in my family. Both my parents worked a lot and there'd be those evenings where they'd call us and say "heat up the rice and whatever frozen veggies you guys want for dinner." As an adult, I still eat a ton of rice and veggies.
I remember during the 1970s, there were times where all we had was beans and rice. There was always rice leftover. We used to get the free packaged government commodity food. My brother and I would take the dried powdered eggs, spices, mixed it with milk, leftover rice and fry it in leftover recycled oil to make our lunch. Later, we learned to mix it with onions and soy sauce. It was food that kept us full and satisfied...
White rice and pan fried beef link cut up into small pieces to “stretch” the meat. I fed this to my son when I used to be broke, broke. There usually wasn’t enough for me cuz I needed it to last til the next day. He’s 17 and he STILL loves it, even though we’re not broke, broke anymore. God is SO good🙌🏾!
Why do couples who are clearly struggling financially want to have a kid? Youre kid is not gonna be eating or living good so why not work harder earn more money then talk about having kids
@@HeyhitmeBAM man, cat food is even more expensive than rice 😂😂😂 We basically combine rice+soy sauce, rice+oil+a dash of salt. That's our struggle meal when we were young.
@@HeyhitmeBAM I wasn’t commenting on the food she was making, I was commenting on the fact that she called it a “struggle meal.” Her version of a “struggle meal” was something she made for herself when her parents weren’t home. What my family called a “struggle meal” was something you’d have to eat 4 to 5 days a week for dinner (grilled cheese, hot dogs, baked potatoes, etc.) because we couldn’t afford anything else
My struggle meal is something my mom showed me. Its a tortilla with ham and cheese folded in half then put on a pan. The cheese melts the ham gets warm and the tortilla is just perfect. At my house we always had left over tortillas.
YESSS oh my god both if those combos were my childhood, and even to now. My all time favorite comfort food is rice, soy sauce and a fried egg. You get the saltiness from the soy sauce and like the creaminess from the egg with the occasional crunch from the outside, UGH it’s so good
this is SUCH a taiwanese meal! I visited Taiwan just 2 weeks ago since it’s been years and every food stall was selling these ingredients in one way or another. so comforting and filled with love
I add a little sesame oil too. *chefs kiss*. We eat rice, soy sauce and sesame oil with fried eggs sometimes, and as a kid my parents called it “Chinese specialty”. Still one of my most nostalgic meals. Also, as a kid said “soy sauce and sesame oil” more often than “salt and pepper”
As a Filipino American, i must say that this is so relatable on every level. Except the chopsticks part, i just ate with my hands and suffered sticky skin later
Mexico and Philippines share so many similarities when it comes to culture and food…I’m sure there is a good amount of dna mixed within both countries via the Galleon trade for hundreds of years between Manila and Acapulco
The American childhood equivalent for me was buttered pasta (or maybe just olive oil) with salt and pepper. Buttered white rice with soy sauce was also a favorite, especially later when grown and living with roommates during hard times. A rice cooker is one of the best investments.
I had gotten let go from a job because they downsized and fired all the temps. My dad just 'knew' it was because I was 'lazy' and was so upset that he grabbed a social friend and told me I'd be house-sitting for a few days. (Mainly just to get me out of the house to avoid 'confrontation'.) During this time I made one meal because I didn't want to be a bother and it lasted almost all five days for me. I spent all five days at the other house, watching two small dogs, and playing Dark Souls (as it had just come to PC). I put wild rice, black beans, chicken breast, tomato, and some spices in. I couldn't have used more than $20 of materials. I cooked the chicken until it was easily shredded, then added more water and cooked the rice and beans, adding the tomato mix with some spices later. My actual struggle meal as I was dealing with major depression at the time.
Depression is very much a crippling issue. It’s so hard to overcome, but it ABSOLUTELY CAN BE DONE! I sincerely hope you’ve found your way out! Nobody should ever have to suffer in silence!! If you’re still struggling, I’m here. To just listen, or offer you resources. Whatever you need! Whatever ANYBODY needs!! You’re 1000% not alone. In your struggle, or in this world! 🖤🖤
That sounds really good. Our rice cooker just died, it was my husbands before he was with me and we met in 2015, have been together since 2016, married since 2018. RIP rice cooker, we have been looking for a replacement but it’s amazing how much rice we actually eat each week, it’s great since I have major depression and if he cooks something else I can at least put the rice cooker on without feeling overwhelmed- hope things are okay with you now ❤🫂
That pork floss looks like Machacado but pulled apart. Machacado con huevo is soooo good🤤 Your dish looks good as well! I love the simplicity of cooked rice with butter but soy sauce is a great choice too.
