中西饮食文化差异English.ppt

A comparative study on food culture in America and China Introduction Diet is actually the contents of our daily lives, but why we call it culture? That is because the diet has special status in the Chinese culture, and it also has a great distinction between China and the west. Differences in Concepts Chinese diet is a sense of beauty diet and pays attention to the color, flavor, taste regardless of the nutrition . Western diet is a rational concept, regardless of the color of food, incense, flavor and shape, but nutrition must be assured. Differences in food material In China ,all diet cannot be done without vegetables. The word dish is for the sound, and it always has something to do with the plants . Westerners do not seem to have such a good habit. The main ingredient is meat and plants are just the complement. Differences in Diet Attribution Chinese diet tends to be art and sentimental ,which is expressed as the stress on the flavor. Western diet tends to be scientific and rational, which is in the development of nutrition . Conclusion . Thank you. * * Breakfast English breakfast :英式早餐 a large breakfast such as :cereal ;cooked bacon, eggs; toast; tea or coffee Continental breakfast:欧陆式a light breakfast, such as coffee, bread, butter and jam Bread : brown bread; white bread; whole meal bread Milk : skimmed milk; whole fat milk Cereal : oatmeal ;or porridge ;Eggs: omelet; custard ;Cakes: muffins; Coffee : decaffeinated coffee; black coffee; white coffee Tea : black tea; green tea; coffee-tea Chinese breakfast ：vegetables, steamed buns, pancakes, congee ,eggs milk, bean products . Breakfast Dinner Dinner is the main meal of the day and can be meal at noon or meal in the evening .And it is usually the meal in the evening. The meal that is taken very late is Supper. The formal western dinner party contains 6 courses: First： seafood and soup (starter /appetizer)