This can also be seen from the structure of staple food. The south of China has a hot and humid climate and is rich in rice. Therefore, rice is the staple food. The climate in the north is relatively dry and cold, suitable for the growth of crops such as wheat. Therefore, flour is the staple food.

Shanxi people can be jealous, which is the first of "western acid". Before eating, they usually bring vinegar bottles first, and each person drinks three spoonfuls of vinegar to "satisfy their cravings". Before the reform and opening up, every year during the Spring Festival, other places would supply some good wine, but all the oil and salt shops in Taiyuan posted a note: "Supply old vinegar, one catty for each household." When someone came to propose to the girl, the mother first asked, "How many pickle jars are there in his house?" There are many sauerkraut jars, indicating that the family is thick. In addition, Fujian people and Guangxi people like to eat sour bamboo shoots, and the more sour the sour bamboo shoots, the more they can show the level of the producers. Dai people also like to eat sour. Stewed chicken with sour bamboo shoots is a traditional dish.

Why do "Westerners" in Shanxi and other places like to eat sour food? Open the map of China, we can know that the soil and water in these areas, especially the Loess Plateau, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and its surrounding areas contain a lot of calcium. Therefore, their food contains more calcium. In this way, through diet, it is easy to cause calcium to deposit in the body and form stones. After long-term practical experience, the working people in this area have found that eating more acidic food is conducive to reducing diseases such as stones. Over time, they gradually developed the habit of eating sour.

Korean residents in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Northeast China like spicy food. There is a saying in China that "Guizhou people are not afraid of spicy food, Hunan people are not afraid of spicy food, and Sichuan people are not afraid of spicy food". People in Guizhou have eaten many peppers in their lives, including morning pepper and wild pepper. In northern Sichuan, I heard that there is a kind of pepper that you can't eat by yourself. It hangs on the stove with a thread. When the soup is cooked, rinse the pepper in the soup. It's extremely spicy. Therefore, it is called "hot and spicy". If Sichuan's "Mala Tang" is famous all over the country, then it can be said that it is not a "famous food" without a famous Sichuan dish that is not spicy. Nowadays, people not only call Sichuan women "Sichuan sisters", but also call them "spice girls", which is probably based on this.

Spicy food customs are mostly related to the humid geographical environment. On the eastern coast of China, the local climate of Korean nationality in Northeast China is wet and rainy, and it is often wet and cold in spring. Although Sichuan is not in the east, it is located in the basin, which is more humid and foggy. It rarely sees the sun all year round, so it is called "Shu dog barks at the sun". This climate makes people's body surface humidity equal to air saturation humidity, making it difficult to discharge sweat, thus making people feel bored and uneasy. After a long time, it is easy to cause people to suffer from rheumatism, cold evil and spleen and stomach weakness. Eating Chili peppers will make you sweat all over. Of course, sweat can be easily discharged. Eating Chili peppers often can dispel cold and dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, which is extremely beneficial to health (for local people). In addition, eating spicy food in Northeast China is also related to the cold climate. Eating spicy food can drive away the cold. When studying abroad, Lu Xun also had the habit of eating spicy food to keep out the cold.

The northern part of China is the Inner Mongolia Plateau. In the past, fresh vegetables were rare for northerners. Mr. Lu Xun said, "Cabbages in Jiaodong were shipped to Beijing, so they were tied up with red ropes and hung upside down at the door of the fruit shop. At that time, they were called' plastic dishes'. The northern part of China is located in a warm and humid zone, with many cold and dry seasons, mild and rainy summer and high temperature all year round. In the past, even a small amount of vegetables were very sad in winter, and at the same time, they were unwilling to "squander" these vegetables temporarily, so northerners pickled them and "enjoyed" them slowly. Therefore, most people in the north have also developed the habit of eating salty food.

People say Suzhou food is sweet, but in fact, compared with Wuxi food, Suzhou food is only light. There is a lot of sugar in Wuxi fried eel paste, and there is also a lot of sugar in the meat stuffing of steamed buns, which northerners can't eat at all. Most residents in Guangdong, Zhejiang and Yunnan also like sweets. The south is rainy, with good light and heat conditions, and is rich in sugar cane. Compared with the north, vegetables are planted several times a year. Southerners are surrounded by sugar and naturally develop the habit of eating sweet. It is not that northerners don't like sweets. It's just that sugar was rare in the past, so they had to use "salty" instead of "sweet" to adjust their taste. Although there is no shortage of "sugar" in the north now, once the taste is formed, it cannot be changed overnight. I believe that with the development of society and the continuation of time, this relative trend of salty and sweet will weaken.

Of course, "sweet in the south and salty in the north, spicy in the east and sour in the west" is just a general and relative statement. China has a vast territory and abundant resources, and its eating habits vary widely from place to place, even in some areas, which is also related to the economic development, ethnic customs and personal habits of various places.

Syrian diet

The Syrian diet is mainly a combination of European cooking and oriental spices. Syrian cooking has a great influence on other Arab countries. It is an important part of the Arab diet.

The traditional dishes in Syria are mainly beans, meat, vegetables and fruits, and a large number of mint, celery, lemon, garlic, onion and olive oil are used as cooking and preparation ingredients. Meat cooking is unique, and barbecue and stew are famous in the Arab world. It also has its own uniqueness in making pies. Pancakes are the staple food of Syrians. American ginseng is essential.

Every meal usually has cold dishes, various salads, served with exquisite tableware, and served with yogurt, Arabic celery, olive oil, cucumbers and tomatoes. Dinner is barbecue and Arabian rice, stew, rice and dried fruit. After dinner, there is sweet and rich black tea or Arabic coffee, followed by fruit and ice cream. After dinner, there are all kinds of sweets, such as Bakaramen, which is mainly made of dried fruits and honey, and Harawat Al Juben, which is filled with cheese and ice cream.