When I was younger, our struggle meal was cornbeef and rice. Folks would season the cornbeef, add onions sometimes corn. 🌽 Was one of my best meals growing up!! 😋
I'm so sorry you didn't grow up with eating grilled tomahawk steaks, lobster, shrimp, lamb beef and sushi as a child! :( Cause that was and still is one of the BEST meals l've ever eaten in my life :)) even crayfish is delicious here, lm so glad l got to experience all of that as a child :3
Yooooo this definitely hits home for me. A bowl of steaming rice with Magi sauce and a fried egg was a staple meal I had growing up. Heck even today in my adult years I still eat this. 👍🏻
pork floss is my childhood fav food all time! Put it on some rice and it’s all done, very well seasoned makes ur plain rice 100% better, I think without soy sauce will just be as good! I just put some pork floss and rice that’s all! Best dish of all times
Honestly the pork floss used to be my go to all the time when I used to live in Thailand, the sweet taste goes so well with the rice and soya sauce, I also like to eat it with the tin pickled cabbage soooo good 🤤🤤
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As a fellow Vietnamese, I definitely have had these on days where there really wasn’t much at home. In the Southern dialect, we called these “chà bông”
I'd agree that it's delicious, but it's still a struggle meal because it's something affordable for people that don't make much (I've been raised with a lot of rice/canned good meals).
Cambodian here, mines was Rice with over easy eggs,usually bottom side fried nice and crisp, and sprinkle some soy sauce and some blacc pepper. That sh!t be hittin forreal
My struggle meal is hot rice, seaweed and a can of tuna; it can’t be beat. But if you have a little bit more time than 2 minutes and the ingredients you can make a spicy tuna bibimbap with lettuce and rice in less time it takes to make a BLT.
@@MrAhuraMazda I mean to make the Tuna bibimbap is just soy sauce, gochujang, red pepper flakes, sugar and sesame oil. It’s pretty standard stuff. Adding avocado is a bit rich though; I personally wouldn’t do that.
@@MrAhuraMazda Canned tuna with rice and seaweed isn’t a struggle meal? These things are very cheap and 2 out of the 3 ingredients are in most people’s pantry 😂 struggle meals aren’t always just bread and butter sandwiches or ramen lol.
For me growing up in a south Asian household, my favorite meal to have was always rice with yogurt with a little bit of Himalayan salt. It was simple but super filling and it is still one of my favorites!
As an Asian myself too, this is exactly my back up meal as in when my parents don’t go grocery shopping and we have no veggies to cook at home plain rice with egg and soy sauce is exactly it, and same for me, if I’m lucky enough, and I somehow have chicken floss at home I’ll definitely add that and dinner is complete 😂 it’s was my childhood and it’s so nostalgic thinking of it now 😂
OMG! I can't believe! We really are connected, I'm African from Northern Nigeria we have something similar to the pork floss but with beef or chicken, we call it dambun nama! 😂 And the rice thing ours was with vegetable oil, dried chilly, salt /bullion. 😅Delicious! 😊❤
When my best friends sister was vegetarian, she would make a meal similar to this! It would be rice, eggs, green beans and soy sauce. Such a simple but filling snack. Also, I’m pretty sure they sell pork floss to kids here in the US as fake “chew tobacco”. Fake container and all. 😂
My mom would put a few dashes of Italian dressing on rice. For some reason I thought this was delicious and a delicacy. Years later, i Realize she was waiting for the paycheck to hit her account so we could go buy real food! Great memories and I like seeing how folks of all cultures dress up their rice.
My go to for every meal is some rice and whatever meat I have in the fridge. It’s satisfying and quick to whip up. Especially since I always have cooked rice in the house.
Rice and soy sauce make the best struggle meals. Even now I'll top it with fried spam and eggs cuz its so damn good. Growing up a Vietnamese kid, the food was always phenomenal
Because.. "Why not?"
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Oh wow, I need to say this. I'm a black woman almost 60 years old. I was raised in a predominantly black neighborhood in the 70's. A Vietnamese family moved across the street from me. I became friends with a very smart young lady name Anna, if i remembered correctly and she and her family would invite me over from time to time for dinner and they would serve something like this but it was chicken over rice, I never forgot that and would sometimes look for this because it was so good. Awesome post, thank you for sharing. It brought back a wonderful memory.
Dope Phillipines provided neighbor's in the hood in jersey 90s also. N it tasted like a broth with green onions scallions n rice it was so good but my friend took me to her grand mother's room n we kissed n dryed all clothes on lovin n never was allowed again dam I'm from the Caribbean but still think of her lol it was her fault she used to give me love letters Blair we were like 6 we was dumb lil kids n it was her fault I was the atom
That's why you have high blood pressure. Do better
As a Vietnamese I can say that your neighbour is just like any neighbour here in Viet Nam, super friendly.
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@@IhateAlot718 😂😂the stereotype out of nowhere. I’m sorry that we all don’t have that problem like you wish. You are loved if no one told you that today or EVER.
Being broke/poor really makes you appreciate any warm meal, like having a warm meal instead of something quick from a bag or like some white bread sandwich makes you feel so good! Rice and soy sauce is still one of my favs
asian does eat rice.
Even in the US rice with potato curry can't possibly be mire expensive then white bread or something from the bag....
When I was broke I ate rice with apple souce or grits cooked with milk or rice with the cheapest veg cooked as curry, mainly potatos, carrots frozen peas, zuchhini, cabbage, Kohlrabi.
