Aubrey Gates King wochokera ku USA akukamba za zaka ziwiri zomwe akukhala m'mudzi wina wa ku China ndi momwe adakwanitsira kumamatira ku zakudya zopanda nyama nthawi zonse m'dziko lomwe likuwoneka ngati zosatheka.
"Yunnan ndi chigawo chakumwera chakumadzulo kwa China, kumalire ndi Myanmar, Laos ndi Vietnam. M'dzikolo, chigawochi chimadziwika kuti paradaiso wa anthu okonda kuyenda komanso onyamula zikwama. Wolemera mu chikhalidwe cha anthu ochepa, otchuka chifukwa cha minda ya mpunga, nkhalango zamwala ndi mapiri a chipale chofewa, Yunnan anali mphatso yeniyeni kwa ine.
Ndinabweretsedwa ku China ndi gulu lophunzitsa lopanda phindu lotchedwa Teach For China. Pasukulupo ndinkakhala ndi ana asukulu 500 ndi aphunzitsi ena 25. Pamsonkhano woyamba ndi mphunzitsi wamkulu wa sukuluyo, ndinamufotokozera kuti sindidya nyama ngakhale mazira. Palibe mawu oti "vegan" m'Chitchaina, amawatcha ma vegans. Mkaka ndi mkaka sizimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri muzakudya zaku China, m'malo mwake mkaka wa soya umagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mawa. Woyang’anira anandiuza kuti, mwatsoka, malo odyera akusukulu amaphika kwambiri mafuta anyama m’malo mwa mafuta a masamba. “Chabwino, ndiphika ndekha,” ndinayankha motero. Zotsatira zake, zonse sizinayende momwe ndimaganizira panthawiyo. Komabe, aphunzitsiwo anavomera mosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta a canola pazamasamba zamasamba. Nthawi zina wophika ankandikonzera gawo lapadera la masamba onse. Nthawi zambiri ankagawana nane gawo lake la ndiwo zamasamba zowiritsa zowiritsa, chifukwa ankadziwa kuti ndinkazikonda kwambiri.
Zakudya zaku Southern Chinese ndizowawasa komanso zokometsera ndipo poyamba ndidangodana nazo masamba onsewa. Ankakondanso kupereka biringanya zowawa, zomwe sindinkakonda. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, kumapeto kwa semester yoyamba, ndinali kupempha kale masamba omwewo omwe amazifutsa. Kumapeto kwa internship, mbale ya Zakudyazi inkawoneka yosatheka popanda kuthandizidwa bwino kwa vinyo wosasa. Tsopano popeza ndabwerera ku US, ndiwo zamasamba zozizilitsa pang'ono zimawonjezedwa pazakudya zanga zonse! Mbewu zakomweko ku Yunnan zidachokera ku canola, mpunga ndi persimmon mpaka fodya. Ndinkakonda kuyenda kumsika, womwe unali m'mphepete mwa msewu waukulu masiku asanu aliwonse. Chilichonse chinkapezeka kumeneko: zipatso zatsopano, masamba, tiyi, ndi knack-knacks. Zomwe ndinkakonda kwambiri zinali pitahaya, tiyi wa oolong, mapapaya obiriwira obiriwira, ndi bowa wapafupi.
Kunja kwa sukulu, kusankha mbale za nkhomaliro kunayambitsa zovuta zina. Sikuti sanamvepo za odya zamasamba: anthu nthawi zambiri amandiuza kuti, “O, agogo anga amachitanso zimenezo” kapena “O, sindimadya nyama kwa mwezi umodzi pachaka. Ku China, anthu ambiri ndi Abuda, omwe amadya kwambiri zamasamba. Komabe, m'malesitilanti ambiri muli malingaliro akuti zakudya zokoma kwambiri ndi nyama. Chinthu chovuta kwambiri chinali kutsimikizira ophikawo kuti ndikufunadi masamba okha. Mwamwayi, malo odyera otsika mtengo, mavuto anali ochepa. M'malo ang'onoang'ono enieni, zakudya zomwe ndimakonda zinali nyemba zokazinga ndi masamba okazinga, biringanya, kusuta kabichi, zokometsera za lotus muzu ndipo, monga ndanenera pamwambapa, biringanya zowawa.
Ndinkakhala mumzinda wotchedwa wang dou fen (), chakudya chamasamba. Zimapangidwa ndi kusakaniza nandolo zophikidwa mu puree ndikuwonjezera madzi mpaka misa ikhale wandiweyani. Amatumizidwa mu "ma block" olimba kapena ngati phala lotentha. Ndimakhulupirira kuti kudya kochokera ku zomera n’kotheka kulikonse padziko lapansi, makamaka ku Eastern Hemisphere, chifukwa palibe amene amadya nyama ndi tchizi zambiri monga Kumadzulo. Ndipo monga anzanga omnivorous adanena.