If I died and was transmigrated to a novel where modern foods don't exist, do you know how unhinged I would easily get? I'm heavily picky when it comes to texture (the softness/hardness, how its cooked, how it feels on the tongue, the "bitability", the smoothness/roughness) and taste (strong/weak, seasonings, slightly burnt/perfectly cooked, etc) and when I crave something, that craving will ruin any of my plans.
I won't stop until I get what I crave or that craving takes the train and finally leaves (and these strong cravings can last up to weeks mind you).
If I was in a fantasy novel where there are no modern foods like chicken nuggets, chips, fries, ice cream, and cereal, I best find all the pasta, rice, and lettuce I can find because those are the closest things I can get from a nice crunch experience and possibly beat certain cravings.
[Not saying those are the only things I eat {ok, I would eat pasta/rice for days on end because that's the only thing that tastes good}, but those are on the list of safe/comfort cravings that are so strong that I will stop at nothing to get that food. I will move most of my schedule around having a specific food item in mind, I won't properly think about what's next until I have that food.]
HOW DOES SHEN YUAN GO ABOUT HIS NEW LIFE HAVING CRAVINGS! Does he find substitutes? Does he have a whole list with Shang Qinghua like "Foods that taste like potato chips/ we can just make it ourselves but it won't be the same".
This is a long post, bye bye