Every year, thousands of Cubans emigrate in search of a better life and tired of the endless economic and social difficulties they face in their home country. Spain is one of the countries that many choose because they find family or acquaintances there who help them adapt more easily. In addition, here they can start working and earn money without it being an odyssey, although at first it will probably not be in the jobs one would like. In any case, aspects of routine like going to school, going to the doctor or simply going shopping and having all kinds of products in stock always surprise them. Food, in fact, is a source of multiple culture shocks and Rumi now demonstrates this by talking about what snacks are here. In fact, he already went viral a few months ago with videos of his 87-year-old grandmother crying when she saw what was in a Spanish supermarket and he now has more than 311,000 views with a video on his TikTok (@rumi.bro) about the more than obvious differences between life in Spain and Cuba. “My daughter’s school snack here in Spain versus my snack in Cuba,” Rubi explains at the start of the video. Then you can see how he prepares step by step a compartmentalized “tupper” for his daughter, who, according to other videos, appears to be between 7 and 9 years old: he adds a piece of what looks like a toasted sandwich and a cookie with chocolate and several grapes. The preparation doesn’t stop there and after putting on a first lid, Rumi has another space in which she can put a natural yogurt for her daughter and next to it but separately several chocolate cereals ideal for mixing. The same container has a hole to store some cutlery and after that, the father seals the entire preparation. And on top of that, he adds apple juice. The music that accompanies the images is bucolic. With the same song playing in the background, he shows his snack to Cuba when he was a child. “Bread with oil,” he warns before showing how it is made: on a plate, he opens a loaf in two and adds a little oil then a little salt. He spreads it all over the bread and, if his daughter has special Tupperware, he puts it in a repurposed shopping bag. Additionally, he remembers an instant soft drink made from packaged powders. His final face says it all. “I have to say that in Spain, until less than 10 years ago, we did not prepare such elaborate snacks either,” comment several people in the comments. Another user asked him about the oil they put in it, which he said was “normal sunflower, with salt and a lot of love… and for school.” “It makes me laugh when people my age criticize what we give children (candy, chocolate or juice) when we grew up eating all that and even bread with wine and sugar and nothing happened to us,” says another follower. Rumi can only answer “exactly… and in very good health like we were as children.”
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