They are used to using knives, forks and spoons at the dining table. It's very troublesome to pick fishbones with these tableware, which means they don't have sharp tools to eat river fish.
When American industry was just emerging, it didn't pay attention to environmental protection, which led to river soil pollution and poisoning by eating freshwater fish, which led Americans to stop eating river fish. Some foreigners realize that river fish are carriers of parasitic toxic substances, which are far less clean than sea fish living in the ocean.
In the eating habits of foreigners, if you don't like to see a whole fish, you will find it hard to accept. Therefore, foreign aquatic products stores can't see the whole freshwater fish, and most of them sell cut pieces of marine fish.
The cooking methods of foreigners, when cooking fish, are mostly fried, and anyone who eats them will be tired, which is not as rich as our domestic cooking methods.
Let's take a look at China, the world's largest consumer of river fish. This can be confirmed from our recipes. Braised crucian carp, lobster sauce herring, braised snapper, braised carp, steamed mandarin fish, boiled fish, old bowl fish, etc. This not only shows the diversity of the way we eat fish, but also shows that we like to eat fish.
What do foreigners think of us being so keen on eating river fish? There are two situations, one is a foreigner who has been to China, and the other is a foreigner who has never been to China. Although they are all outsiders, they have completely different views on our eating river fish.
First of all, talk about foreigners who have been to China. In China, which loves to eat fish and knows how to cook river fish best, foreigners who have been to China are more likely to accept the behavior of eating river fish. Those foreigners who eat river fish in China are almost shocked by the delicacy of our fish.
There are many such examples. A foreigner was eating spicy and fragrant fish in China. When he saw the delicacy of spicy and fragrant fish, he couldn't help swallowing. After trying it, he was filled with joy: "Yes! This is exactly what I want. It's delicious! It is the best fish I have ever eaten! "
There is also a foreigner eating braised fish in China. When he first saw the fish, he still thought it should be salty or sweet. After picking up a piece of fish with chopsticks and stuffing it into your mouth, your expression instantly exploded: "Hmm! Very spicy, the taste is beyond imagination, very good! " Then I put a piece of fish in my mouth, closed my eyes at the same time and put on a look of enjoyment.
Let's see what foreigners who have never been to China think of our eating river fish. In the eyes of some foreigners who have never been exposed to Chinese food, eating river fish is totally unacceptable: "It's incredible that they can eat this kind of thing." In the American version of Zhihu, there are also many foreigners who don't understand our behavior of eating river fish. For example, a foreigner inexplicably asked, "Aren't they afraid of choking?" A foreigner quipped, "Aren't they afraid to look the fish in the eye?" Do you feel childish?
It can be seen that the behavior of foreigners eating river fish is influenced by region and food culture, and it is difficult for them to understand why China people like to eat river fish so much.
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