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andrewstuart | on: EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices
I carefully check the label and try to only buy Australian made 100% food.

I never buy any food ever from China.

nullbio | parent | next
What's that going to help you with?

Ever been to Innisfail? Have you seen them fly small Cessna's over the banana fields and absolutely drench them with pesticides?

They do this with all the crop fields in Aus.

verall | parent | next
It's one of the richest food cultures in the world. If you've never tried sichuan peppercorn on mapo tofu, or pickled mustard greens on noodle dishes, I think you're in for a real treat.

These do involve foods from China though..

bluGill | root | parent | next
They have some really good foods. They also have some really unethical foods. When we only have a broad brush...
andrewstuart | root | parent | next
You can use safe Australian ingredients to cook the recipe.
Kirby64 | root | parent
Where in Australia grows Sichuan peppercorns? They're almost exclusively grown in China and the general regions nearby to my knowledge.
Cerium | root | parent
You can grow them yourself. I had no effort producing more than I can use in only a few years time.
account42 | root | parent
That's great but not an option for everyone.
account42 | root | parent
Eh, tofu is hardly something that anyone is worse of not having.
verall | root | parent
the famed triple negative (also tofu is healthy and delicious)
CoastalCoder | parent | next
Does that meaningfully restrict which foods / ingredients you can get?
SchemaLoad | root | parent | next
In terms of fresh meat and vegetables, it's pretty much all grown/produced in Australia. Anything canned / dried is often imported though. Things like rice or coffee beans you technically can buy Australian grown but you'd have to go out of your way to find it.
andrewstuart | root | parent
No. Australia produces vast variety of food everything you could want to eat aside from more exotic stuff.
chupchap | parent
In Australia, tea and spices are imported predominantly from Asian countries.