Baking is a cooking method that uses soup and steam, salt or hot gas as heat transfer media to heat pickled materials or semi-finished products until they are cooked. Steaming refers to the cooking method of putting seasoned food raw materials into a vessel, then putting them into a steamer, and maturing them by steam.

2. Different ways

According to different food raw materials, there are four kinds of baking: casserole baking, tripod baking, oven baking and salt baking. Steaming includes steaming, powder steaming, buckle steaming, package steaming, distiller's grains steaming, color steaming, fruit cup steaming and so on.

3. Different tastes

The baked food has the characteristics of original flavor, rich aroma and strong taste. The steamed food tastes delicious and smooth.

4. Different origins

The earliest origin of steaming can be traced back to the Yanhuang period more than 10 thousand years ago. From the principle of cooking food, ancestors found that steam can cook food. Baked rice originated from Hakkas, and it is also a kind of western food practice, which ranks alongside pizza and pasta as three classic western foods.