@@Jane_Fridayin the United States that’s pretty expensive in the states broke people can only afford 99cent noodles bologna and white bread
@@Takazoro Frozen vegetables and chicken quarters are also super cheap. My Albertsons sells a 2lb bag of mixed veg for just $3.49, chicken quarters for $1/lb, and 2lbs of rice for $1.99. Add some soy sauce, and you could get by spending less than $5 a day on food with that and get much better nutrition than you would get from cup noodles. If you need extra fiber and protein, add in some dry beans or lentils, which are insanely cheap as well ($1.29/lb dry = 2lbs wet).
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I entirely agree, rice and soy sauce is amazing
Even when I’m sick, hot rice, a drop or two of sesame oil, and soy sauce is amazing.
mix in a pad of butter. life changing. so simple yet amazing. can also garnish with green onion and sesame seeds.
@@mematt8955 for sure
@@ScienceReasonLove hmm true, totally bomb
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Times are tough but with simple meals like this will most definitely get you through, makes you appreciate the little things more! 😅❤
Been there. Once, I struggled so badly because of lack of work, I had pennies left. I swear, I cut a bit of onion, used a tea spoon of tomato paste and a hand full of frozen veggies with a hand full of lentils. cooked it, although it's basically horrible and not much of anything, just the smell made me happy, with a bit of rice. I survived on this for almost 2 weeks. Like you said, we only appreciate things when we don't have them.
@@phoenixskyward9972 omg, same. Ive never had money growing up, so my favorite meal was plain spaghetti (no butter, oil, sauce, whatever) and that was it. You can get spaghetti for $1-2 and it lasts for days! Also, im pretty sensitive to food, so plain spaghetti was better to me anyways 😅
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The simplest meals are the best ones to be honest.
Yes because some food is taste odd when it's overpower so ye simple is the best
I remember eating eggs and bacon for dinner and since im Asian you gotta have some rice on there
@@dericmatthewsoliman ye rice we Asians love rice
Chicken and rice for me, and you can spice that ish up with all kinds of flavours!!!
Because we all lazy ass f*ck haha
It called Abon. Cracked a raw egg and mix with hot rice. That was my struggle meal . Some top with green onions.
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@@aryapatel4445 a man of culture right there 🗿
Yup. My favourite is also rice, fried egg, and abon. But instead of salty soy sauce, I like to add Kecap, which is sweet soy sauce. Sweet on sweet 😊
Bro as an indonesian i can verify this but its a diffrent name in every country , also its made out of PORK so its diffrent bc most of us dont eat those
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I’m living alone and I’m 19. Life is hard for me right now, I go to college and I work after for two hours at a gas station then I have a night shift at 8 pm at the local grocery store lasting 2 and a half hours. I have to study for my exams and i have to do my assignments too.
I’ve been struggling real hard to provide only for me. I never knew how hard stuff would get. Even a simple sandwich and drink can be one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten, I miss my childhood and parents, they have passed. I hope everything will get better and I hope all this struggle will be for the better for me.
The struggle is real, and sometimes it just gets harder for awhile. Im sorry you lost your parents. You got this tho! Once you start seeing some of the gains from your hard work and also impress yourself with how much you can endure, that confidence will help suppport you
sending love
Same bro.Hope your suitation get better ❤.
hang in there man, been there done that and it gets better if you're persistent ❤
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girl i cant believe i used to be shamed for eating white rice w soy sauce its so delish! i sometimes added canned tuna also cause we usually had that in the cabinets.. bringing back memories of a lonely childhood lmao
Ah canned tuna and rice 🥰 I had some just last week cause I didn't feel like cooking lunch. It's so good! Lil soy sauce Lil garlic powder and a dab of mayo 😗👌
Rice + soy sauce was, and still is, my number 1 lazy food.
I almost always have some rice ready and whenever I just feel like I don't want to cook or make anything, pour a soy sauce or sweet soy sauce on it and voila, a delicious meal is ready.
And it's even easier to prepare than instant noodle!
Yes , thank you!! I used to do rice soy sauce and tuna and was called weird
But it’s so good 😅
@@artemisameretsu6905 yumm😊
Fried rice is good with "yum yum" sauce which i think has mayonnaise so even though this sounds weird to me maybe tuna would be ok with rice?? As long as good sauce is used ig
A protein with rice and a veggie is my go to when I don’t feel like cooking a big meal . It’s healthy and filling. Can’t beat that.
Word UP KERA…
That's sounds really good 🙏🏽
STRAIGHT FACTS. An egg with rice and im set for the morning
@@blacksunstudios1147 that actually sounds good for breakfast
I usually dice 3-4 cloves of garlic and fry em until soft(not burnt!) and add leftover rice with some salt and red chili paper. It's honestly soo good. You should try it!
I'm really surprised that nobody noticed "red chili paper"...
@@cummaster7542well we all know they mean so its fine
I like chili paper too. 👍
Yes this was exactly my struggle meal. Except we had garlic red chili powder, and not so much oil left in the kitchen, so I just mixed rice + garlic chili powder + salt.
