1、Quick View To Civilization of Chinese FoodIt is not easy to brief the civilization of Chinese Food in a short message, it is because, there are more than 56 folks inside the Mainland China, and the large area causes difference dining habits among the difference districts. First of all, we need to kn
2、ow that, the old China was developed in a faming society, and most of the dining habits and meals culture are based on this factor.Dining Tool and habitsNot same to the people living in western area, Chinese used to have their dinner together with all the family members, sitting around a table and e
3、ach person will have one set of dining tool in front of them, including two bowls which one for rice and another for soup, one pairs of chopsticks and one plate for meat / vegetable. They will share the food dishes which were made and put into the central of table, diners will only pick up the food
4、from the dished which who want to eat. He will pick it and places it into the small plate in front of him. There are 2 special habits, one is, Chinese diners never pick up rice from the bowl but will handle the bowl towards their lips then poke the rice into their mouths by the chopsticks. The other
5、 one is, Chinese always have soup during or after dining.Traditional Chinese FoodThere are so many traditional and special Chinese foods, according to the folk culture, district, religion, and festival. For the famous classes divided by district, there are style of Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sich
6、uan, North-West, and so onor by folk, there are kajia, Yunan, Fujian, etc. These all above mentioned styles are well-known in the worldwide. Here, introduce some special dishes, perhaps you have had it, or you have never heard :DoufuDoufu is the most popular food in Chinese Society.It is also the ma
7、in food in a faming family.The recipe shown : Unicorn Doufu with Yunnan HamMajor Ingredients : Bean curd, Yunnan Ham, Black MushroomsSteamed FishChinese always make the fish recipes by steaming style.Just only with some light soy sauce and some seasoning.The recipe shown : Steamed Snakehead in Chaoz
8、hou StyleMajor Ingredients : Snakehead, Preserved Lemon, Spring OnionDim SumDim Sum is the most famous food in world-wide.It is a Guangdong Style snack which served as light meal.The recipe shown : Steam Shrimp Dumpling Major Ingredients : Shrimps, Pork, Wheat Flour for pastryLobsterLobster is the f
9、amous style seafood in Hong Kong.Some difference from the traditional western chefs style.The recipe shown : Lobster in High StockMajor Ingredients : Lobster, Chicken Stock, GarlicDark Rice Vinegar With GingerYou perhaps have never heard this.this is Guangdong style.It is a supplementary diet for wo
10、men who is weak, new mother.The recipe shown : Pigs Fore Hands in Vinegar and GingerIngredients : Sweet Dark Rice Vinegar, Pigs Hands, Egg, GingerEggs In TeaThis is a very special snack of Guangdong.It is very nice food for the party, gathering, with beer.The recipe shown : Eggs In Chinese TeaIngred
11、ients : Eggs, Chinese Dark TeaFestive DishesBecause of the poor and hard lifestyle character of a farming society, the Chinese farming families would have food which were being get from the farming field, such as, potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable, sweet corn, mushrooms, etc. So, the Chinese will have m
12、any dishes of meat recipes like Chicken, Pork, Fish that they do not have in the normal days. The are some special snack, or to be said, festival food will be made during the Chinese festivals, Such as Sweet-Stick Cake and Turnip Pastry in Lunar New Year, Glutinous Rice Tamale in Dragon Boat Festiva
13、l, Moon Cake in Middle Autumn Festival, etc, and Steamed Buns to the Birthday personReligion Culture - Vegetarian DietsBuddhism and Tao is the main religions in Mainland China, and, it is must more simple to know that vegetarian diets becomes the main food to the people whose cult as monk and nun, a
14、s well as Taoist. There are so many vegetarian diets made looked like meat as pork, beef, fish, cuttlefish, etc. It is so funny and tasty, and healthy. Islam is one of the large religion in Mainland China, but it is well-known that, the Muslins never eat Pork, and their famous recipe is BBQ LambMain
15、 FoodGenerally, we can divided the farming products of main food in China into 3 styles, those are, Rice in Southern and Eastern China, Wheat in Northern China and Sweet Corn in Middle, Northern, Western China. Because of their farming products, the people living in Southern China will have rice, co
16、ngee or rice noodle as their main food, and who will have wheat made products like Bun, noodle, pancake in Northern China. The populace who living on seaside and lakeside will have seafood or lake fishes as meals. Of course, people can have any food as they want nowaday.Taste Depends On ClimateThere
17、 is a big difference about the diets between Northern and Southern China, that is, the dishes made by Northern Chefs are in heavier taste and those are comparably light in Southern Chefs recipes, sometimes, we say it is tasty as sweet and fresh in Southern Chinese food. In the Northern and Western P
18、rovinces of China like Lingxia, hebei, Sichuan , Shenxi, and Yunnan, the diets are made in hot and spicy, because of the humid cold weather and high altitude, Chinese people wonder that to perspire is a good method for preventing diseases caused by humidity and cold.Herds And Spices, Preserved Mater
19、ialsThere are not popular to use herds and spices in Chinese Food, perhaps Chinese chefs will use some parsley, aniseed, fennel, cloves, Sichuan peppercorn, red chili pastyhowever, they mostly use light and dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, rice vinegar and oyster sauce as the main seasoning and sauce. Chinese chefs usually like to use the preserved and salty Ingredients like preserved eggs, potherb and pickled mustard, dried shrimps, bean curd cheese, dry and salty pork, salty duck, meat sausageit is a long and traditional habit since the ancient hard and poor farming society.
