891 - Zásoby potravin

[Music] Hello, welcome back to Czech with Michalem. Today's topic is "Potravins". Welcome back to another episode of "Czech with Michalem" where we train after Czech. Today we are going to talk about today's topic. Today's topic is "Eat" and actually about potravins. But I just looked at the calendar and today is November 17. Well, because I don't live in the Czech Republic, so I don't have this much or I don't follow it, that I don't even read much Czech stuff. Of course I read it myself, but maybe one a week. Not even. And today is a very important Czech day. And this is the year of the Samet Revolution, the end of the communist regime in 1989. And this is really an important day which is still in the memory of the great population, the great part of the Czech population. So if you don't know anything about the Samet Revolution or you don't know why this day is so important, I would recommend you to visit some web page such as Czech TV, ct24 or visit denik.cz and read something about it. Even Wikipedia is good source of information. And this is a very important day for Czech people. So definitely visit it and learn something about Czech history. As I mentioned, this is the end. This is the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. And today is a very important day for everyone. So definitely visit it. But today we will talk about something a little different. And we will talk about the ingredients and the food. Why did this happen to me? I listened to the podcast a moment ago where two teachers told each other and it was a conversation about food and the ingredients. And the one teacher said that it is already Thursday and there is no food at home. So you need to buy food slowly. You can go and buy food the next day and think about how to survive without food. That you can pull out some old bread or make some dough. And she said that at home there is no dough for spaghetti, no rice dough, and she doesn't even know if she has the dough for bread. And that surprised me quite a bit, to be honest, because because I don't consider myself for some, let's say, good or not good person who is well-prepared and who has everything at home and what is about food. I eat a lot of food. So that's why we have a lot of ingredients at home. We have a lot of vegetables. We have different ingredients, for example, I don't know, rice, for example, chicken. We have vegetable rolls. We have some bread. And then we have various canned food, beans, taste, taste is not in the canned food, but that is in the normal salad. What do we have next? Well, briefly, we have a lot of it. In the end, we also have some canned some canned with greenery and with butter, tuna and so on. If it really came to the worst, I would always find something here and I would never have to be hungry. I don't know what it is, that I have such a feeling that it is really important to have something at home, but at least something. Well, when I was in Prague, I didn't solve it that much. Mainly because I was a parent, so I didn't take care of these things that much, but after all, when I went to work at home, I went around the supermarket and I could always buy something. So it never was a problem. When I knew that there was nothing at home, or that I would have to taste anything, I put myself in the supermarket and bought something, and somehow I managed it that day. In those days, when I was really young, I realized that when I first finished school and I was in my first place, and I was eating something, I always had something at home and it was never a problem that I would be hungry. If I really didn't have anything, I could just eat a pot and in 10 minutes I would be in some fast food, if I really didn't have anything and, for example, the supermarket was closed, but it was mostly open until 11 o'clock in the evening. Well, here in America it's a bit different, because the distances are a bit wider. Well, we're always in the city, and it's a big city. In fact, it's the main city of California, so it's a big city. It's not the biggest city in California, but of course it's not any village, and we have a few surroundings here, but they're a bit further away, and the majority have to drive by car. I could also go by bike, but these vehicles are very dangerous for cyclists. There's always a big traffic jam, and my bike doesn't have a carrying bag, so I could put it in the tank, so that would be a solution. But if I were to walk, I'd say in 15 minutes, maybe even 20 minutes, and I'd probably depend on it, if I had to walk for a long time. But if I had to walk in 15 minutes, and the whole road is back there, plus the shopping, I'd take 3/4 of an hour, so that's enough. But 3/4 of an hour is quite a long time. You can think about it, if you want to go shopping. And most of the time, we go shopping either on weekends, or on Thursdays in the evening. We don't go shopping on Sundays, but on Thursdays in the evening, or on Saturdays or Sundays. And then we go by car, and we go shopping more than once a week, for one week. Usually, we buy food for a week and a half, maybe for two weeks. At the end of the week, of course, we go shopping, greenery, vegetables, and maybe vegetables, because we don't buy vegetables much. First, we don't buy much, and second, it lasts quite a long time. So that's not a big problem. But then, greenery, and maybe vegetables, it doesn't last that long. Well, vegetables are probably... It was always very important to me, especially in the Czech Republic. And that was one of the reasons why I often went shopping. Every other day, for example. Because I wanted greenery, red beans, or red beans. The bread here is different, and most of the time, it's not so good. So it's not a big priority for me. And most of the time, I just buy some brewed bread, which, probably, is not even the most expensive one. For example, I don't know, the day of the old bread. When I went shopping in the Czech Republic, I bought some baked beans, which were baked that day. So it was... And it was actually one, if it was baked from the supermarket, or directly from some bakery. Well, but then the bread is not... there is nothing much. And that's why it's done a little differently. Maybe just because the habits about shopping are different, and so the bread is just a little... let's say more stable, it still lasts relatively long. And so... maybe it's not tasty, it's great, but it lasts for quite a long time. So I don't put so much in the oven, and it lasts for a whole week. So then, I put in the fridge to last a little longer. But it's not short. Except that but then to compensate it, I usually buy bread that has to be baked. It's a kind of polo. Polo is just baked or some product that is not completely ready, and I have to do it. And what about baking? You can buy baguettes that you just put in the oven and let it bake. For example, I don't know, it will take about 10 minutes, maybe not even a ton. So I usually buy it when I have a taste of some real baked shit. Because they don't sell shumavu here, the classic Czech bread. But what about baguettes? How are these French baguettes? So you can buy it here. Probably it's not the healthiest food. But it's a thing that I'm used to and can't live without. My American family doesn't eat baguettes that often. And here it's baked. But at least it's not every day like me. I have some baking practically every day. But I think I was used to it. Great Czech baked shit. How could you understand it? How did you know about my cooking? I miss baking the most. On the other hand, I'm used to it here in America. But what about baking? I miss it. But to get back to myself now, I think it's good to have something at home. To have some food at home and not to be afraid of not having anything to eat at home. I always remember my sister who spent a lot of time with her parents on the other side. Of course, I also knew her. But I wasn't as often with her as she was. Of course, it made sense to me. But she kept complaining that she's hungry and that she doesn't have anything. So I said how is it possible? Because when we were at our sister-in-law's place, there was a lot of food. Our sister-in-law cooked from morning to evening. She got up early in the morning, for example, at six in the morning. And Hnet started thinking about what she's going to eat, what she's going to eat. And she even started to eat some food. So it was a home-made housewife who really cared about it. And it was extremely important for her. But always when we had to eat or taste something, besides those three main foods, we really had a lot of food. But if it was a coincidence, we had to eat. So always there were some other simple dishes. Some side dishes or some dry dishes. Something simple. Some kind of bread. So always there was something. And when my sister-in-law cooked, when she had those other grandmothers, that there was nothing, and they were still hungry, I almost didn't believe it. I told myself, it's some kind of baby chicken. But of course, it wasn't that bad. But there was a big contrast between those families. So it's just that some people rely on it and really pay attention to have what they eat at home. Especially if they have kids. And some people just don't solve it. And when they're hungry, they just sit in the car or go out on foot or somewhere in the neighborhood. And in short, they solve it that way. So that's it. Let me know how you solve it. Do you always have a lot of food at home? Or just go to the supermarket and you can sometimes go to the grocery store. Or do you have something between them? Some people are close to them and they have a lot of food at home. A lot of food at home. And that's how it was with my grandmother. That's all for today. Thank you for watching. Have a nice day. And we'll see you again in the next episode.