Diep and his wife have 3 children. Her children are all grown up: the oldest one is in 12th grade, the second one is in 10th grade and the younger one is in 7th grade. In addition, her family has a 30-year-old brother from the countryside who moved to Hanoi to work with her. In total, her family has a total of 6 members. In the past, Ms. Diep used to go to the market every day, or at least once every two days. However, she finds going to the market by day is time consuming and has no control over the market money. Therefore, her family’s monthly expenditure on food is always above 10 million VND/month. Going to the wholesale market, Ms. Diep saves 2-3 million per month (illustration image) “Every day, our family eats 3 meals, it costs about 250,000-300,000 VND. Weekends are slightly better, have to be 400,000 VND / day because I buy more chickens and ducks, fresh food improves. Therefore, my family’s monthly market money is about ten million dong. Also, every day I have to carry the lane to the market, calculate the daily dishes. Many days have busy work, not in time in the morning, then come home late in the afternoon and still rush to go to the market,” Ms. Diep said. Seeing that it is inconvenient to go to the market by day and to reduce the cost of food during the epidemic season, Ms. Diep decided to go to the wholesale market on a weekly basis. “I see that my colleague’s house goes to the market on a weekly basis, which is both cheap, can buy a variety of foods, and saves a lot of time. She suggested going to the wholesale market every weekend to buy all kinds of shrimp, crab, fish, vegetables, etc., for preliminary processing, breaking them into small meals for the refrigerator to eat gradually, which is very convenient.” Listening to your advice, Ms. Diep has gone to the wholesale market once a week for several months. Each time, she brings 1 million dong or a little more. She often goes to the 365 wholesale market and the Duong Noi wholesale market, every Saturday. “In Ha Dong, there are many markets for people’s living and toad markets. However, to buy cheap food, I often go to market 365 to buy meat, fish, vegetables and fruits. Especially vegetables in this market are very cheap. When I go to Duong Noi wholesale market, I buy poultry and seafood. So, I only need 1 million to buy enough fresh food to eat for a whole week,” said Ms. Diep. Specifically, when going to the two wholesale markets above, Ms. Diep often buys the following foods: 1kg of beef: 160,000 VND 1kg of shrimp: 135,000 VND 2 kg of lean shoulder meat: The price of pork has cooled down a lot, so it’s only 110,000 VND/kg, buying 2kg is only 220,000 VND. 1 kg she asked the seller to grind, 1 kg she divided into 3 pieces for storage or roasting. 2 dozen eggs: 40,000 VND 1 chicken about 2kg: 180,000 VND 1.5kg of industrial chicken wings: 120,000 VND 3kg of drifting fish: 90,000 VND (type 1 kg/fish) In addition, vegetables: 1kg of potatoes: 20,000 VND; 1kg beans, 1kg chayote: 30,000 VND; water spinach, amaranth, spinach: 30,000 VND Fruits: 1kg of plums: 30,000 VND; 2kg watermelon: 30,000 VND; 2kg mango: 30,000 VND. Total: Over 1 million VND/week fixed. Of course, you still have to add a little fresh food every day, but not too big. Thus, with an amount of more than 1 million VND, Ms. Diep was able to buy quite a lot of food with enough meat, shrimp, fish and vegetables. After that, she washed, processed into small meals and stored in the refrigerator. “1kg of pork, I divided into 3 meals. 1.5kg chicken wings also divided into 3 meals. My fish is divided into 4 meals. When you like to eat cooked fish, cook it with sour or pickle. When I like to eat stock, I will go to the neighboring warehouse. My beef is also divided into small pieces to stir-fry onions and garlic or to dip noodles for breakfast. As for our chicken, we usually boil it, the meat is removed to cook chicken noodle soup in the morning to eat at home. Every day, I just need to buy more food or other condiments such as onions, tofu, and fruit if needed,” said Ms. Diep. Calculating, three meals a day at home, but this young family of 5 costs about 150,000 VND/day. For the whole month, adding fresh food and other complementary foods, Ms. Diep’s family spent about 6 million VND to go to the market, saving 3 million compared to before. According to Ms. Diep, in addition to going to the wholesale market at the end of each week, in order to save maximum spending, each sister herself needs to know how to create menus when cooking, helping to make family dishes more diverse. “It is important that the 7-day menu is not duplicated, changes dishes continuously. Because food is just around the corner, if you don’t know how to process it, the dishes on the rice tray will be very monotonous,” she said.

Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: Chicken wings 1 kg Chili sauce 2 tablespoons Soy sauce 1 tbsp Oyster oil 1/2 tbsp Garlic powder 2/3 teaspoon Ginger powder 2/3 teaspoon Honey 1 tbsp Sesame oil 1/2 tbsp Seasoning seeds 1/4 teaspoon Making: Wash your chicken wings with cold water. Next, pour 2 liters of hot water about 70 degrees Celsius into the bowl, dissolve it with 2 tablespoons of salt. Soak chicken wings in a bowl of hot water mixed with salt for about 5 minutes and then use a razor to clean off dirt, grease, … on the chicken skin. Then rinse with clean water and dry. In a bowl, mix the ingredients, including: 2 tablespoons chili sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce, 2/3 teaspoon garlic powder, 2/3 teaspoon ginger powder, 1 tablespoon honey soup, 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil, 1/4 teaspoon seasoning. Put the chicken in a large bowl, mix well with the sauce mixture, marinate the chicken for about 1 hour for the wings to infuse the spices. Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 210 degrees Celsius to stabilize the temperature. Place the chicken wings on a tray, place in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius. The remaining chicken marinade, take out the bowl and add 1 tablespoon of honey. After 20 minutes, open the oven and spread half of this mixture evenly on the chicken wings, then continue to bake for another 5 minutes. After 10 minutes, you open the oven door, flip the chicken wings over, spread the remaining chicken marinade evenly, close the oven door, select the upper fire mode, bake for another 5 minutes and you’re done. Stir-fried melon with bean sprouts Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: Young melons: 2 medium fruits Bean sprouts: 200 g Lean meat: 100-150 g Dried onions: 1-2 bulbs Scallion Condiments: cooking oil, seasoning seeds, soup powder, main noodles. Making: Bean sprouts, scallions are washed and dried. Peeled melon, cut into bite-sized pieces. Wash and thinly slice the pork loin. Sauté onion with cooking oil, stir-fry the meat until just cooked, season with canh teaspoon of soup powder and then put the fried meat on a plate. In the same pan, stir-fry the melon in the pan, quickly add the bean sprouts and stir-fry together. Spicy taste. (Because the melon and bean sprouts are both cooked very quickly, so you should stir-fry with high heat and should not be left for long). Finally, add the fried meat to the island again, add some spring onions and the main noodles. Turn off the stove for sauteed melon and bean sprouts on a plate or bowl of your choice. Green bean soup with lotus root Illustration. Image source: Internet Resources: 1 bowl of whole green beans ½ bowl of dried corn (bags, sold in supermarkets). 1 lotus root; Necessary seasoning. Making: Chickpeas and corn are both soaked in warm water for 2-3 hours before cooking. Lotus root is washed, peeled and grated into small fibers like making mannequins. Add enough water to the pot, if you want to quickly you can use a pressure cooker. Boil In turn, pour green beans, corn into the stew until soft. Finally, add the lotus root, season with a little salt to taste.

