Unit 2 文本The differences between Chinese and western food culture（人教）

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1、ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternfoodcultureChinahasalonghistoryof5000years,whilethewesthasoneofaboutsixhundredyears.Chinahasafoodculturethatiscolorful,profoundandexcellent,whilethewesthasitsownspecialculture.Nowwe’dliketotalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenthesetwoculturesfromthefollowingaspe

2、cts.1.thedifferenceofideaaboutfoodWhatChinesepeoplecareaboutisthedeliciousnessoffood.Theyemphasizetheideaofusingsomecookingskillstouniteandharmonizethetastesoffoodswhichhavedifferentnaturalproperties,Chinesepeoplevaluethesimilarityofdifferentthings.Accordingtotheirtraditionalidea,theytendtose

3、ektherelationshipbetweentwodifferentobjects,andmakethemchangetoeachother.Sotheyvaluetheunityofdifferenttastesandtheyalwaystrytoharmonizefoodofdifferentnaturalpropertiesintoone.Forexample,inShandongdishes,porkandsoybeanoilareinterdependentandtheircombinationcanalmostmakealldishesbeoffantastics

4、mellofporkandcolorofsoybean.Itthusmakefoodofdifferentnaturesgetunification.Sowesee,mediocrityisthethemeofChinesecookingculture.Sincethewesternersbelieveinseparationoftheuniverseandhumanintheirculturalspiritandthinkingmodel,emphasizetheformandstructureandvaluetheclearness,theyformaspecialideaa

5、boutthefoodscience.Theveryideaisthatecologicalbeliefinseparationoftheuniverseandhumanworld,properideaofbalancednutrient.Intheiropinion,oneshouldchoosehisfoodonlyaccordingtohisneedasanindependentindividualandthebalancedrequirementofallkindsofnutrientsforeachpartofhisbody.Theyconsideritisimport

6、anttomakethepropermatchoffoodbythecriterionofvarietyandquantity.Throughcookingoftherawmaterials,theydisplaythenicetasteofallkindsofmaterials.Whattheywantistomeetthephysiologicalneedofthebody.Forexample,thetasteofcrablobsterandseafishlivecompletelydifferent,thewesternerswilldefinitelynotmixthe

7、tastesofthemwhentheypreparethedishwiththem.2.ThedifferencesofcookingskillTheso-calledChinesemeditationoffiveflavorsreferstotheoriginaltasteofthefoodafterheatedandcooked,andtheflavorsofingredientsandcondimentsmixtogetherandmeltintoeachotherand