Food
is an essential part of everyday life for Chinese individuals. Chinese not only
enjoy eating, but believe eating good food brings harmony and intimacy to the
family and relationships. Shopping daily for fresh food is vital for all
Chinese cooking. Unlike the junk food society of the U.S., the Chinese select
live sea food, fresh meats and seasonal vegetables and fruits from the local
marketplace to ensure freshness. This implies swimming fish, snappy crabs, and
squawking hens. Even prepared foods like dim sum or Barbecue duck for to go
orders should gleam, glisten, and steam as if only taken out from the oven.
Chinese individuals generally aren't as worried about nutrition as Western
culture. They're more involved with the food texture, flavor, color, and aroma.
Those
are the essential points for good Chinese cooking. Chinese daily meals consist
of four groups of food! grains, veggies, fruits, and meat. Since of lactose
intolerance, Chinese don't consume considerable amounts of dairy products.
Rather, Chinese alternative these with soymilk and tofu, which likewise contain
significant amounts of protein and calcium. Some exceptions include preserved
veggies like snow cabbage or mustard greens, maintained eggs, aka Thousand year
old eggs or salted and dry fish. Other conditions include snack items like beef jerky, cuttlefish jerky, sweet and
sour preserved plums, or dehydrated mango pieces. Western desserts like
biscuits, cakes, pies, and ice cream are eaten only on unique events like
birthdays and weddings. Families usually eat seasonal fruits as dessert.
Chinese desserts like red bean soup, sweet white lotus seed soup, or steam
papaya soup are served once in awhile as a unique treat on a hot summer's
night.
Ethnic Chinese cooking does not involve lots
of deep fried cooking. The reason majority of the Chinese restaurants in America also
have deep fried dishes like sweet and sour pork, almond fried Chicken, and deep
fried shrimp is to encourage business and also to please western tastes. This
obviously displays just why there are more overweight and high blood pressure
level concerns in Western culture than you'll find in Chinese culture. Chinese
barely waste any section of the animal and also have found ways to cook
virtually every part. Chinese culture believes that Yi xing bu xing, which
suggests by using any form or part of the animal the same part of the human
body may be refreshed and strengthened.
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