中西方饮食文化对比论文

海洋大学

学期论文

题目：浅谈中西方饮食文化差异

学院：外国语学院

专业：英语

班级：13英语

学号：1361322

姓名：马梦雅

指导教师：Alan

完成日期：2015年12月15日

CONTENTS

1.General differences between Chinese and Western diet habits (1)

2.Differences in cooking methods (4)

3.Differences in table manners (5)

4.Differences in tableware (7)

5.Differences in tea drinking (8)

Differences between Chinese and Western diet

habits

I. General differences between Chinese and Western diet habits.

Chinese diet focuses on“flavor” while Western diet cares more about “rational concept”,which means that Western food not only emphasizes the

color,smell,taste,shape of food,but also pays attention to taking in proper nutrition ,even stresses on the calories, vitamins, protein, etc. in each

meal.Although the taste is similar, they often force themselves to eat——because food is rich in nutrition.This idea of diet is relevant to western

philosophy,meta-physic,the main characteristic of western philosophy,which promoted the western culture’s development in some

degree.However,philosophy also had side effect on diet culture.Though westerners focus on the choice of tableware,the use of spices,the quality of service,and no matter how high-grade and luxury the food

is,generally speaking,beef is almost the same from London to New York.

In the other word,Chinese diet seems more complex.The vast land,abundant resources,different climates in north and south are all resulted in completely different flavors of Chinese food. Chinese people in different places like sweet,salt,sour,spicy food,so it gradually formed four main cuisines：Sichuan,Qilu,Huaiyang,and Guangdong. Besides,eating different food in different seasons also is a characteristic of Chinese diet.Chinese pay attention to intake in proper time,for insurance,drink mung bean soup in summer to clear away heat rather than drink it in winter.

Western meals generally includes

appetizer,soup,salad,seafood,meat,dessert,despite also a little differences in French,Russian,Italian,British diet habits.Meat, poultry dishes are the fourth western dishes, also known as the main dish. Meat dishes come from cattle, sheep, pigs, and other small parts of veal, the most representative is beef or steak.Beef can be divided according to their location:Sirloin steak (also known as sirloin steak), Philip steak, "T" type bone steaks,etc. Cooking methods commonly are roasted, fried, grilled, etc. Sauces of meat dishes are mainly using red wine sauce, black pepper sauce, mushroom juice.Salad,which are vegetable dishes in western food, described as a garnish. Salads usually with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, asparagus and other production. The main salad vinegar sauces are:French sauce, dry island juice, cheese salad juice and so on.After the main dishes,that is dessert. Strictly speaking,it can be counted as the sixth dish. From the real sense, it includes all the main course after the food, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese,