From a nutritional perspective, it is pointed out that the diet in many Western countries pays attention to simplicity, lightness, and freshness, which is worth learning. "Scientific use of ingredients and reduction of nutritional losses during processing should be the direction of diet development." Relative to eating

What, what not to eat is also part of the food culture.

When it comes to the word "taboo", people who have traveled abroad feel it even more strongly, because the types of food ingredients in many countries can only be called "simple".

"Chicken feet, offal, cats, dogs, snakes... They especially can't understand that we even eat these." There is a joke: Western explorers usually discover the New World, and Chinese explorers usually discover everything that can be eaten.

"The difference in diet between the East and the West is mainly a spiritual difference. "One is to expand outward, and the other is to explore inward. The two have different focuses.

"The creation of these different focuses is related to historical changes and the development of the humanistic spirit. "The University of London has a major called 'Food Anthropology', which specializes in analyzing human behavior and history from the perspective of diet.

"Our country has a long history. Since ancient times, we have emphasized that "food is the first priority for the people." However, agricultural productivity has always been relatively backward. Therefore, the Chinese have fully developed various food materials over the long years. They not only find what can be eaten, but also have a variety of

Preservation, cooking methods, trying to make the most of everything, “that’s all.

"The "taboos" of other countries are indeed due to eating habits and ideological concepts, but it does not mean that they do not eat "weird things". For example, the French eat foie gras and snails, and the Japanese eat whale...