Don’t you remember the US not having enough facemasks.
Friends and family were begging for them and we had a ban on sending out facemasks. Don’t you remember it was lifted for us to send face masks to our immediate relatives?
Taiwan protects its manufacturing sector in specific sensitive industries.
They would not outsource this totally to China.
Maybe if you eat Western style, it is. The rice we consume is just growing outside of our town.
Instead of spinach use yam leaves, 地瓜葉, if you know where to look, you can find that for free or in the supermarket and daily Market at a very low cost.
If you eat the traditional Chinese way, that is two or three vegetables and a meat dish, you can keep costs down.
And because farms are farms they do over produce. Right now I am drowning in avocados.
Winter mellon (squash), mangoes, bananas and other fruit and vegetables are practically given away or sold at very cheap costs.
Eat local and eat in season. Buy from traditional markets. Talk to yam farmers, buy their leaves. You may be given them for free.
Since we’ve been busy, we eat at those Chinese cafeteria bento box places. They’re not very expensive.