中國人是很重視“吃”的,“民以食為天”這句諺語就說明我們把吃看得與天一樣重要.
Chinese people attach great importance to "eating".We can know it by the saying "min yi shi wei tian"(eating is the paramount necessity of people).
由于我們這個民族幾千年來都處于低下的生產(chǎn)力水平,人們總是吃不飽,所以才會有一種獨特的把吃看得重于一切的飲食文化,
For thousands of years,due to the low productivity peole always don't have enough food,hence there comes the unique eating culture of putting eating above everything.
我想,這大概是出于一種生存需要吧.
As far as I'm concerned,may be it is the result of physiological needs.
如果一種文化把吃看成首要的事,那么就會出現(xiàn)兩種現(xiàn)象：
If there is a culture which regard eating as the most important thing,then there will produce two phenomena:
一方面會把這種吃的功能發(fā)揮到極致,不僅維持生存,也利用它維持健康,這也就是”藥補不如食補”的文化基礎(chǔ)；
On the one hand it will display the function of eating to its limit.Not only eat to live but live well,which is the culture basis of "Food cures better than medicines."
另一方面,對吃的過份重視,會使人推崇對美味的追求.
On the other hand,the over-emphasis of eating will push the pursuit of delicious food.
在中國的烹調(diào)術(shù)中,對美味追求幾乎達到極致,
The pursuit of delicay has almost came to the extreme in China cookery.
中國菜注重菜肴色、香、味、形、意俱全,以至于中國人到海外謀生,都以開餐館為業(yè),成了我們在全世界安身立命的根本!
China's dishes highly stress on its color,aroma,taste,shape and meaning.As a result,many chinese come to overseas and make a living by opening restaurants,which has become the foundamental settlement in the world.
遺憾的是,當(dāng)我們把追求美味作為第一要求時,我們卻忽略了食物最根本的營養(yǎng)價值,
Unfortunately,when we take priority of its taste,we often ignore the nutrition value of food.
我們的很多傳統(tǒng)食品都要經(jīng)過熱油炸和長時間的文火飩煮,使菜肴的營養(yǎng)成分受到破壞,許多營養(yǎng)成分都損失在加工過程中了.
Our traditional food are often through hot oil frying and boilling with moderate fire for a long time,during cooking the nutritious ingredients have benn destroyed.
因而一說到營養(yǎng)問題,實際上就觸及到了中國飲食文化的最大弱點.民間有句俗話：“民以食為天,食以味為先”.
So when it comes to nutition issue,actually it touch the biggest weak point of China eating culture.There a folk saying that:"food is the paramount necessity of people,taste is the priority of eating."