I looooove chili paper ❤😂
My grandfather was a farmer and used to process amd smoke his own meats. I’ll never forget, he made this one dried meat that looked very similar to this in a Smokey BBQ flavor and in a teriyaki flavor… I’ve been looking for something similar my entire life. THANK YOU! I will be trying this!
They sell it at convenient stores as jerky chew lol
Mine was warm rice with ghee, salt and pepper! As an Indian, ghee was a staple. That struggle meal just slapped.
Its wild how expensive ghee is in America, but that sounds sooo good! 😭
is gee just clarified butter?
@@bil-v6h yes it is!
@@ruthsandra1521 ty
Isnt there a whole meal around this dish....
Pot full of rice which you slightly burn and get a crust
Rice and ghee
Some parts of Mexica make that pork floss. They call it “machacado”. Goes amazing with scrambled eggs and some beans.
Huevos rancheros con machacado
It's the best!!! And to make it stretch we added migas (fried tortillas)
Sounds banging, so im gonna find and try it!!
Eggs!! Luxury, we could never afford eggs, we just used to boil stones to go with out machacado and arroz.
Damn my mom bought a lb of that meat when she came back
Growing up with a Korean single parent rice was always available and seaweed so that was my go to meal when we were home alone.
Yum. Did your mom make seaweed soup? Then, you add rice to it. My favorite soup that my mom made. Yum.
Same!!! Or rice soy sauce & sesame oil
"Korean single parent" threw me off.
I love roasted seaweed with rice, I just made it again today.🍚
completely relatable except i eat it when i'm not struggling too
When I was in West Africa, they taught me the struggle meal of rice, sprinkled with chicken flavored Maggie seasoning, and a little red palm oil. If you had some sliced onion or cucumber, you're really ballin'! And yes from hanging out with my Asian friends I got rice, soy sauce, and we put sesame oil too. I like to put pepper flakes on both versions.😊
Oh..maggi seasoning was/is Life 😂
We use it in Iraq and my friend from the Philippines uses it too.
I just had some torgborgee the other day. It was smackin.
I’m Liberian American btw
@@miriammanolov9135it’s just flavored MSG. Same as what you get in instant ramen packs.
Bro in south African I just eat rice and aromat even when we have food
Now you could start a restaurant and serve that as a side and charge $10 for it.
At one point in life, we’ve had just a bowl of rice as a meal.
why if you don't mind me asking?
@@nooral-sager6031easy and cheap meal
Rice is everyday meal in Asia
with some salt on it
One time that’s all I had and didn’t want to just eat rice for dinner everyday. I remember over hearing my neighbor outside disciplining her kids telling them if they don’t act right they have to eat just plain rice for dinner.. 🫠😪😪 LMAO I was like bro! Ahahah
Everyone always looked at me like a dang freak for eating rice with soy sauce. I'd grab that at school when I just wanted a little something to tide me over until I got home, until the school forbid that. They forced us to buy full meals and not just sides. Utter trash school rules, but I'll still grab some rice and douse it in soy sometimes.
That's truly insane because that combo is fire they missing out
School really milking every penny out of students.
@@whataworldlol well to be fair kids do need more than just a snack or side at school especially if they wanna stay tide over until they get home
@@Megz1794depends on the person I didn’t really get that hungry at school as a kid
@@Megz1794 but forcing a kid to have a full meal and to pay for it- what if you cant afford that or dont want to spend money on microwave pizza or burgers or whatever schools serve now? better to let people choose what theyll eat as long as they eat something (or sign a waiver).
Yes!!! Rice for breakfast, fried egg, dry meat and avocado works Sooo well too. Even Machaca 😊 Nori too 😋
We make the meat floss in Northern Nigeria called Dambun Nama and it looks exactly like this. We make it out of beef and chicken usually, though I've had ostrich dambu. Rarely, you see fish dambu which is very oily and nice.
I ate that when I schooled in Jos! It was the bizniz!
@@mungalowcrooningswithabian7831the business or the bees knees?? 😂
Neat!
Hyena meat dambu 😂🤣😂🤢🤮
@@bobbyjohnson8968 it’s cow meat man what are you talking about?
White rice + soy sauce is the absolute goat, that was my fav childhood dish and still holds a special place in my heart
i’ve elevated as an adult though & use liquid knors seasoning instead of soy 😭
Ngl, I've been craving for just rice with soy sauce for a while. When I finally got to eat it with some rice that was still warm, god it tasted better than I was expecting. Food from my childhood really is the best (well... most of them).
Nah also rice with salt too
Rice and soy sauce is my fav😋
But it's not nutricious without some veg and meat. You're just eating salt and starch.
As a Japanese I always made onigiri with only salt and rice. It seems like too simple. But I loved it when I was a kid.
sometimes simple is just what you need :)
Pan toasted onigiri! Yummmmmy !
For me, if it was available it was Ikameshi
I'm American, I also love making salted onigiri to take to work. Sometimes I make tuna onigiri, but only salt and rice is the best.
