Love and tenderness in the bento: saffron x cubicle vegetable Peng Xianhui (part 1)

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"Family" is the first learning field after a child is born. through the cultivation of life and the transmission of values, parents not only lay the foundation for their children's future learning and growth, but also cultivate their children's attitude and ability to face the future. at different stages of growth, families continue to play different roles to support their children.

Starting from the daily diet, the cooking on the table is the best place for food education. The value of friendly food farmers is not only related to food safety, but also closely related to the earth's environment and animal well-being. Based on the shared life experience of "bringing bento," the writer Saffron is invited to share with Peng Xianhui, a bookseller in Ilan, to share the education of food farmers and parent-child education from the perspective of being both mothers. I also take this opportunity to get a glimpse of the delicious lunch secrets of the two mothers!

Interviewees' profile

Wang Bizhu, who uses the pseudonym "Saffron", is a parent-child upbringing / green diet writer. Originally working in the advertising and fashion industry, in order to think about the next step in his career, and in order not to be absent in the last stage of his childhood, he chose to leave the nine-to-nine workplace and began to write on the blog. with delicate and sincere writing to record the process and experience of parent-child interaction, become a widely trusted parent-child writer, but also from their own life, share their own green diet practice. Currently specializing in family cuisine research, he is now a consultant to Green Catering Guide, a columnist for Agricultural Media, Okapi and Apple Daily, and the author of "Kitchen Little Love Song", "Vision outside the classroom", "what can I talk to Children" and other books.

Saffron Facebook table. fan page

In 2014, Peng Xianhui and Mr. Jiang Yingde came to Yuanshan in Ilan. Based on a renovated 20-year-old rice milling factory, they set up "cubicles" to sell their own friendly "cubicles". They also sell Ilan-friendly small crops and surrounding food, second-hand book exchange, cultural and creative goods, etc., and even hold agricultural, artistic and literary activities from time to time. In addition to running shops, Peng Xianhui often shares information related to friendly farming, small farmers' cooking and interaction with parents and children on the community platform, which is widely welcomed by the public.

The fan page of the cubicle calligraphy website

Love and tenderness in the bento Q&AQ1: both of you are practitioners of friendly food farmers in life, and promote this value through farming, cooking, writing, etc., can you share their practical experiences along the way, and how do these processes change your lives? Pang Hsien-hui (hereinafter referred to as "Peng"): at first, it was because of the children, because his son, the orcs, had mild Asperger's disease and had some difficulties in expression, communication and emotional control since childhood, so he was rejected by several kindergartens. After transferring to a school under the Waldorf system in Taichung, the school attached great importance to the control of diet, choosing organic ingredients, eating less red meat, and sugar was completely forbidden, along with some more spiritual study, and slowly the orcs' mood became more stable.

At that time, we began to follow the school philosophy and adjust our diet in our daily life. My husband also rented a small piece of farmland with the Taichung municipal government and began to grow his own vegetables. Because he wanted to eat, he naturally chose not to add pesticides and fertilizers in the process. In the future, this experience also inspired us to move to Ilan to engage in farming life and continue the original, friendly way of planting, so in the practice of friendly food farmers. It was not a lofty idea at first.

Saffron (hereinafter referred to as "Fan"): like Xianhui, I am also because of my children. I was originally an office worker. At that time, I mainly ate out. More than 20 years ago, the concept of friendly food farmers was not so common. I had no special ideas about diet, and after I became a mother, I began to read and study and think about what kind of diet to give my children.

Colostrum can be said to be the mother's first choice for her child's diet. at that time, starting from breast-feeding, she became more and more particular about her diet, and breast-feeding was actually very difficult. But the book wrote about the importance of colostrum and how good the nutrition of breast milk is, and I stuck to it for the sake of the child.

As the child grew up and the demand for food varied at each stage, I began to pay more attention to the source of the food, and came into contact with the Housewives' Union, and began to buy organic, non-genetically modified ingredients. At that time, the issue just began to be discussed. People around me think I am very strange, and some people worry that I have been cheated and how to buy such expensive food. By comparison, I think everyone is very happy now. There are many choices in the pursuit of safe and reassuring ingredients.

Q2: from the mother's point of view, what kind of impact do the two expect to bring to their children through the practice of the value of friendly food farmers in their lives? Peng: after coming to Ilan for farming, we have come to know other local farmers who are also practicing the concept of friendliness. There are those who grow vegetables and raise eggs. Usually we eat the ingredients cultivated by ourselves and the farmers, but my mother is very lazy (laughter). Occasionally we still eat out food, and in order to meet the large food intake of the orcs, what we most often eat is small hot pot. Due to the usual habit of eating good ingredients, Orcs are particularly picky about white rice, and do not dare to eat green vegetables and hot pot outside, in fact, because they are afraid of death (laughter).

But my daughter's pineapple food preferences are completely different. She likes fried food and biscuits. When eating out, she most often talks about eating French fries, fried chicken and spaghetti. I don't know why I raise two children with completely different personalities. But my own dietary restrictions on children are not so strict. I try to give them good food every day. The monthly "only son / Girl Day" will take them to eat what they want, and I will respect their dietary preferences and choices in the future.

Fan: in fact, Xianhui lives in such an environment and eats good ingredients that are the envy of urbanites every day. As for my own part, my diet was strictly controlled when my children were in primary school. The sweets given to children would pay great attention to the source of ingredients and factory names, and would try to make their own desserts, so I took them to make Qifeng cakes and macarons since I was a child.

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