People take food as their first priority. In today’s society, when talking about food, we talk about health, and we like to eat and enjoy ourselves.
It is now the dog days of summer. It is also the hottest time of the year. Everyone is afraid of the heat, and I have no appetite for anything I see on a hot day.
But with the improvement of living standards, people are becoming more and more particular about what they eat. Everyone is no longer satisfied with eating enough, but wants to eat well. As a result, the pursuit of the color, aroma and taste of food increased, and the food was also called "gourmet".
But I think whether food is beautiful or not depends not only on color, aroma, and taste, but I don’t like this so-called food because I worry about it being unhygienic.
I have never done any research on food. All my meals are prepared by my spouse. She always makes me eat something different. Every meal should include rice, pickles, stew or soup.
Food Eating is just a habit. Do it yourself every day and do your own hygiene and health. It’s a beautiful way to make two simple dishes. You should eat well in the morning, be full at noon, and have enough food in the evening. It is very good to drink a little hot water with your meals. Health is good, think about getting better every day. Food is indispensable for health. Ha ha!
China on the Tip of the Tongue shows the importance of the taste of Chinese cuisine. Chinese cuisine also pays attention to the color, flavor and flavor. With the development of the catering industry, "shape, utensils, meaning and nourishment" are slowly added to it.
"Color" - refers to the color of food. The color combination of dishes should be attractive to the appetite.
"香" - refers to the aroma of food, the aroma of spices and dishes. The aroma is fragrant and fragrant, increasing appetite.
"Taste" - refers to the taste of food, and the taste of dishes should be delicious.
"Shape" - refers to the beautiful shape of the dish, the shape is beautiful and fresh.
"Utensil" - refers to the container of food. In ancient times, you should pay attention to the container when drinking wine, and the same is true for food. This is especially obvious among the royal aristocrats, who pay attention to the matching of dishes, which can well express the artistic conception of the dishes and give people a sense of enlightenment.
"Yi" - is the artistic conception and atmosphere, which allows people to reflect their cultural accomplishment from food.
"Nurture" - refers to fully reflecting the nutrition of food. Food can nourish people. The most important thing is the reasonable combination of meat and vegetables.
A good chef injects essence, energy and spirit into the food, so that the food can reach the highest level. Thank you for asking. Everyone likes food. It is true that everyone has a love for food, but no matter what Delicious food should be eaten in moderation. In real life, I envy my friends who can cook delicious food. Every Spring Festival or holiday, my friends will show off their delicious food in their circle of friends. I am really envious. Some friends will Ask me, why do you eat so fat? Haha, my daily diet is the most ordinary. What I am best at is making soup. I basically have two soups a day. I think drinking soup can make people fat, so some people cook the most delicious food. I envy them. But I don't want to eat
fish casserole.
First cut the grass carp into pieces and put them into a bowl for later use. After cutting them all, wash them with clean water to remove the blood and fishy smell. Put shredded ginger and green onions in the bowl, then add a spoonful of cooking wine, and squeeze out the green onions and ginger with your hands. Then pour the onion and ginger juice on the fish pieces, add a spoonful of salt, mix evenly with your hands, marinate for about fifteen minutes, prepare half an onion and cut it into small pieces for later use, slice the ginger, dice the garlic, millet and pepper Cut the green pepper into rings, chop the scallions and set aside. Pour an appropriate amount of cornstarch into the marinated fish pieces, mix well, and coat the fish pieces evenly with cornstarch. Heat the oil and pour it into the pan. Add an appropriate amount of cooking oil and fry the fish pieces until both sides are golden brown. Take them out of the pan and set aside. Put an star anise and a dozen peppercorns in the mixing bowl. Then mix a bowl of sauce. Put a spoonful of salt in the bowl and a pinch of salt. Spoon light soy sauce, add a few drops of dark soy sauce for color, add a spoonful of oyster sauce, half a spoonful of balsamic vinegar, a little pepper, pour an appropriate amount of water, stir evenly and set aside, pour an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the casserole, and pour in the ingredients Saute until fragrant, then add onions, stir-fry evenly with chopsticks, then add enoki mushrooms, add fried fish pieces, pour in the prepared sauce, then add a can of beer, and simmer for about fifteen minutes , add the chili rings, cook for about two minutes, and finally sprinkle with chopped green onion, and the food is ready.
What I recommend to you today is Master Fu Fu Jun’s "Food Appreciation" class.
