/article/entertainment/food/211812/66357.html Section 1 The origin of western food 1. What is the word western food is determined by its specific geographical characteristics. What we usually say about western food includes not only the dishes of western European countries, but also the dishes of eastern Europe, America, Oceania, Central Asia, South Asian subcontinent and Africa. Western food generally takes knives and forks as tableware, bread as staple food, and long tables and tables as table shapes. Western food in China has developed from the earliest "residential food", "western restaurant in foreigners' hotels" and "fan restaurant (early 21th century)" run by China businessmen to numerous "western restaurants" and "western restaurants" in major foreign-related hotels and restaurants. 1. The main characteristics of western food (1) The taste is mellow and rich. Compared with other dishes in China, the unique materials of western food have obvious characteristics of strong fragrance. Western food mostly uses dairy products, such as whipped cream, butter, cheese and so on. There are many kinds of spices and spices in western food, and a variety of spices are often used to cook a product, such as cinnamon, clove, cinnamon, pepper, mustard, garlic, ginger, vanilla, mint, parsley, hops, cloves, onions and so on. Wine is often used as a seasoning in western food. When cooking, we should pay attention to dishes with wine and what wine to use for cooking. Among them, white grape wine and red wine made in France are the most commonly used. (2) Unique cooking methods. The common cooking methods of western food are frying, baking, frying, roasting, stewing, baking, steaming, smoking, stewing, boiling, grilling, iron grilling, iron plate frying, etc., among which iron grilling, roasting and baking are more distinctive in cooking. Many high-end products are cooked by grilling, roasting and frying on iron plates, such as roast turkey and grilled steak. (3) The seasoning sauce is cooked separately from the main ingredient. Western food products are mainly in large pieces, such as large steaks, lamb chops, chickens, barbecues, etc., and the main ingredients are rarely cut into small shapes such as silk, slices and diced. Large pieces of raw materials are not easy to taste when cooking, so most of them should be accompanied or poured with sauce after the product is mature. Sauce plays an important role in western food. There is a special chef in the kitchen. Different dishes cook different sauces, and they are strictly distinguished when used, such as mint juice with lamb chop, French juice, Italian juice and vinegar juice with salad. (4) Pay attention to the tenderness of meat products. Western food is very particular about the tenderness of meat products, especially beef and mutton. When the waiter accepts the order, he must ask the customer's needs, and the chef cooks according to the customer's taste. Generally, there are five different maturities, namely, Well done, medium well, medium, medium rare and rare.