😩🎸screamin' mad sean

How Americans treat their gifts.

I think Westerners need to reflect on their values. They find this discourse stupid when it's at the center of a cultural and economic shift. Ube is not just any food stuff. It's associated with Filipino celebrations. The "development" of ube recipes is a very Filipino social experience. We all contribute to it because ube is a symbol of our shared celebrations. Remember the ube cheese pandesal bakers of the pandemic? No one dared to singularly claim to have developed it. They understood the social dimensions of ube. That is why when someone claims to have "developed" a vegan ube ice cream, we are all up in arms. You obviously do not understand the important place that ube holds in our cultural heritage. You also do not understand the impact of the demand has on local supply of ube. So, sorry for your "genuine despair" about the "stupidity of this discourse". We are just outraged by your dismissal of the importance of ube in our culture.

One of the most formative media moments for me was not even knowing avocado toast was a thing until there were news talking heads lambasting the Youth for buying it, then making it and discovering its one of my favorite things. Fresh grilled bread, a little olive oil, mashed avocado with diced red onion and a splash of lime, poached egg, flaky sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, microgreens, splash of good balsamic vinegar