Many of us call ourselves foodies. However, after listening to this course, you will know what the realm of a gourmet is really like. The person in charge of this course, Master Fu Junfu, is the dean of the Shanghai Haipai Cuisine Culture Research Institute and the owner of Fengshou Crab Restaurant. If you have watched the documentary "The World of Flavor", the butter bibimbap that appeared in the first episode of the first season was made by Master Fu.
According to Master Fu, eating is not a simple matter. He can distinguish at least eight levels of experience. So what are these eight levels? Next, let us follow Master Fu to see it.
Hello, I am Master Fu Jun, welcome to my "Food Appreciation Class".
After listening to the first lecture, you must know that the starting point of Chef Fu’s food cognitive system is high-quality ingredients. But the ingredients must be turned into food, and the food must be eaten to complete the aesthetic experience.
If you encounter something delicious, do you know how to eat it? Do you really know how to eat it? Master Fu will break it down for you and find out what is the correct way to open it.
First use your eyes to see what it looks like; then put it to your mouth, smell it with your nose, and then test the temperature with your lips; put it into your mouth, chew it slowly with your teeth and tongue Stir slowly; after you have enough of the various flavors, swallow it down your throat. Is this the end? It’s not over yet, please close your mouth, send the smell to your nose, and savor it carefully. Finally, it’s safe to fall asleep.
Why do I eat like this? In addition to "chewing carefully and slowly", which is good for the body, more importantly, it allows me to maximize the functions of various organs in my body and fully appreciate delicious food. This is not my personal subjective feeling, but is supported by modern cognitive science. How can I say this?
If we imagine our human body as a digital device, the food cognitive system composed of ideas is the software, or operating system, and the various organs we use to feel food are hardware. The hardware transmits various signals it senses to the brain. Through the pre-installed operating system, we can judge whether this is delicious? Is it considered gourmet food?
In traditional Chinese culture, the perception of food is condensed into four words: color, aroma, taste and shape. The ancients' understanding of the structure of the human body and its working principles was actually very superficial. These four words cannot go into depth at all. In this lecture, I will use the perspective of modern science to interpret what hardware the human body uses to perceive food.
Nowadays, many people put the "appearance" of food first, but I think the most important attribute of enjoying food is the art of taste. In my cognitive system, I am especially opposed to complicated food. The knife skills and fancy plating are putting the cart before the horse and going against the food concept of "ingredients as the starting point". Master Fu believes that as long as it is really delicious, it will naturally look good.
It's just good-looking, but not delicious. It can't be considered gourmet to me.
Our human body’s organs for sensing food mainly include taste, smell, and touch. These three sensory systems transmit the perceived signals to the brain through the neural network, and the brain ultimately forms a judgment.
The sense of taste perceives taste, the sense of touch perceives texture, and the sense of smell perceives smell. The sum of these three perceptions is collectively called "flavor". How's the flavor? It is the sum total of all the feelings of appreciating food. Taste system
First of all, substances can only produce taste if they are soluble in water. Substances that are insoluble in water have no taste. Chew slowly and your mouth will secrete saliva, which not only helps you swallow the food, but also helps the food release various flavors. When we see delicious food, our mouths water all over the floor, which is the most instinctive reaction of humans.
Secondly, there are about 8,000-10,000 taste buds distributed on the human tongue, which can detect five flavors: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami.
By the way, spiciness is not a taste felt by the tongue, but a pain felt by the oral mucosa. If you rub sugar or salt on your skin, your skin will feel nothing. But if you rub chili pepper on your skin, your skin will feel burning. Astringent taste is similar. It is caused by the coagulation of mucosal proteins in the oral cavity and the stimulation of nerve endings, causing a sense of astringency. Spicy and astringent belong to the touch of the skin rather than the taste of the tongue coating.
In the long history of human evolution, the sense of taste has been mainly used to help absorb nutrients and protect life from harm, rather than to appreciate delicious food. Sweet, salty, and umami, these three tastes are good and correspond to the necessary sugars, electrolytes, and proteins for the human body respectively. The sour taste may be from immature or spoiled food, and the bitter taste may be from toxic alkaloids, so they are both bad. Children have the most sensitive taste buds and do not like sour and bitter tastes.
Research in recent years has proven that humans have a sixth sense of taste, which is the taste of fat, which corresponds to another nutrient necessary for the human body: fat. All over the world, people think that the best foods are almost all "animal fats and various staple foods". "Animal fats and various staple foods", if you taste the chef's words carefully, your mouth will drool all over the floor.
