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When it comes to cheese, many people know about this food, and in Europe, cheese has become a common delicacy in daily life, and it is even classified as a fast food.
However, compared to Europe, cheese is not very popular in China, and it is almost rarely seen in supermarkets, why is that?
Development process
Cheese, also known as cottage cheese, is actually a fermented product of milk, why do you say that?
Many people know that milk is rich in nutritional value, especially protein, and it can be said that long-term use of milk will not only increase people's various functions.
And it also has another effect, that is, it can beautify, make the skin moist and white, especially suitable for most women.
Cheese, on the other hand, is much more nutritious than cow's milk, which is usually extracted from cow's milk, similar to essential oils.
For example, if you use ten catties of milk to extract cheese, you can only get one catty of cheese in the end, which is relatively expensive for cheese.
However, it is precisely because of this that cheese has become a delicacy in the eyes of Europeans, and it is eaten almost every day, and even supermarkets are filled with cheese and cakes.
However, many people believe that cheese has European origins, but this is not wrong.
However, there is no clear historical explanation of the origin of cheese, and the information that has been handed down is vague.
Cheese was originally discovered in Western Asia, but over time the delicacy began to become popular.
By the 3rd century B.C., cheese production technology had been perfected and gradually became an irreplaceable food in people's lives.
As early as ancient Greece, cheese was used as a sacrificial tribute, thus demonstrating its status, and in ancient Rome, cheese was used for interpersonal communication.
If a friend or someone else has a birthday, they will wrap the cheese in a series of packages and give it to the birthday person to compliment.
Later, with the passage of time, cheese gradually spread to various European countries, and in 1952, the birth of Bajifu further accelerated the development of cheese.
The emergence of cheese can be said to have added a kind of food to the life of Europeans, which has further improved people's living standards.
To this day, cheese is still consumed in European countries, and many varieties and classifications have appeared, and the demand exceeds the supply.
Of course, this is the development of cheese in Europe, and China's animal husbandry has been well developed since ancient times.
In 2014, scientists found cheese in a cemetery in Xinjiang, and scientists believe that it originated in the late summer and early Shang periods.
As a result, many people think that the development of cheese should have originated in China, and although there are different theories about the history of cheese, the development process is different today.
Compared to Europe, cheese is not popular in China, and we can see all kinds of delicacies in daily supermarkets, but cheese is rarely seen.
You can only find some exclusive cheese shops, but these shops are very few in China, and even the business is not satisfactory.
What's going on here? Why isn't cheese popular in China?
Cause-effect
Although cheese has high nutritional value, it seems a little narrow in the face of traditional Chinese culture, and for Chinese, there are countless developments in cuisine from ancient times to the present.
In addition to the ingredients, there are also many ways to make food, such as stir-frying, cooking, and steaming, and it can be said that it is precisely because of the way to eat that the number of foods has gradually increased.
The Chinese have more tastes, they do not like a single cheese, although cheese is now divided into different classifications, but in terms of taste, it is the same.
If you eat cheese all the time, there will always be times when you get bored, but other cuisines are different, and when they are made, people can change the ingredients to match them, so as to form a variety of flavors.
It can be said that changing the method of making every day, eating for a long time can not get tired, in terms of taste alone, cheese has become one of the reasons why Chinese are not popular.
This is also the reason why many Chinese students basically do not eat cheese when they go abroad, and even if they do, they only eat a little bit and not too much.
On the one hand, because they liked Chinese food, on the other hand, the taste of cheese was too monotonous to their taste.
Of course, this can also be said to be a kind of dietary Xi.
When it comes to food culture, we have to talk about the environment, as we all know, China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and now for animal husbandry, Europe is more popular.
As a result, crops such as rice in China have become food in people's daily lives, and they have gradually become a staple food for people over time.
And there are many records of the source of the five grains in the history books, and there are even six grains, so it can be said that with these alone, people have been able to eat enough, and even if there is cheese, it will probably not be popular, right?
And with the passage of time, these cereal crops are gradually found to have more value, such as medicinal value in addition to edible value.
It can be said that from ancient times to the present, cereals, as the main food source that have been worshipped by the Chinese, are basically rare compared to cheese.
But with the development of the economy, China has also begun to import cheese from foreign countries for sale, but because the needs of Chinese are different.
In addition to experiencing life, people nowadays are more and more interested in food, and for most people, cheese can only be used as a snack and dessert.
It can be said that, like other desserts, many people feel that eating too much is not very good.
It is precisely because of this idea that many people rarely buy cheese, and they prefer milk powder and milk to cheese.
In addition, the price is not the same, because there are many types of cheese in Europe, so the price is relatively cheap, and many people buy it, resulting in the gradual popularity of cheese.
On the other hand, China is different, its price in the Chinese market is expensive, because the nutritional value of cheese is very good, coupled with the rarity of Chinese cheese, the price of cheese has risen again and again.
Nowadays, cheese is not seen in supermarkets, but only in unique stores, and it can be said that for these reasons, it is clear why cheese is not popular in China.
But just because cheese is rarely eaten in Chinese mainland doesn't mean other regions don't have this Xi.
Cultural Xi
Cheese is popular in regions such as Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, where livestock farming is a livelihood, so milk is a very common drink.
They process and extract the milk to make cheese, and in Inner Mongolia, they don't call it cheese, but milk tofu.
In Mongolian, it is called "Hu Ruda", because it looks like tofu, so it is called milk tofu.
Because of the sweet and sour taste of milk tofu, many herdsmen like to eat it, often keep them around to eat, and even make them into silk milk tofu, which has become a famous dish.
In Xinjiang, cheese is called "quiche", also known as "milk lumps", and as the name suggests, it is made from cooked cheese.
They extract the cheese and then dry it so that the water in it completely evaporates to achieve the highest nutritional value, which is called the "gold" of dairy products.
Of course, this quiche is also popular in places such as Yunnan and Guangxi, and it can be said that although it is not popular in the mainland, cheese is gradually becoming a delicacy in other regions.
Author's point of view
The different cultures of China and the West lead to the different development of cheese, compared with the West, Chinese choose many ways of food, will not be limited to cheese.
But in the West, they made it simple, and in addition to simple cooking, cheese and cake became their main source of food.
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Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia, "Development and Distribution of Cheese"
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