As a mountainous island country, Japan has been short of food since ancient times. Even today, Japan relies entirely on imported food.

The evolutionary history of human beings is the evolutionary history of meat. From raw meat to cooked meat to bacon to cured meat to canned meat, they all reflect the progress of human civilization.

The ancient Japanese fell into a series of vicious cycles:

Hunger - unable to catch fish and meat - hunger;

Poor products - hunting tools Falling behind - unable to catch animals - hungry;

Unable to catch animals - unable to be tamed - hungry;

Hungry - caught fish - handed over to the lord - -Been eaten by the lord--Hungry

Then the Emperor said, forget it, you red deer just eat grass.

The Japanese samurai is 1.5 meters tall and is already a warrior capable of defeating thousands of people.

Japanese Zhang Fei: Honda Tadakatsu, height: about 1.43m. (With such height and fighting power, Zhang Fei was so angry that he wanted to hit someone!)

In Japan, in the 8th century AD, Emperor Saga, who believed in Buddhism, initiated the "meat ban". Later emperors continued to implement the law prohibiting eating meat. In ancient Japan, nobles and samurai became rabbits, eating grass all day long, and even eating fish was prohibited. (Actually, the Emperor is a very bad person. The royal family has its own farms, forests, and rice fields, so eating meat is not a big problem.) (Long-term vegetarianism has had a certain impact on the bodies of the noble warriors of the ruling class. At this time, the Taira clan warriors are encountering ?Genji? The challenge of the samurai. The Genji were born in the mountains and ate many birds and beasts. In the decisive battle of Genpei in 1185, the Taira army was defeated.)

It was not until the Meiji Restoration that they were defeated. Americans are shocked by their height and weight and are fully aware of what meat does to people.

Those who have eaten meat certainly know that meat is far more delicious than vegetarian food and can provide more energy, but meat is not available. Japan has low productivity and poor products, and demand exceeds supply. Two recipes:

1. Millet (porridge), two pieces of boiled radish, rice (porridge), one small fish two fingers wide, a small plate of pickled radish, and a cup of boiled wild vegetables. A small bowl of miso soup

The first is brunch for poor people. They don't eat dinner, and most of the fish and other meat they catch are handed over to the lord. They eat bran and drink water for a long time, which makes them weak and short in stature.

The second is the brunch for the nobles and lords, not dinner. As you can see here, the nobles can eat salt and drink soup if they can, but the fish must be handed over by the people below. No (and this fish can only be taken out when extremely important guests come, otherwise it will be the wealth at the bottom of the box, and can be exchanged for a lot of food in famine years).

Because there is very little food, I have to put a few more bowls, one piece of radish in each bowl, which can psychologically imply that I have eaten a lot. In fact, it was a last resort because there was really no food to eat. This has been passed down to this day. I believe everyone feels that the portions in Japanese food restaurants are difficult for even women to fill up. If you are a northerner, you can probably consume most of the ingredients in a Japanese food shop alone.

The "sashimi" that Japan is proud of was actually invented by our ancestors during the Warring States Period. At that time, it was called "sashimi". At that time, carp was mostly used, but now it is mostly sea fish. Why didn’t our ancestors like to eat it later? Because of the discovery of salt, the use of various seasonings, and the diversification of cooking methods, civilization has evolved, so why would we go back to eating raw meat? And why is it so popular in Japan? Because salt is very expensive and it is isolated overseas, there is little cultural exchange and the development of cooking technology has almost stagnated.