Strugle meal in my country just salt and rice
If you really poor , you know leftovers rice we dried it in the sun
And cook it again
Sometime it smell like roten rice
That since dutch colonial
For some reason I LOVE White rice with butter and garlic salt. It’s so good it sounds bland and strange but it’s like salty sweet buttery and perfect
Simple food can be the most satisfying gourmet meal.
Pork floss on rice with an egg, fuckin’ delicious. I’d never heard of the stuff until I started cooking at a Creole/Vietnamese fusion place in New Orleans. I started putting it in the fried rice I’d make for family meal. Same basic dish but y’know, with the rice fried.
I love posts like this because of the comments, I really enjoy reading about others’ formative food memories. Food and cooking are truly universal human experiences and I always feel connected to other people when I see stuff like this.
I never knew it was called pork floss. I always called it “that beef jerky dip” because it came in that tobacco dip package and kids would always pretend they were dipping with it and put a big ol clump under their lip and spit on the ground.
You are making my mouth watery 😢
What’s the name of the restaurant?
Not halal ❌
@@sal_strazzulloi mean, not everyone is muslim
I can't relate to all these cooking channels with their fancy ingredients, no one cooks everyday, sometimes you just gotta take a piece of bread and bowl of rice and add some random thing from the fridge
Rice has saved me more times than i can count. Perfect budget meal
A 50 kilogram sack of rice can last a month or two, depending on appetite.
My cousin had a Chinese landlord who used to gift him a huge container of pork floss around Christmas and we'd always tear it up with some rice and beans. Goes great on ramen too.
Lol
A kind landlord? That's awesome
Lmao
@@doomguy2020 a “kind landlord” still takes 1-2/3 of your paycheck
@@camarada7274 thats every landlord:/
I remember our home alone meals for me and my younger bro were toast with cinnamon and sugar and those packets of powdered mashed potatoes and some kind of deli meat. Then we’d go in the living room and watch penguins of Madagascar be on the internet completely unsupervised and see something traumatizing. Good times man
Lol. Fuckin facts!
😂😂watching Kimbo Slice beat the everything fxck out of someone his size and telling him I ain't finished when the other guy was done, was traumatic and mesmerizing at the same time when you're a kid 😂
Bro this made me laugh out loud 😂😂😂😂
We're internet is like the darkweb back then 😂
Same. But that was so much better than having my alcoholic parents at home.
This video is amazing! The food looks so delicious, and I love how easy the instructions are to follow.
When my family was broke broke to the point we couldn’t get anything fresh from the supermarket. Mum would always make us rice with Maggie seasoning soy sauce and just fried egg. That’s it, it lasted us for a couple days even more if you don’t get tired of the taste.
that maggie seasoning soy sauce is the best. 💯
I grew up on rice with "butter" and soy sauce. Sometimes frozen dinners. Throughout my time at a competitive private university, I realized how broke I grew up, just observing what all my new friends and classmates were eating.
bro thats just a regular fried rice for my family 🥲 and I wouldnt call that broke food
About 90% of the time, my mom comes up with the best struggle meals that don't even feel like struggle meals. Ones that are basic struggle meals and ones she'll throw together when she doesn't know what to cook and it works. One of my faves is white rice and cornbeef
Never heard the term struggle meal before, is it like vibes or something for the young gen?
@@casedistorted living paycheck to paycheck but you gotta pay a unexpected bill or buy kids clothes or shoes etc so you need to make what money you have last
Omg growing up in philippines my beloved cousin introduced us to rice,soy sauce,and pork oil (mantika) soooooo good!
Yesss I had a phase as a kid where this is all I craved for a meal 😂
I don't know why but this video makes me sad about the poverty in the Philippines,
Millions of people eat this everyday because of the lack of money, some of them don't even have soy sauce and/or even rice, some of them use salt as a substitute for soy sauce and cassava for rice
My grandfather’s nurse was from the Philippines & she made the best dishes including the emergency meals (struggle meal). One time it was boiled eggs with tomato chopped up in it.
Rice soy and butter.
I love rice with garlic sauce idk why but it's sooo comforting
This lets me know, a lot of us struggled, and we all learned the STRUGGLE IS REAL…whether black, white, Asian, Indian… we survived!!!!
Yes! And, having lived in poverty in Mexico, I learned our poor in America still have it way better than most poor in the world. ❤😃
asian, indian lmao
Ngl as a Vietnamese American. This is my struggle meal right here with the rice with soy sauce and the pork stuff lmao.
Same for me as a thai american
Cap
Lay off the soy it’ll shrink your meat
@@JediBare cap to you having PBJs then
@@JediBare ok
I used to be a really picky eater. Rice with soy sauce, and spaghetti with butter were my two comfort foods.
Spaghetti with butter yesss! ❤️👌🏼 I’m from Scotland and that was something I would eat as a young yin lol
I would do the spaghetti noodles with butter, Parmesan, garlic and basil… still do it as an adult sometimes 😅
This looks so comforting!
