The old saying "Food is the most important thing for the people" tells us the importance of food in the eyes of China people. Because of it, China people try their best to find as much food as possible and make the food as delicious as possible. In order to distinguish whether food is delicious or not, China people implement a series of rules called "color, smell and taste". If a food reaches a certain standard, people think it is delicious.
In order to make food as delicious as possible, China people have found many cooking methods, including stir-frying, stir-frying, stewing, stewing and steaming. However, nutrition will be lost through some cooking methods. But also the biggest problem of Chinese food. In the pursuit of taste, China people ignore the purpose of eating, making people healthier. People provide color and smell for delicious food. The ingredients are well done here.
However, westerners look at this food in another way. They pay great attention to nutrition. Regardless of color, smell and taste, they should make sure that the food they eat is full of nutrition. The ratio of fuel, vitamins and protein became the focus of their diet. Although the tastes of different foods are monotonous, people should eat them because they are rich in nutrition.
After showing the different concepts of China and Westerners, I want to show you another difference about various foods here. According to the survey of western biologists, China people eat more than 600 kinds of vegetables, six times more than westerners. Maybe it's influenced by Buddhism. Buddhism believes that animals are alive, but plants are inanimate, so Buddhists believe in vegetarianism. However, westerners regard dishes as something to satisfy their hunger, so they like to eat joints.
China people like to share their topics with everyone at the dinner table to deepen their relationship. But westerners don't do this. In order to show their manners, they don't talk loudly when eating. Even if they want to communicate with the people next to them, they should speak in a low voice. Most of the time, they like to enjoy their own meals separately.
The above three differences show different thinking logic and philosophical thoughts between China and the West. I just pointed out a small part of the differences between the two cultures, and I must stop going further. With the development of society, the boundary between China and the West has become increasingly blurred. Let's work hard so that we can appreciate the differences between Chinese and western food cultures in our lives.
The above is the reading material to give you some ideas. Let's see what everyone says:
1. I agree with you. People always think that Chinese food is greasy and contains monosodium glutamate. I admit that some dishes in restaurants do do this. ) I think it is a one-sided opinion.
Because I am from China, I also cook, and real Chinese food is delicious and nutritious.
I think the difference between Chinese food and western food is obvious. For example, cooking methods, Chinese food uses more methods, such as frying, steaming, frying, cooking, ... It is said that 18 kinds, I don't know if it is true. There are also materials, such as oil, and western food usually uses olive oil or butter.
In my experience, Chinese food is much more greasy and healthier than western food. The principle behind China's cooking is very reasonable: less meat and more vegetables; Minimum cooking time (this means more preparation time, but it will bring healthier meals); The least oil, fat and salt used in cooking.
I think Chinese food is not greasy at all, especially compared with American food.
3. The obvious difference is the method. Western food is very simple, but Chinese food is very complicated. Only in cookbooks, various ingredients of western food, such as flour, sugar and butter, are marked with grams, cups and spoons, but it is not so easy for China people, because China cookbooks do not tell you the grams of each ingredient. ..
It's almost enough to summarize it yourself ~