Research shows that our stomachs, small intestines, and pancreas also sense the taste of food. When you eat good food, your stomach will feel very comfortable. There is a special word in Shanghai dialect "falling into the stomach", which means falling into the stomach and feeling very comfortable. This is a happy and beautiful feeling, falling into the stomach!
Of these six flavors, sweet, sour, bitter, salty, fresh, and fat, I like fresh and sweet the most.
When I was young, I was doing cultural anthropology research and lived for a year in the ancient Ewenki hunter tribe of Aolulu in the Greater Khingan Mountains. We went hunting, and the best thing to eat was freshly hunted deer liver. It's very cold here. Fresh deer liver is slightly frozen in the snow and eaten with a spoon. It's as sweet as ice cream.
Fresh and sweet taste is the common characteristic of all high-quality fresh ingredients. Shanghainese's highest evaluation of food is "freshness". In order to enhance the umami taste, we will also add a little sugar to the dishes. The highest evaluation that Cantonese people give to food is "sweet". This is not the sweetness of added sugar, but the natural taste of high-quality ingredients. "So sweet" is how Cantonese people praise high-quality ingredients. This level of cognition is very high and worth learning from us Shanghainese. Tactile system
Those who eat quickly and gulp down food are most likely to ignore the tactile system.
The human chewing system of lips, teeth, tongue, mouth, and throat is mainly to help digest food, but at the same time, these organs have rich tactile senses and can feel the texture of food. Our comprehensive perception of food texture is taste.
The language of the motherland is broad and profound, with rich vocabulary to describe the texture of food.
I have sorted out six sets of antonyms, which can explain our taste from six dimensions:
Cold and hot: frozen coke is cold, and mutton shabu-shabu is hot
Delicate and rough: red beans The filling is delicate, while the multi-grain rice is rough
Soft and crisp: the roasted potatoes are soft and the cucumbers are crispy
Crispy and firm: the fried chicken wings are crispy and the sauced beef is firm
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Light and rich: steamed fish is light, braised pork is rich
Lubricant and sticky: water shield soup is smooth, Buddha jumps over the wall is sticky
You see, the description of the taste of food is So many rich vocabulary, have you learned it? From now on, don’t say everything “melts in your mouth” when you eat it.
A skilled chef has in-depth research on various ingredients and cooking techniques, and knows how to make a variety of delicious dishes with rich tastes. There is a rule that the more powerful the chef and the more upscale the restaurant, the more complex the taste of the dishes produced. For example, the Peking duck has crispy skin, delicate duck meat, crispy green onions, and rich dipping sauce. This is what we usually call Kung Fu cuisine. We must go to restaurants to eat it because we can’t make it at home.
Let’s explain the principle of “melt in your mouth”. It describes the process of fat changing from solid to liquid in the mouth. In the long history of human evolution, fat is a scarce substance rich in high calories, so the feeling of holding fat in the mouth and letting it melt has become the most beautiful taste engraved in human memory. Olfactory System
Although food is eaten through the mouth, research shows that more than 75% of our overall feelings about food come from the sense of smell. The word we use to describe the overall experience of food is called "flavor", which shows the importance of smell.
Here is a small experiment that you can try yourself. Hold a piece of fruit candy in your mouth, pinch your nose, and you will feel that there is only sweetness in your mouth, which is no different from eating white sugar. Let go of your nose, and various aromas will emerge immediately, and you will immediately feel that this piece of candy tastes much better. .
Our olfactory system is divided into two types: prenasal and retronasal. Prenasal is the smell that you smell directly with your nose before eating. The after-nasal smell is very strange, and most people don’t know it. There are two secret holes at the top of our throat that lead to the nasal cavity. They are usually closed and will only open when food is swallowed. Fully chewed food, under constant oral temperature, releases a more full and rich odor to the nasal cavity, where the signal is sensed by the olfactory cells and transmitted to the brain instantly.
Therefore, when this bite of food tastes good, your brain quickly judges and encourages you, and you will consciously say "um". This is the brain's active request to enlarge the nostrils to exhale more air, allowing more good smells to be transmitted to the nasal cavity, allowing the brain to enjoy more.
Well... this is the only language shared by people of all nationalities in the world, and it is the highest tribute of mankind to the Creator for the gift of life. Summary
To summarize, Chef Fu has refined the experience of eating into the following 8 steps: look with eyes, smell with nose, kiss with lips, bite with teeth, stir with tongue, swallow with throat, aftertaste, um, drop. Peace of mind. Only when you eat like this can you really know how to eat. Homework
Assign a homework for home: I invite you to eat a skewer of roasted lamb. You are welcome to share every subtle change you can feel in the message area. Well...
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