We always had rice ready to eat in my family. Both my parents worked a lot and there'd be those evenings where they'd call us and say "heat up the rice and whatever frozen veggies you guys want for dinner." As an adult, I still eat a ton of rice and veggies.
I remember during the 1970s, there were times where all we had was beans and rice. There was always rice leftover. We used to get the free packaged government commodity food. My brother and I would take the dried powdered eggs, spices, mixed it with milk, leftover rice and fry it in leftover recycled oil to make our lunch. Later, we learned to mix it with onions and soy sauce. It was food that kept us full and satisfied...
That is humbling.
White rice and pan fried beef link cut up into small pieces to “stretch” the meat. I fed this to my son when I used to be broke, broke. There usually wasn’t enough for me cuz I needed it to last til the next day. He’s 17 and he STILL loves it, even though we’re not broke, broke anymore. God is SO good🙌🏾!
Aw glad to hear that you’re in a better situation and sorry to hear about those difficult times
Glad you have better times now.
I feel it I been there & glad to hear you're beyond it now 🙌🙌
Why do couples who are clearly struggling financially want to have a kid? Youre kid is not gonna be eating or living good so why not work harder earn more money then talk about having kids
GOD BLESS YOU N YOUR SON YALL WILL NEVER BE BROKE AGAIN BCUZ U GIVE THANKS TO GOD BE SURE TO TEACH YOUR SON TO DO THE SAME.
YES. i always have rice and soy sauce as a snack! it’s just so goodd. and sometimes my dad brings home that dried meat stuff and it’s so good!
I love how our lingo is adopted by everyone! That is so awesome! Great simple meals too. ☺️
Honey, when I was younger a “struggle meal” was code for “we’re broke.”😂😂😂
This is pretty much rice and soy sauce. What’s cheaper, cat food?
@@HeyhitmeBAM man, cat food is even more expensive than rice 😂😂😂
We basically combine rice+soy sauce, rice+oil+a dash of salt. That's our struggle meal when we were young.
@@HeyhitmeBAM I wasn’t commenting on the food she was making, I was commenting on the fact that she called it a “struggle meal.” Her version of a “struggle meal” was something she made for herself when her parents weren’t home. What my family called a “struggle meal” was something you’d have to eat 4 to 5 days a week for dinner (grilled cheese, hot dogs, baked potatoes, etc.) because we couldn’t afford anything else
My struggle meal is something my mom showed me.
Its a tortilla with ham and cheese folded in half then put on a pan.
The cheese melts the ham gets warm and the tortilla is just perfect. At my house we always had left over tortillas.
Sounds yummy and economical
Smoked shredded pork over white rice with soy sauce or soy miso ginger, broccoli and kim chi has become one of my absolute favorite meals.
Her struggle meal 2.0 would've been a 3 course meal for me... Cheers to humble beginnings! ✌🏾
YESSS oh my god both if those combos were my childhood, and even to now. My all time favorite comfort food is rice, soy sauce and a fried egg. You get the saltiness from the soy sauce and like the creaminess from the egg with the occasional crunch from the outside, UGH it’s so good
HELL YEAH (high five!)
My wife is Korean and she cooks us "struggle meals" too, but she calls it, "poor man food" which we really love, thanks for sharing ❤❤❤
this is SUCH a taiwanese meal! I visited Taiwan just 2 weeks ago since it’s been years and every food stall was selling these ingredients in one way or another. so comforting and filled with love
I add a little sesame oil too. *chefs kiss*. We eat rice, soy sauce and sesame oil with fried eggs sometimes, and as a kid my parents called it “Chinese specialty”. Still one of my most nostalgic meals. Also, as a kid said “soy sauce and sesame oil” more often than “salt and pepper”
Oh my gosh no matter what sesame oil is the best thing ever, I always add it to my white rice when I can (if it pairs well)
As a Filipino American, i must say that this is so relatable on every level. Except the chopsticks part, i just ate with my hands and suffered sticky skin later
Mexico and Philippines share so many similarities when it comes to culture and food…I’m sure there is a good amount of dna mixed within both countries via the Galleon trade for hundreds of years between Manila and Acapulco
Some pinoys still eat with spoons ds days tho
I'm a Filipino living in Canada and I still use my hands because it tastes better 😂
Tou coukd wash your hands afterwards.
A hot dog was probably my filipino 2.0. I resorted to this most when i lived w stepmom and dad to get that FIX.
As a Vietnamese American, I can confirm I (and the rest of my family ) love that combo. The simplicity of it I guess just really draws me to it.
Agree
She missed the cucumbers
As a fellow 1st gen Asian American, I can confirm.
American, if you was born here lol 🇺🇸👍🏼
@@littleepandaaFOR REALLL
There is also pork floss in Nigeria, my mum would always give me some as a snack, sooo good
I think you need to export to Kenya. I want to try sounds goooood😂
That dambun nama (beef floss) or kilishi just slaps. You know that someone really likes you if they bring some to you after a trip back to Nigeria 😂
@@MimiNwabuokuMD lmao that's so true, also thx for saying the actual name of it lol. I wasn't born in Nigeria but I've been there a couple times
American here 🙋🏽♀️ - pardon my ignorance; but what is pork and / or beef “floss”?
