Last week, went to the supermarket to buy vegetables, bought some pork, ribs, eggs, potatoes, tomatoes and other ingredients, in the place where vegetables are weighed, the promoter recommended to me, saying that onions have a special price today, 0.99 yuan per kilogram, I think I did not think about picking 2, after weighing, it is indeed cheap, only 1 yuan;
After going home, I lobbied my mother to let her make onion fried meat for my father, but my father's attitude was more strange, in my memory he really liked to eat onions, but in recent years, the family almost did not eat onions;
Mom will also buy onions, every time you buy back the onion will cut a small opening, put in the corner of the kitchen, and later learned that the mother is using onions to suppress and drive away cockroaches at home, purify the air, basically will not cook;
Later, when I asked my mother, I learned that my father felt that after eating onions, the smell of the body was too unpleasant, and my mother said that after he said that after he had done so several times, my father avoided such things from happening again, so he would no longer eat onions. Finally figured out, the original problem is still in the mother's place, she loves to nag, talk too much, the father will also mind;
At lunch today, I talked to my daughter-in-law about onions, and my daughter-in-law talked about the various ways to eat onions in the Western restaurant, and then asked me, why do I rarely use onions when I cook at home?
My daughter-in-law's inquiry seems to be quite reasonable, and I have really not thought of this aspect of things in the past, and when my daughter-in-law asks me like this, I am dumbfounded;
After lunch, I returned to the study to check the relevant information, after my own collation and processing, I can generally answer my daughter-in-law's questions, and also share it with the majority of friends, my understanding is like this;
Onions have no place in Chinese food, not as important as chili tomatoes, and Western food is inseparable from onions?
For most Chinese, why are onions not so important in Chinese cooking?
First of all, to popularize a knowledge point for everyone, onions are called "pi yazi" in Xinjiang, the best way to do it in Xinjiang is to match mutton, so onions are very important in Xinjiang, and in other provinces, just use onions as a most common ingredient, which can be used for seasoning;
China's onion production ranks first in the world, most of them are used for export, and in most of the dishes Chinese, the figure of the onion can not be seen, the main reason is that for the onion, everyone prefers onion ginger garlic, because onion ginger garlic can give meat ingredients to fishy, while onions can not;
In addition, from the taste analysis, onion ginger garlic is distinctive, each has its own taste, and although the onion also has a spicy taste, but after heating, it is indeed sweet, this sweetness will have a huge impact on other ingredients, while the fried onion soft lying down, it is indeed not delicious;
In addition, the time of onion introduction to China is relatively late, relative to the onion ginger garlic, we have become accustomed to using onion ginger garlic to season, wait until the onion is introduced to our country, onion does not have uniqueness, similar to the spicy taste of onion ginger garlic, but there is no onion ginger garlic characteristics, so why is onion not so important in Chinese cooking;
In addition, to talk about the eight major cuisines of Chinese food, why not use onions? Whether it is Sichuan cuisine or Cantonese cuisine, like to eat spicy or not, or like the original taste of the ingredients, once the onion is added, the taste of the dish changes, because the onion will bring a sweet taste, which is a huge drawback;
For example, Sichuan cuisine, the main spicy taste, once the onion is added, the taste of the dish becomes sweet, it will be a very strange feeling, which will make many diners who like Sichuan cuisine can not accept, if they can accept, Sichuan cuisine may also frequently use onions, but now the result is that Sichuan cuisine is completely impossible to accept onions, and so are other cuisines;
Second, why do foreigners like to eat onions?
First of all, the problem of taste, this is the best to understand, like or dislike, is a very subjective thing, like will often eat, do not like like Chinese, can eat or not eat;
The nutritional value of onions is high, which cannot be denied, for example, in India, because of the geographical location, the weather is hot and humid, which usually affects appetite, and spicy onions can solve this problem just right, so in India everyone gradually fell in love with onions;
In addition, onions have a strong fragrance, for Western food, the aroma of onions can enhance the level of the whole dish, the aroma of onions can be fresh and fishy, the role in Western food is really not negligible;
Western food eats mostly raw onions, such as salad, after the onion is mixed into it, its spicy taste and sterilization effect, and for Western food, the production method of onion salad is also simple;
Most importantly, Western food pays attention to decoration, because the addition of onions will make some dishes that are not very good, immediately upgrade the grade, and can also be eaten, not wasted;
Western food itself has a heavy taste, onions in Western food can also play a role in the degreasing, comprehensive reasons, onions in Western food to receive welcome, or because of different food culture, eating habits, geographical differences, creating a different ingredients in the hearts of diners status;
At the end of the writing, I still want to say a few words, the same is an onion, but the treatment is very different, Western food is inseparable from food, Chinese food has no status, why is this?
From the taste analysis, onion ginger garlic is distinctive, each has its own taste, and although the onion also has a spicy taste, but after heating, it is indeed sweet, this sweetness will have a huge impact on other ingredients, while the fried onion soft lying down, it is indeed not delicious;
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