Resources – 10 industrial chicken wings – 2 tablespoons salt – White wine, ginger, 1 lemon or vinegar. Preliminary treatment How to clean chicken wings: – Squeeze salt, lemon to clean chicken wings, wash. – Cut into 3 parts (disassemble). – Boil water, beat ginger with salt, then turn off the heat, drop the chicken wings in to blanch for clean. – Remove the wings to a squeeze basket with 1 tablespoon of white wine to drain to eliminate odors. How to make fried chicken wings with fish sauce Fish sauce: (You can make a lot and then divide it into small pieces to freeze, every time you want to eat something similar, bring it out and fry it for convenience) – 3 crushed garlic bulbs – 1 chopped chili – Ground pepper – 1 tablespoon sugar – 1 tablespoon oyster sauce – 3 tablespoons of filtered water – 1 tablespoon of pickled garlic vinegar – 1 tablespoon fish sauce – Cooking oil Making: Photo: La Thu Giang. Crushed garlic, sauteed until golden crispy with a little oil, took out the garlic in a bowl, kept a little oil in the pan, then put the ingredients for the fish sauce to boil, then let it simmer until you see it. The water is a bit thick compared to the beginning, turn off the stove. Fried chicken: Heat the fat, put the wing bowl first, then add the middle part of the wing and to the pointed end, so that the wings are cooked evenly. Fry until the color of the wings is fried, we fry the wings thoroughly so that the wings are crispy, fragrant and firm. Fried fish sauce: Method 1: Once the chicken is fried, put it in the sauce pan and cook it on low heat until the sauce is thick and delicious. This method is for those who want to eat the bold taste of fish sauce, chicken soaked in sauce. Method 2: When the chicken is finished, put it in the sauce pan (cooked and do not turn on the stove) and dip it back and forth until the sauce is enough to soak into the chicken and then take it out. This method is for those who have over-pressed salt during the initial preparation of chicken. This also makes the chicken pieces retain their crispy skin (if you’ve fried them thoroughly). After placing the chicken on a plate, use fried garlic in the step of making fish sauce sprinkled on top to eat together. Eating fried chicken with fish sauce with rice, sticky rice, and bread are all very delicious. You can make it ready to eat gradually, if stored in the refrigerator, take it out without heating or re-frying, still very delicious and firm meat.

Seasoning: Fish sauce, seasoning powder, pepper, cooking oil. Steps to make fried chicken with tamarind: -Bought chicken wings, washed thoroughly, picked up the remaining fluff. Wash thoroughly, dry, cut each chicken wing into 3 parts. – Garlic peeled, smashed, minced. – Marinate chicken wings with spices before processing, it will help to make chicken wings more flavorful. Chicken wings marinated with 1/2 teaspoon of delicious fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of seasoning, a little seasoning and 1/2 of minced garlic, 1 teaspoon of tamarind sauce. Wearing gloves, mix and squeeze well to infuse the chicken wings with spices. Marinate the chicken wings for about 1-2 hours before processing, the chicken wings will be more seasoned. Chicken should be thoroughly washed before preliminary processing (Artwork) – Chicken wings after marinating enough time, will start processing. First, fry the chicken wings so that the wings are hunted again. When the pan is hot, pour in the cooking oil (the amount of oil must be enough to fry the chicken wings). -When the oil is hot, pour in the chicken wings, fry them until golden brown on both sides, fry the chicken wings on medium heat. When the chicken wings are golden crispy on both sides, then take them out, place them on absorbent paper so that the cooking oil can be washed away. – Continue to add about 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pan. When the oil is hot, pour in the minced garlic and fry until fragrant. -Put tamarind sauce into the pan, 1 spoon of fish sauce, 1 spoon of sugar for the spices to be mixed together. Stir on low heat until the sauce mixture is blended into a homogeneous mass of spices, then add the chicken wings, stir well so that the tamarind sauce sticks around the chicken wings. – Cook on medium heat until the tamarind sauce adheres to the chicken wings, the dish is complete. Remove to a plate, remember to drizzle the tamarind sauce all over the chicken wings to make the dish more flavorful and eye-catching. To make tamarind fried chicken more delicious, you can refer to the following secret to choosing delicious chicken wings: The taste of chicken wings: Although frozen, the chicken wings will still have a slight flavor. Do not hesitate to smell it directly and when you see a fishy smell, it is a sign that the chicken wings are no longer fresh. Choose chicken wings with a natural aroma to buy and cook delicious dishes for the family with peace of mind. Skin color of chicken wings: If the chicken wings are new, the skin color will be slightly yellow, shiny and absolutely