湖南饮食HunanCuisine.PPT

Hunan Cuisine 湘菜 Chinese cuisine Chinese cuisine is any of several styles originating from regions of China, some of which have become increasingly popular in other parts of the world – from Asia to the Americas, Australia, Western Europe and Southern Africa. The history of Chinese cuisine stretches back for many centuries and produced both change from period to period and variety in what could be called traditional Chinese food, leading Chinese to pride themselves on eating a wide range of foods. Chinese cuisine China covers a large territory and has many nationalities, hence a variety of Chinese food with different but fantastic and mouthwatering flavor. Since Chinas local dishes have their own typical characteristics, generally, Chinese food can be roughly divided into eight regional cuisines, which has been widely accepted around. Certainly, there are many other local cuisines that are famous, such as Beijing Cuisine and Shanghai Cuisine. Eight Cuisines Shandong Cuisine Sichuan Cuisine Guangdong Cuisine Fujian Cuisine Jiangsu Cuisine Zhejiang Cuisine Hunan cuisine Anhui Cuisine Hunan is known as the land of fish and rice. Like the west in latitude, it has the added bonus of lowlands for rice cultivation and a rich oceans edge for fish. 湖南地处长江中游南部，气候温和，雨量充沛，土质肥沃，物产丰富，素称“鱼米之乡”。优越的自然条件和富饶的物产，湘菜在选料方面提供了物质条件。 History of Hunan cuisine The history of the cooking skills employed in the Hunan cuisine dates back many centuries. During the course of its history, Hunan cuisine assimilated a variety of local forms, eventually evolving into its own style. It now contains more than 4,000 dishes（such as fried chicken with Sichuan spicy sauce and smoked pork with dried long green beans） 湘菜的烹饪历史要追溯到很久以前。在其历史上，相菜吸收了各种地方菜式，最终形成了自己的风格。现在的湘菜包含4000多个菜式 Characteristics of Hunan cuisine Hunan dishes consist of local dishes from the Xiangjiang River area, Dongting Lake area and Western Hunan mountain area. 湘菜由湘江流域、洞庭湖区和湘西山区为基调的三种地方风味组成。 Xiangjinag river Dongting lake