The difference between the north and the south and the food culture between the north and the south

South meter to the north. The result of the farmer's adaptation to local conditions.

For friends in the south, the staple food is generally rice, and rarely eat pasta, while in addition to rice, northerners often eat steamed buns, pancakes, hand-rolled noodles, gnocchi soup, noodles and ......In fact, this is related to the difference in the structure of agricultural production between the north and the south. The climate in southern China is high temperature and rainy, and the cultivated land is mainly paddy fields, so local farmers plant rice with high temperature and rainy growth habits according to local conditions.

However, in the north of China, there is less precipitation, the temperature is low, and the cultivated land is mostly dry land, which is suitable for the growth of dry and cold-tolerant wheat. The so-called "what you plant and what you eat", in the long run, has developed the eating habit of south rice and north noodles.

Seasoning is different. salty in the north and sweet in the south".

For a long time, people in the north of our country have formed the habit of eating salty food, which is what people usually call "heavy mouth". The north of our country is located in the warm temperate zone, the winter is cold and dry, the summer is mild and rainy, the temperature is large in the year, in the past, only a small number of vegetables are difficult to survive the winter, and at the same time are not willing to "squander" for a while, the northerners will pickle the vegetables and slowly "enjoy", in this way, most people in the north have developed the habit of eating salty.

People say that Suzhou cuisine is sweet, but in fact, compared with Wuxi's, Suzhou cuisine is just light. There is a lot of sugar in Wuxi fried eel paste, and a lot of sugar is also put in the meat filling of the bun, which is impossible for northerners to eat. Residents in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Yunnan and other places also love sweets.

The south is rainy, the light and heat conditions are good, sugarcane is abundant, and compared with the north, vegetables are more stubble a year. Southerners are treated to sugar"Encircled", and naturally developed the habit of eating sweets.

It's not that northerners don't like sweet, but sugar was rare in the past, so northern residents had to use "salty" instead of "sweet" to adjust the taste. Although there is no shortage of "sugar" in the north now, once the taste is formed, it cannot be changed overnight. It is believed that with the development of society and the continuation of time, this trend of salty and sweet will weaken.

China has a vast territory and many ethnic groups, and the Qinling Huai River divides China geographically into two massifs. In addition to the geographical environment, the division of climate and cultural differences has created the difference between the cultures of the north and the south for thousands of years.

There are many kinds of cultural differences, and dietary differences are one of the things that stand out.

Today, I will take you to take stock of the differences in diet between the north and the south.

1.There has always been a saying on the staple food that "south rice is north". The staple food in the south is generally rice, and pasta is rarely eaten. Northerners love to eat pasta, which not only refers to noodles, but also steamed buns, pancakes, and gnocchi soup.

2.In terms of taste, it is "sweet in the south and salty in the north", and the north has always had the habit of "hoarding vegetables" because of the climate, and often pickled the vegetables and ate them slowly. In this way, most northerners have developed the habit of eating salty.

3.There is a habit of "southern cake and northern dumplings" in the festival, southerners are used to eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival, and people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang always put a plate of rice cakes on the table of the eight immortals on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve as an offering. Northerners prefer to eat dumplings.

4."The south is fine and the north is coarse", whether it is a southerner's home or a southern restaurant, the amount of dishes is small and exquisite. The amount of northern dishes is large and sufficient, which reflects more roughness, which is also in line with the bold character of northerners.

5.Southerners eat sweet tofu brains, and northerners eat salty tofu brains.

6.Southerners eat sweet zongzi, and northerners eat salty zongzi.

7.Southerners drink soup at the dinner table, and soup is also a dish; Northerners drink soup after meals, and soup is not counted as a dish.

8.Southerners eat green onions by cutting them into chopped green onions and sprinkling them on top of vegetables, while northerners love to eat green onions with dipping sauce.

9.The greens and cabbage in the south are called rape in the north, and the greens in the north have something else.

10.Southerners eat dumplings dipped in vinegar, while northerners eat dumplings dipped in vinegar and soy sauce.

The difference between the north and the south in terms of food is still quite large, but this also reflects the breadth and profundity of our country's food culture. Whether it is the sophistication of the southern diet or the boldness of the northern diet, it has its own characteristics. We should respect this difference.

There are differences between the diet of the north and the south in terms of staple foods, cuisines, and the amount of dishes. The south is suitable for growing rice, the staple food is rice of defeat, and the north is suitable for growing wheat, and the staple food is steamed buns, dumplings, Da Mingmin cakes, noodles, etc. The cuisines in the north are mostly Shandong cuisine, and the cuisines in the south include Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Suzhou cuisine, Hui cuisine, etc.

The northern dishes are sufficient, do not pay attention to the fine cooking process and the name of the dish, and buy vegetables generally by the pound, with a large amount of dishes and simple workmanship.

The dishes are delicate and delicate, the production process is complicated, and the knife work, cooking heat, plating, etc., are small. Stirring up dead branches.

The south drinks soup before meals and drinking, the north drinks soup after meals, the south eats rice cakes during the Chinese New Year, the north eats dumplings, the southern zongzi are salty, and the northern zongzi are sweet.