For people nowadays, meat has become an indispensable food. Nowadays, people often eat pork, beef, mutton and so on. China people especially love pork, and they always kill a pig in the countryside during the Chinese New Year holiday, which is still used in many places.

pork is also the most frequently eaten on the daily table: stewed ribs, small fried pork, braised pork and so on. But in contrast to Americans and Europeans, steak is the most common on the daily table. Why? In fact, this is due to the following reasons.

1. Different types of agriculture

Since ancient times, people in China have been mainly engaged in farming, ensuring the intensive cultivation of grains such as rice and wheat. Cattle are used as the main force of farming, so if ordinary families want to eat meat, they will definitely not choose animals that contribute like cattle. On the other hand, pigs and chickens can eat people's leftovers, which is particularly easy to raise and does not need to contribute, so they have become the main source of meat in China history for many years.

Second, the pork yield is high, and the beef yield is low

Because of China's environment, labor and other reasons, it is not easy to raise cattle, and the litter size of cattle is extremely low, so it takes a lot of manpower and energy to raise a cow. On the contrary, the breeding cycle of pigs is short and the litter size is large, so there are many more pigs raised artificially than cattle, while European and American countries have extremely suitable conditions for raising cattle, so the beef yield is high.

iii. Breeding conditions

Cattle is an animal that eats grass, while European and American countries have vast land and many pastures to raise cattle, so the supply of beef is very large and the input is small, so the price of beef is relatively low. But the pig is an omnivore, dirty and smelly, and it is not as easy to raise as cattle and sheep, so there are more cattle raised in Europe and America than in pigs.

Fourth, the limitation of cooking techniques

The European cooking techniques are mainly barbecue, followed by frying, frying, stewing, steaming, baking and stewing, and the food is more original. The pork itself has a little fishy smell, and European and American countries don't have the means of putting onions, ginger, cooking wine and so on, so the pork made is not delicious, and naturally they don't like pork. Besides providing a lot of milk and cheese, cattle and sheep can also eat meat. Natural beef and mutton are more popular. In addition, West Renye Fang likes to eat half-cooked barbecue, but half-cooked pork will get sick, but cattle and sheep are just right.

V. Religious reasons

Most people in China do not have religious beliefs like those in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Islam and Judaism originated in the Middle East. They are used to raising cattle and sheep, and banning pork can eliminate parasites once and for all. There are still some areas where eating beef is not acceptable, even if they can afford expensive steaks, such as Buddhists in India. China pork.

among the main cuisines in China, pork plays a very important role, such as braised pork, Dongpo elbow, shredded pork with fish flavor, braised pork with plum, etc. There are various dishes with pork as the main ingredient.

Not only that, pig's viscera, stomach, large intestine, liver, lungs and other things are often cooked carefully and become delicacies at the dinner table. Although the diet structure of China people has changed in recent years, the status of pork as the main meat is still unshakable.

According to national statistics, China's pork production has reached the first place in the world! The total output accounts for 49% of the total pork production in the world. It can be said that China people eat half of the pigs in the world.

in 218, pork accounted for 63.45% of China's meat consumption, ahead of other meats. In 217, China's per capita pork consumption reached 39.8kg, an increase of 1.4kg over the previous year and a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. It is not difficult to find that China has a large consumption of pork.

Although pork is so popular in China, there is a great demand for pork in China, but the big pig-raising country is the United States, which prefers beef. Why is this?

The United States has unique natural conditions for raising pigs, with a large territory, a small population and a relatively concentrated population. In addition, the United States has developed agriculture and planted a large number of crops such as corn and soybeans, so they are also a large agricultural country, and food crops are the main components of processed pig feed, which greatly reduces the breeding cost and has high breeding benefits.

The most important point is that the farming technology in the United States is very advanced. Unlike the traditional farming in China, they rely heavily on mechanized equipment, fully automated farming, scientific management, and very high production efficiency. One person can usually raise thousands of pigs, and the labor cost is relatively low. Summary

Actually, westerners prefer beef to pork, which is not entirely true, because people in some European countries still like sausages and pork elbows. However, Europeans and Americans as a whole still like steak.