Chinese food is one of the most popular food in the world, so the website provides many good stuff about Chinese food. You will find wide range of information as well as recipes so you can try to cook a Chinese dish for your own and enjoy reading. http://www.chineseculturefood.com 2010-07-31T04:40:14+01:00 text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/chinese-cuisine-across-the-country Chinese Cuisine Across the Country China is one of the largest countries in the world. Because of this, the land area of the country almost encompasses all types of land in the world, from sandy land to desserts to forest areas, though small, to even agricultural and urbanized land area. Because of this, the country has a diverse range of Chinese food that can be served to locals and tourists alike. Several short yet informative descriptions of the more famous provinces and the food they serve are discussed in the following paragraphs. Chinese food can be categorized into two major classifications: Southern and Northern. Southern Chinese food is known for fresh and tender ingredients. On the other hand, food from the Northern part of China is known for the use spices such as garlic. Later on, Chinese food is classified into eight categories, each with distinct flavor and characteristic. The famous Peking duck can trace its origin in the Shandong, Beijing type of cuisine. If a person is looking for Chinese food that is done with an exotic mix of spices, then s/he can go for Sichuan cuisine. If looking for food cooked over the lightest taste available one can opt for Cantonese cuisine. A mixture of salty-sweet cuisine is found in Jiangsu cuisine. Zheijang cuisine boasts meticulously prepared dishes with blends of saltiness and freshness. Chinese food cooked Hunan style is usually with a pinch of sour and spicy flavor. Hunan cuisine on the other hand boasts a wide-array of delicacies while Fuijan Cuisine serve Chinese food mostly marinated in wine. With the different categories of Chinese cuisine, one can have a worthy experience trying some, if not all of the categories. text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/chinese-food-noodles Chinese Food: Noodles China is known as one of the countries that has a huge number of populations. Also the country is known for being one of the few countries that are the last to open their trade and commercial expertise to other countries. But aside from all of that, China is also well-known around the world as the country with a diverse collection of Chinese food. And one of the more popular ones eaten not only by the locals but also by tourists is noodles. Chinese people believe that the secret for long life is constantly eating noodles. This belief is already being practiced even before foreign settlers set foot to the country. This belief is passed onto generations and generations up until the point wherein Chinese people are spread across the globe. Because of this, Chinese people from other parts of the world are constantly developing ways on how to enjoy this famous Chinese food. Some are constantly concocting new kinds of sauces and dips that can be poured over noodles, either hot or cold. Others are looking for other ways on how to prepare new dishes with noodles as the main ingredients. Different spices are added and various meats are being sprinkled over the top of a steaming cup of noodles to make it delectable to diners. Fusions of different dishes from other countries like India, and noodles are also to be noted. Because of this, many people are able to enjoy the good taste of this famous Chinese food. text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/chinese-food-origin Chinese Food Origin Food is considered as the most staple part of any organism’s life. If an organism, is exposed to other necessary aspects of life except food, s/he will still not be able to survive. Food is said to be the fuel of an individual regardless of what his or her stature in life is. Without food, anyone will not be able to function well in this ever-changing world. Every type of food will more or less make its way into the lives of people at any point. Take for example Chinese food. Different key ingredients of Chinese food came into China at different times, some together with other key ingredients and others by itself. A brief description on the how or when the different staple Chinese food came will be written in the following paragraphs. Around 5000 BC rice made it way towards being the staple food of many Chinese. Though not everyone in the country can avail of this newly-discovered staple food because of geographical reasons, Chinese resulted into using other alternatives like wheat, sorghum and wild millet that are introduced as the years go by. By the year 2000 BC, different animals are being raised in homes around China as something to be used as a source of food. Others had been introduced by traders that usually pass the region. Some of these homegrown and introduced animals are wild pigs, chicken, goat and cattle. But the most common food that is considered original in this part of the world is the fermented bean product, tofu. Made around 1000 BC, tofu is essentially needed in almost all Chinese food cuisine. It is also used as a substitute for meat products that are not accessible for those living under meager finance. With the key foods stated above, it is no wonder that Chinese cuisine... text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/chinese-food Chinese Cooking: The Ancient Way Ever wonder how a Peking duck is cooked in the ancient times? Or how a steaming plate of dumpling is being made without the use of modern-day equipments? Ancient Chinese people are using different utensils to cook authentic Chinese food like the ones mentioned above. Also they are making great-tasting dishes using age-old cooking wisdom passed from generations to preserve the innate taste normally enjoyed by the youth today. Chinese food is considered as one of the healthiest foods in the world today. That is because Chinese food is almost always packed with the right amount of nutrients such as protein, calcium, and vitamins and minerals. Plus Chinese food is cooked using the one of the most ingenious cooking materials ever made: the wok. With the use of this bowl-shaped cooking material, a small amount of oil is only needed to be able to cook sumptuous meals. Another advantage of the shape of the wok is that the cook can be able to mix ingredients more thoroughly thus making the flavor of spices and herbs such as basil and lemongrass more pronounced. Also with the use of wok and another Asian cooking material, the chopsticks, several other kinds of Chinese food are being invented to be added to this ever-growing gourmet food. Aside from using old-fashioned cooking materials, ancient Chinese also rely on nature to give them the freshest natural ingredients as compared to the present generation wherein almost everything can be bought off the rack. Upon learning that old-fashioned way of cooking plus the origin of the freshest ingredients used in cooking