In this difficult time, many emergency disaster prevention foods are attracting attention. These foods are known for being easy to preserve, convenient to eat, and long-term preservation. Still, there is a better option than emergency food and professional military reserves. This kind of thing, which is available all over the world, but is not interested in our country, that is, canning.
Under the influence of the epidemic, the front of major supermarkets is crowded, in addition to toilet paper, canned food is also the most popular commodity. I heard that a foreigner who could not buy canned food in the supermarket said sadly: "The previous encounter was during World War II. ”
Canned food has always been popular in overseas markets, but what puzzles foreigners is why Chinese "can't look at it". The reason why canned food is so popular abroad is because it is easy to eat. But in China, people always regard cans as stale food, unhealthy, preservatives and additives. But in fact, it is unfair to use this word to describe a can.
First of all, many canned ingredients are fresh, such as canned yellow peaches, which take no more than 24 hours from picking to processing. Judging from the current situation, the freshness of this fruit has exceeded that we can buy elsewhere.
Of course, the taste of fresh fruit and canned food cannot be compared, because the fruit in the canned food will add some sugar water to increase the taste, but also increase the calories. But whether it is meat or fruit, there are no preservatives and additives. Perhaps any kind of food we usually eat, including healthier bread and cookies, has more additives than a jar. In fact, it is easy to tell because everything is on the packaging, so there is no need for too detailed chemical composition, just a glance at the ingredient list.
Remember Cai Lan Amway's practice of hiding canned food, that is, stir-frying with firecracker shoots and braised pork slices until the sauce is set, and this seemingly ordinary food is the name he gave himself, called "super oil braised bamboo shoot roast meat".
Although canned food is not "welcomed" in China, it is the world's largest can manufacturer and exporter, and China accounts for a quarter of the world's canning production. In fact, some canned food in China is also very famous. For example, the classic canned carp and luncheon meat from the canning world.
Luncheon meat is a delicacy, ordinary and shabby convenience, which is ennobled by this dish. Sometimes, the gap between instant noodles and delicious food is two pieces of lunch meat. Paired with a fried half-cooked egg, it's like a delicacy out of a comic.
I always feel that our stereotype of canned food is too contemptuous, what's going on? Xiaoxi believes that one of the "culprits" is that TV dramas and movies always link canning to "poverty". Whenever someone wants to portray how poor a person's life is, his three meals a day are canned, and when he is unlucky, he will give one can to others.
But in fact, pickles, squeezed vegetables, plums, yellow peaches, jams, tofu, luncheon meat, tempeh and mackerel, braised pork, each dish is an appetizing delicacy, not a simple makeover. But unfortunately, most people's impression of canned food is shoddy. He also remembers that during the pandemic, there were a lot of people who were missing takeout. But in fact, in terms of hygiene, taste, price, these cans will not be worse than takeaways.
"Foreigners don't understand, why would Chinese dislike such food?" Speaking of canned food, my favorite canned food is yellow peaches, what do you like to eat the most? Welcome to leave a message below to share.