The current status of Myanmar's economy as seen through the cooking oil crisis

Local food culture and the status of cooking oil Cooking oil plays an absolute role in Myanmar's food culture. Almost all side dishes in local traditional diets are cooked or fried with cooking oil, and various types of oil are included in snacks and noodle dishes as well. Local residents also recognize cooking oil as the most important food ingredient along with rice, the staple food, and have always paid attention to stable production and supply. In traditional society, cooking oil was considered a symbol of wealth. In fact, in the past, regardless of the original recipe, there was a culture where the more oil used, the more luxurious the dish was treated, and even the expression “taking a bath in cooking oil” is still used as an idiom to express extravagance. [Source: KOTRA Yangon Trade Center photo] Statistically speaking, the consumption of cooking oil is also quite high. According to data compiled by Myanmar's ...