I second this
this is still my comfort meal until now
The American childhood equivalent for me was buttered pasta (or maybe just olive oil) with salt and pepper. Buttered white rice with soy sauce was also a favorite, especially later when grown and living with roommates during hard times. A rice cooker is one of the best investments.
seasoned salt is amazing on buttered noodles.
if we were lucky there might have been cheese 😌
I absolutely love butter rice! Lol that’s what we called it. We would be full all night.
Stop with the nostalgia 😂
Oh shit and just noodles with mozzarella like that shit is so good
I remember growing up in Indonesia sometimes I used to eat rice with chicken floss and it would always make me happy lol
This profile pic if urs 😢😅💝
@@aleejjj lol thank you 🥹🥰
I had gotten let go from a job because they downsized and fired all the temps. My dad just 'knew' it was because I was 'lazy' and was so upset that he grabbed a social friend and told me I'd be house-sitting for a few days. (Mainly just to get me out of the house to avoid 'confrontation'.)
During this time I made one meal because I didn't want to be a bother and it lasted almost all five days for me. I spent all five days at the other house, watching two small dogs, and playing Dark Souls (as it had just come to PC).
I put wild rice, black beans, chicken breast, tomato, and some spices in. I couldn't have used more than $20 of materials. I cooked the chicken until it was easily shredded, then added more water and cooked the rice and beans, adding the tomato mix with some spices later.
My actual struggle meal as I was dealing with major depression at the time.
Sounds tasty. Hope you got over your depression issues.
Depression is very much a crippling issue. It’s so hard to overcome, but it ABSOLUTELY CAN BE DONE! I sincerely hope you’ve found your way out! Nobody should ever have to suffer in silence!! If you’re still struggling, I’m here. To just listen, or offer you resources. Whatever you need! Whatever ANYBODY needs!! You’re 1000% not alone. In your struggle, or in this world! 🖤🖤
That sounds really good. Our rice cooker just died, it was my husbands before he was with me and we met in 2015, have been together since 2016, married since 2018. RIP rice cooker, we have been looking for a replacement but it’s amazing how much rice we actually eat each week, it’s great since I have major depression and if he cooks something else I can at least put the rice cooker on without feeling overwhelmed- hope things are okay with you now ❤🫂
@@girl6girl6
It's been ten years so things have gotten better where it matters.
@@blessedx3338
Thank you for your kind words. It was about a decade ago so things have certainly changed since then.
You have a nice calm voice 😊
I always used to eat those but without an egg and on a baguette. Mmmm so good!
That pork floss looks like Machacado but pulled apart. Machacado con huevo is soooo good🤤 Your dish looks good as well! I love the simplicity of cooked rice with butter but soy sauce is a great choice too.
Everything on Lisa's channel is an upgraded struggle meal
Beautiful meal❤❤❤
When I was younger, our struggle meal was cornbeef and rice. Folks would season the cornbeef, add onions sometimes corn. 🌽 Was one of my best meals growing up!! 😋
I'm so sorry you didn't grow up with eating grilled tomahawk steaks, lobster, shrimp, lamb beef and sushi as a child! :(
Cause that was and still is one of the BEST meals l've ever eaten in my life :)) even crayfish is delicious here, lm so glad l got to experience all of that as a child :3
@@Lubin-md4ml bro rubbing it in 💀
Corn corned beef? That's like drinking water in a soda can.
@@unsupportive ofc bro, what child enjoys living on vegetables their whole childhood😐💀
Pacific Islander?
Yooooo this definitely hits home for me. A bowl of steaming rice with Magi sauce and a fried egg was a staple meal I had growing up. Heck even today in my adult years I still eat this. 👍🏻
Dont u mean Maggie sauce
I remember Jack links use to have this little cans that looked like tobacco chew with fluffy jerky in it like that, use to love them as a kid
Was just thinking the same!
I believe Jack links still makes jerky chew, I think it's advertised as a tobacco alternative for people trying to quit, weirdly enough.
It’s still out there! I still buy it at gas stations
Its the exact same thing..
They still sell it.❤
@@user-kz8zr4si3iits not advertised as that.. But its made for a quick protein snack.. Like while hunting..
And odd enough..
A lot of hunters dip..
She just brought back my childhood 😢❤ Makes me wonder where my grandma really from
pork floss is my childhood fav food all time! Put it on some rice and it’s all done, very well seasoned makes ur plain rice 100% better, I think without soy sauce will just be as good! I just put some pork floss and rice that’s all! Best dish of all times
Honestly the pork floss used to be my go to all the time when I used to live in Thailand, the sweet taste goes so well with the rice and soya sauce, I also like to eat it with the tin pickled cabbage soooo good 🤤🤤
You unlocked a core memory LOL
❤ I love your voice. I enjoy the videos but your voice is so soothing and calming to me. I watch the videos just to hear you on some of my bad days. Thanks for the videos. 😋
As a Chinese/Vietnamese/Cambodian/American... this was my go-to meal too... that pork floss tho 🤤
My struggle meal was just balogna on a buttered bagle with mustard... Simple, I still eat it 🤷🏼♂️😅
As a fellow Vietnamese, I definitely have had these on days where there really wasn’t much at home. In the Southern dialect, we called these “chà bông”
This can’t be a struggle meal tho cause this is actually good
I'd agree that it's delicious, but it's still a struggle meal because it's something affordable for people that don't make much (I've been raised with a lot of rice/canned good meals).
