Chinese youths are taking their “lying flat” lifestyle to a new level – making “human food” to save energy in their daily lives.
Lying flat, or tang ping, describes a viral way of life where people do the bare minimum to get by.
On Chinese social media, people are sharing the latest move they have invented to get by: making human food. The phrase was coined in reference to dog food and cat food.
Some people buy all the vegetables and meat they need for a meal, cut them up, cook them and freeze them separately. The main ingredients for human food are those commonly seen in salads, such as green peppers, broccoli, mushrooms, corn, beef and shrimps.
Then, when they need to eat, they scoop a small portion from each box and heat the mix in the microwave oven. If they need some extra flavour, they simply add salt or other seasonings into the mix.