PEASANT FOOD

i know it be hard to define what is peasant food, but i believe that the popular masses "commoners", "working class", "middle class" or even the "upper middle class" people, would know what peasant food is. although the definitions can be very subjective.

But to me, this is peasant food.

Food such as porridge, sweet potatoes, cabbage soup. Those food that our ancestors, working under the British rule, working as coolies, labourers, etc etc were constraint to take.
Simple straightforward food, cooked with cheap methods and cheap ingredients.

Of course, in today's food cultures, these food can hardly be found if you were to eat out. Because very obviously, it would not be economically sustaining!

Unless of course, you sell porridge for $10 per bowl, or sell porridge at a local hawker centre.

It is interesting to me that sometimes i crave for peasant food, such as porridge.
It is rare, but sometimes i crave for just porridge, biscuits, etc.
Simple food, but good for the soul.

So as i was ingesting this bowl of porridge, thinking about what to blog for this SC2215 posts, i was wondering how many people actually crave all these peasant food, and what is peasant food for the upper class? what do they define as their peasant food? Is the term peasant food comprehensible to them at all?

And again of course, as i asks these questions, i am undergoing a process of stereotyping. Stereotyping that the upper class would have no idea what the lower class people eat, and that they only eat "upper class" food. And of course, stereotyping the kinds of food into their "different classes".

The word "social construct" is ringing in my head right now, but i really really hate myself now for typing this out. haha.
Such loose terms.