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1、ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternfoodcultureChinahasalonghistoryof5000years,whilethewesthasoneofaboutsixhundredyears.Chinahasafoodculturethatiscolorful,profoundandexcellent,whilethewesthasitsownspecialculture.Nowwe’dliketotalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenthe
2、setwoculturesfromthefollowingaspects.1 thedifferenceofideaaboutfoodWhatChinesepeoplecareaboutisthedeliciousnessoffood.Theyemphasizetheideaofusingsomecookingskillstouniteandharmonizethetastesoffoodswhichhavedifferentnaturalproperties,Chinesepeoplevaluethes
3、imilarityofdifferentthings.Accordingtotheirtraditionalidea,theytendtoseektherelationshipbetweentwodifferentobjects,andmakethemchangetoeachother.Sotheyvaluetheunityofdifferenttastesandtheyalwaystrytoharmonizefoodofdifferentnaturalpropertiesintoone.Forexample,in
4、Shandongdishes,porkandsoybeanoilareinterdependentandtheircombinationcanalmostmakealldishesbeoffantasticsmellofporkandcolorofsoybean.Itthusmakefoodofdifferentnaturesgetunification.Sowesee,mediocrityisthethemeofChinesecookingculture.Sincethewesternersbelieveinse
5、parationoftheuniverseandhumanintheirculturalspiritandthinkingmodel,emphasizetheformandstructureandvaluetheclearness,theyformaspecialideaaboutthefoodscience.Theveryideaisthatecologicalbeliefinseparationoftheuniverseandhumanworld,properideaofbalancednutrient.Int
6、heiropinion,oneshouldchoosehisfoodonlyaccordingtohisneedasanindependentindividualandthebalancedrequirementofallkindsofnutrientsforeachpartofhisbody.Theyconsideritisimportanttomakethepropermatchoffoodbythecriterionofvarietyandquantity.Throughcookingoftherawmate
7、rials,theydisplaythenicetasteofallkindsofmaterials.Whattheywantistomeetthephysiologicalneedofthebody.Forexample,thetasteofcrablobsterandseafishlivecompletelydifferent,thewesternerswilldefinitelynotmixthetastesofthemwhentheypreparethedishwiththem.2 Thediff
8、erencesofcookingskillTheso-calledChinesemeditationoffiveflavorsreferstotheoriginaltasteofthefoodafterheatedandcooked,andtheflavorsofingredientsandcondimentsmixtogetherandmeltintoea