I’ve tried the pork floss and it’s delicious. I’m so glad Amazon has all these things abailable
The rice and soy sauce combo is an Asian child classic.
As a Cambodian, I can confirm that rice and soy sauce(and hard-boiled eggs) was my sister's go-to meal...
lol that is literally 90% of fried rice, its just lazy meal now
Cambodian here, mines was Rice with over easy eggs,usually bottom side fried nice and crisp, and sprinkle some soy sauce and some blacc pepper. That sh!t be hittin forreal
Rice eggs and soy sauce lol every South East asian ate this as a kid lol
The magic about Food is it Always brings People together
Omg i love shredded pork, i enjoy it with just plain rice porridge. Havent had it in a long time tho
I might be wrong but I think shredded pork and pork floss are different? Pork floss has an extra step
I definitely had struggle meals growing up, rice and soy sauce exactly 😭 We struggle together and grow wise together ❤️
Pork floss is the best! My sweet Thai neighbor gave me some and it opened my eyes to different cooking methods.
It literally looks like tobacco
As a Thai, I also ate this regularly growing up. The pork floss was gourmet but the egg and soy sauce is a classic.
My struggle meal is hot rice, seaweed and a can of tuna; it can’t be beat. But if you have a little bit more time than 2 minutes and the ingredients you can make a spicy tuna bibimbap with lettuce and rice in less time it takes to make a BLT.
YES I put avocado and mayo and some black pepper and it bangs
None of this is a "struggle meal", trying so hard
@@MrAhuraMazda I mean to make the Tuna bibimbap is just soy sauce, gochujang, red pepper flakes, sugar and sesame oil. It’s pretty standard stuff. Adding avocado is a bit rich though; I personally wouldn’t do that.
@@MrAhuraMazda Canned tuna with rice and seaweed isn’t a struggle meal? These things are very cheap and 2 out of the 3 ingredients are in most people’s pantry 😂 struggle meals aren’t always just bread and butter sandwiches or ramen lol.
@@Omnibushido-the seaweed a little boujee don't lie
For me growing up in a south Asian household, my favorite meal to have was always rice with yogurt with a little bit of Himalayan salt. It was simple but super filling and it is still one of my favorites!
I will have to try that! I’m so curious!!
As an Asian myself too, this is exactly my back up meal as in when my parents don’t go grocery shopping and we have no veggies to cook at home plain rice with egg and soy sauce is exactly it, and same for me, if I’m lucky enough, and I somehow have chicken floss at home I’ll definitely add that and dinner is complete 😂 it’s was my childhood and it’s so nostalgic thinking of it now 😂
That stuff just brought back memories, I used to get powdered beer in a chew can when I was a kid lol
OMG! I can't believe! We really are connected, I'm African from Northern Nigeria we have something similar to the pork floss but with beef or chicken, we call it dambun nama! 😂 And the rice thing ours was with vegetable oil, dried chilly, salt /bullion. 😅Delicious! 😊❤
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When my best friends sister was vegetarian, she would make a meal similar to this! It would be rice, eggs, green beans and soy sauce. Such a simple but filling snack. Also, I’m pretty sure they sell pork floss to kids here in the US as fake “chew tobacco”. Fake container and all. 😂
Love to see different cultures have Different Struggle meals as well 🤣❤Definitely looks better than my Hotdogs and beans
My favorite combo as a kid
Reminds me of my Puertorican version of this meal. White rice, corned beef in a can; sautéed and fried plantain 😊
My favorite meal my mom used to make
My mom would put a few dashes of Italian dressing on rice. For some reason I thought this was delicious and a delicacy. Years later, i Realize she was waiting for the paycheck to hit her account so we could go buy real food! Great memories and I like seeing how folks of all cultures dress up their rice.
Italian chicken n rice be good too. Bake all of it together.
I remember eating just plain jasmine rice and salt with or without a tomato. When it's freshly cooked hot rice, it takes it to another level
It's always a good backup if you dont got something to make or just want to have something to eat with ease. So good
My go to for every meal is some rice and whatever meat I have in the fridge. It’s satisfying and quick to whip up. Especially since I always have cooked rice in the house.
This is an everyday filipino meal, rice and something. 🙂
I love rice 🍚 🌾
Buttered rice and fried spam. The struggle was real 😂😂😂
Rice and soy sauce make the best struggle meals. Even now I'll top it with fried spam and eggs cuz its so damn good. Growing up a Vietnamese kid, the food was always phenomenal
Scrolling thru shorts hungry AF as soon as I saw this I had to made it