"It's so pleasant to get up every morning and drink a bowl of salted tofu brain" ...... "What, salty tofu brain?
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Whenever we talk about tofu brain, it seems that friends from the south and the north can immediately quarrel. Indeed, China has a vast land and abundant resources, and there are countless delicacies that have been bred. It is almost impossible to divide Chinese cuisine without controversy. A foodie once boasted on Weibo that he could make hundreds of delicacies without duplication just as an ingredient in potatoes. It is conceivable that in terms of eating, there is really no difficulty for Chinese who are almost full of cooking skills.
Although there has been a debate between southerners and northerners on the Internet about this issue for many years (there is no conclusion yet), have you ever wondered why there is a difference between sweet and salty tofu brain, is it because of personal hobbies, or is it because of the difference in food caused by different regions?
The so-called sweet and salty difference between tofu brain is actually the difference in practice, for example, in the north, people in Beijing are used to adding boiled tofu brain to brine, coriander, etc., while people in the northeast also put soy sauce down. When I came to Sichuan, the method of tofu brain was different, and people generally put soy sauce, chili oil, pepper, peanuts and so on. The above are all representative practices of salted tofu brain.
However, in the southern Cantonese style tofu brain, people are often accustomed to treating the tofu brain as a dessert, adding syrup, sweet ginger, coconut milk, or mixing it with sesame paste.
What is the difference that causes sweet and salty tofu brain?
1. Taste differences
It is an indisputable fact that people in North China, centered on Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, like salty food, and the Jiangnan region has been famous for their sweet food since ancient times. Therefore, the difference in taste in different regions will lead to the differentiation of sweet and salty tofu brain.
2. Mouth Difference
In fact, tofu brains from the north and south have different production processes. The taste of the tofu brain in the north is somewhat similar to the taste of what we often call "old tofu", which has some heavy soybean milk flavor after grinding, so that the unpleasant soybean flavor often needs to be covered up with thick salty ingredients such as brine, so that it will be more fragrant and smooth with "old tofu".
The southern tofu brain itself does not have an overly heavy soybean flavor, so even if it is placed directly in the sugar water, you can feel the tenderness of the tofu brain. If you replace the north and south tofu brains with brine, and the northern "old tofu" with sugar water, the taste will be greatly reduced.
3. Differences in habits
The difference in personal habits has nothing to do with regional differences or production processes. It all comes down to personal preference, some people like salty, some people like sweet. As a bitter X editor who has lived in Guangzhou for many years, I actually sometimes want to try what salty tofu brain is like.
Is there a nutritional difference between sweet and salty tofu brains?
For this kind of dilemma that a little carelessness may become the target of public criticism, a health expert gave the most standard answer, he said, whether it is sweet tofu brain, or salty tofu brain, the nutritional value of the two is about the same. However, eating sweet tofu brain can satisfy hunger, while salty tofu brain is suitable for summer to replenish salt in the body. Therefore, this sweet and salty tofu brain is just a difference in taste, and there is no need for the north and the south to belittle each other.
As for why the sweet and salty dispute between the north and the south is so fierce, it has hardly stopped, and it is likely just the ridicule and complaints of netizens, and such a "sweet and salty confrontation" is largely related to "false sympathy bias (also known as false consensus bias)" in psychology. This means that we often believe that our preferences are the same as most people's, especially when we are very sure of our opinion, or that opinion is very important to us.
In addition, part of the reason for the sweet and salty controversy of tofu brain is that I always feel that media reports are biased towards the other side. This means that we tend to be selective about certain information according to our own motives and purposes, and when we see media reports about Tofu Brain, we will have a psychology that the media is biased towards the other side, and then stand up and speak out for our own opinions.
But anyway, the sweet and salty dispute that has not been resolved for many years in tofu brain, as a fat house who is not picky, to be honest, it feels quite interesting. And after so many years, the editor has also come up with what he thinks is the most ideal plan, that is, when he has money, he will buy two bowls of tofu brain, one bowl of sweet, and one bowl of salty......
In fact, mooncakes also have a taste dispute
In addition to the difference between sweet and salty tofu brains, the protagonist of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival - moon cakes, we also have a lot of discussions or debates in terms of taste and type.
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There are many kinds of moon cakes in our country, which are divided into Beijing-style mooncakes, Cantonese-style mooncakes, Suzhou-style mooncakes, Taiwanese-style mooncakes, Yunnan-style mooncakes, Hong Kong-style mooncakes, Chaozhou-style mooncakes, Hui-style mooncakes, osmanthus mooncakes, and even Japanese-style mooncakes.
In terms of taste, there are sweet, salty, salty, sweet, and spicy......; ）
In terms of filling, there are five kernels, bean paste, rock sugar, black sesame, ham moon cakes, etc.;
According to the pie crust, there are three categories: pulp crust, mixed sugar crust, and puff pastry.
It is conceivable that it is really not easy for our country's moon cakes to be divided. The key is that the Chinese people who have a talent for eating can also make several new flavors during the Mid-Autumn Festival every year.
But no matter whether it is the addition of any new flavor of moon cakes, Wuren moon cakes are still firmly on the "throne" of Chinese people's complaints. People who like five-kernel mooncakes are intimate and close to their lungs, and they enjoy one bite after another. People who don't like Wuren mooncakes often avoid them, thinking that Wuren mooncakes are the "traitors" in the mooncakes that should not be born, and some southern friends also give Wuren mooncakes the nickname "Split Dog", which means that the previous Wuren mooncakes were too hard. Therefore, as far as five-kernel mooncakes are concerned, whether they like it or not, most people's answers are "extreme", and the status of five-kernel mooncakes is similar to that of durian, the king of fruits.
So the question is, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, what mooncakes will you choose to eat? Will Wuren mooncakes be your "favorite"? Welcome to leave a message below to express your personal opinions.