no dullness or darkening. And if the chicken wings are pale white, or appear small gray spots that may be moldy, absolutely stay away. Not to mention, chicken with bruises, even black, indicates that the chicken is not fresh or has a “problem” when it comes to meat, you need to stay away from this type of chicken. Freezing layer on the outside of the chicken wings: Clinging around the chicken wings is a layer of frozen water secreted from the wings. This is an important factor in affirming the freshness of chicken wings. Therefore, housewives need to carefully choose the outside ice, the thinner the better. This is explained by the thin layer of freezing in a short period of time and the chicken wings still retain their freshness. On the contrary, if the ice is too thick, the chicken wings may have been left for a long time and the meat will harden and lose a lot of nutrients. Check the elasticity of chicken wings: With fresh preserved chicken wings will have good elasticity, try pressing on it will quickly return to its original state. Chicken wings that are not fresh or frozen for too long will not be elastic and harden. They are even as hard as a rock. With this chicken wings you are best not to buy. Not to mention, after the defrosting time, the chicken wings are no longer delicious and fresh as desired by customers. In addition, there are chicken wings that have been frozen and defrosted many times, which often have a dry surface. Therefore, say no to chicken wings that are brought out and frozen many times. Xiao Fei (Synthetic)

2. If you cut the tomato with a bread knife, the tomato slice will not be crushed and the tomato juice will not drain. 3. Place a batch of french fries under the rack of roasted chicken. Potatoes will taste better. 4. You can get more chicken wings in a medium-sized tray by skewering the wings into wooden sticks and placing in the oven. 5. Place a folded damp cloth or tea towel under a chopping board or chop food to secure the cutting board. 6. Food defrosts faster if you put it in a frying pan. The cold will dissolve faster because the metal has a strong thermal conductivity. These chicken thighs were completely thawed in 3 hours. 7. Use a slice of bread, plastic wrap and sealed box to preserve your homemade sushi. 8. You can peel a hard-boiled egg in seconds using a spoon. 9. When weighing a serving of pasta, use a napkin container to prevent pasta from falling off. 10. Why wash grease containers by hand if you can do this? Put a paper towel in a can of grease, add some dish soap and some water. Close the lid, shake the box, take out the dirty paper towel and rinse the box. It’s done! 11. Use a wooden scoop to make a lid on a pan that doesn’t fit. 12. If you don’t have a dishwasher, you can wash the grease-stained sponge drawers and plastic containers with the washer. Dust and grease will disappear immediately and there will be no more stains.

Specifically, Hsu filmed an experimental video of boiling chicken wings and cooking rice in hot springs. The clip shows the female YouTuber putting marinated chicken wings, eggs and rice in a metal pot and placed under hot water nearly 70 degrees Celsius. YouTuber Angel Hsu was condemned by netizens for boiling chickens at a hot spring, which is not allowed in Sembawang Park. Photo: Angel Hsu. After tasting the dish prepared in a special way, Hsu said that visitors can “try making different dishes thanks to the natural hot springs”. As soon as the video was broadcast, Angel Hsu immediately received a wave of fierce criticism from the local netizens. Many people said that cooking at a hot spring park is a violation of the rules of the tour, affecting environmental sanitation. “Sembawang Park does not prohibit cooking at the stream, but that does not mean visitors are allowed to do so,” commented a netizen. Historically, Sembawang hot spring in Singapore has always attracted domestic and international visitors thanks to its spring bath service and natural boiled eggs. However, many visitors still behave against the rules like Hsu. Cooking chicken or other dishes in natural hot springs is “unacceptable” because of the impact on the water and air environment. Photo: Angel Hsu. April 25th, sheet Lianhe Zaobao strongly condemned the “experimental” status at the YouTubers’ Sembawang hot spring park. The media said that this trend has raised concerns about food safety and hygiene, confirming this is an “unacceptable” behavior. Other than boiling eggs, which are allowed by park management, cooking chicken or other dishes with natural hot springs can pollute the water and air here. “Due to being led to the public sewers, the water source in Sembawang Park is only used for bathing and boiling eggs, not for any other action,” the management representative replied. In addition, the management of Sembawang hot spring park also encourages visitors to comply with the regulations. “The parks, gardens and hot spring areas here welcome all visitors to enjoy. However, please think of the common benefits of experiencing and resting here”.