Chinese food, one will never again wonder where Chinese food is one of the most popular types of food in the world nowadays. text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/cooking-chinese-101 Cooking Chinese 101 Whenever a person says Chinese food many would think takeout food. That is because Chinese takeout is popular in many Western countries. A lot of people are thinking that having Chinese food is healthier as compared to other alternatives. Besides, the fact that it is more or less faster to cook than other types of takeout food is a nice touch for busy people. But did it ever occur to these people how authentic Chinese food is made? There are a lot of ways on how to cook different Chinese food. One of the classic Chinese cooking methods that are used in many Chinese homes and restaurants around the world is chao or more popularly known as stir-fry. As the name implies, stir-frying is the ability of the cook to toss and turn several ingredients in a small amount of oil over high heat. With this method, flavor of vegetables and meat become more pronounced. Another more popular way of cooking Chinese food is by steaming or ching. In steaming, different foods can be placed one over the other onto a stack of bamboo trays that is places above boiling water. It is then covered to surround the food with steam which in turn will cook the food. There are a handful of different kinds of Chinese food that are cooked using steaming: fish, vegetables and dumplings are some. One of the more authentic ways of cooking Chinese cuisine is by red cooking or red stewing. Basically this is the method wherein food such as meat, vegetables and sometimes tofu is immersed into boiling water with soy sauce. Soy sauce will be the one that will give the flavor to the food. The three mentioned above are some of the ways on how to cooked Chinese food. All of these are brought... text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/food-for-the-gods-for-chinese-new-year Food for the Gods: Chinese New Year Occasions are created to commemorate what other people did or have. People like to celebrate occasions by going to place such as church, restaurants and parks. Others opt to stay at home to celebrate with their family, friends and other love ones. Aside from celebrating it by programs, the hosts or family prepare various foods to be enjoyed by everyone. One of the celebrations wherein food is as important as the celebration itself is the Chinese New Year. Chinese food considered lucky by Chinese is being served in this two-week celebration that is also known as the Spring Festival. Different Chinese food is served because of several purposes. It can be served because of the way the food is being presented. Examples of these are spring rolls either fried or steamed --- because it is said to resemble gold, an important factor in terms of wealth for the Chinese --- also steamed clams are served for they are believed to resemble coins. Another purpose of serving food during Chinese New Year is because of the way the name sounds in their native tongue. Examples of these are the following: fruits like tangerine and orange are evidently present during this celebration for their names sounds like luck and wealth in Chinese, respectively while pomelo sounds like “to have” in Chinese; also lettuce wraps are present for the Chinese name sounds like rising fortune. Also present in Chinese New Year is a local Chinese food called sticky rice cakes. The sticky rice cake symbolizes different things like rich and sweet life, family reunion and abundance for the year to come. text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/modern-fusion Modern-day Fusion: Chinese Food As a famous saying goes, “Nothing in this world is permanent, except change.” True enough everything in this world doesn’t stay the same way as before. New discoveries are made quite so often that revisions and corrections are not a surprise anymore. Many aspects of human life are being subjected to this kind of change quite so often that many things are considered pass? in shorter periods of time as compared before. One of the aspects of life that is often subjected to this kind of treatment is food. In the succeeding paragraphs, fusion with Chinese food and other kinds of food will be talked about. Chinese food had undergone tremendous changes over the years not only in form of revising some parts of Chinese cuisine but also the creation of new recipes that can be enjoyed in the years to come. Through the years, many newly-discovered ingredients are being added to the already wide-range of Chinese food selection. Some of these spices, herbs and other types of food are infused with local recipes to create a more distinct flavor to Chinese food. Also the arrival of foreign individuals and the migration and interaction of Chinese to other parts of the world brought about modern-day fusion of Chinese food and foreign delicacies. An example of fusion of these foods is tidbits of Peking duck rolled into lettuce leaves or eaten with homemade salsa, a fusion between Mexican or Southern American food and Chinese cuisine. Not every fusion of these foods is readily accepted by the public or by the locals. But then again, without these “changes” people will not be able to enjoy new kinds of food, delectable or not. text/html 2009-04-28T22:43:03+01:00 http://www.chineseculturefood.com http://www.chineseculturefood.com/general/one-extra-rice An Extra Serving Please Food, aside from it being the cure in satisfying the hunger, is also a way on how to recognize a country or place. People, often than not, associate food such as pasta and pizza to Italy, burgers and waffles to United States of America, fish and chips to England etc. So it is no wonder that another type of food is considered to be a way on categorizing Asia, let alone China—and that is none other than rice. Eaten as early as 5000 BC, rice is considered as one of the staples of Chinese food especially those living near or around the Yang-Tse River. Ancient Chinese living on the Northern part of China doesn’t always have the privilege to eat rice. This is because rice rarely grows in this part of China where it is colder and drier as compared to other parts of China. So people living in this part of China often than not eat sorghum and wild millet to replace rice as their staple food. Rice nowadays is basically eaten and cooked the same over the years. Uncooked rice is first washed at least three times over running water to take away dirt and other residue that maybe present in it. It is then boiled over water for twenty or more minutes depending on the type of rice used. Rice can be enjoyed alone or more often than not with a viand. Chinese food even has fried rice and mixed rice. Also, rice can be enjoyed in a more different way, by drinking rice wine. Ancient people enjoyed Chinese food and other Asian foods such as Japanese by using fermented rice water as another way of quenching their thirst. Rice is definitely a part of Asian culture. Whenever one want to enjoy the different tastes of rice,...