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Our country is a world-famous food country, whether it is flying in the sky, running underground, swimming in the water or marine life, we can make delicious dishes and serve them to the table.
It has been said that if a nation can find and make even unimaginable food, then it means that the nation has a very long history and has experienced many hardships and tribulations.
Indeed, the mainland's population base is huge, and it is also an agrarian economy, and in ancient times, when production was not yet developed, there were often droughts, floods, locust plagues, and so on.
The great plague was followed by the great famine. In order to survive, many people even eat for their children.
This situation allowed our ancestors to discover many edible foods and thus broaden our delicious Chinese cuisine.
It's hard to imagine how some foods were invented, such as the sweet and sour tomato black plum, or the folded ear root that some people love and some hate.
How the first person to know about them found out is a reminder of the imagination.
Although we have a wide range of recipes, we don't eat cat meat around us, why is that?
1. The origin and symbol of the cat
The earliest record of domestic cats is from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the first batch of cats that were raised as pets came from India.
But it's not that we didn't have cats in China, but that pet cats weren't popular at that time.
There are many historical materials that record cats, among which "there are bears and stalks, cats and tigers" in the "Book of Songs" are the most well-known.
In ancient times, the cat here actually refers to the wild cat in the wild, called the bobcat, which is a general term for a class of animals in the cat family.
At that time, the bobcat was already a medium-sized beast of prey in the wild, and its diet also included some small mammals, such as fawns, which were not suitable for domestication and pets.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty, kittens from India were highly sought after by everyone, and gradually large families began to raise pet cats.
Later, raising cats became more and more popular, whether it was a rich family or a poor family, and the tame character of cats was also loved by people.
Moreover, in ancient times, cats had an image of industriousness and loyalty, which contrasted significantly with the cunning mouse.
When I was a child, I often heard stories about the 12 zodiac cats that were not chosen.
The story says that the cat and the mouse are good friends, and the cat said to the mouse, tomorrow the heavenly court will choose the zodiac, please wake me up by the way when you get up, I am afraid that I will not be able to get up.
The mouse agreed again and again, but the next day he didn't wake up the cat, and secretly went to the heavenly court to campaign.
So the mice came first, and the cats didn't. The mouse came back and quibbled with the cat, saying that he was afraid that the cat would run too fast and compete with him for the first place.
The cat eats the mouse in a fit of rage, and the cat and mouse have become natural enemies ever since.
The story belongs to the category of mythology, which is not scientific and lacks authenticity, but the impression of the cat and the mouse has survived in this way.
The ability to catch rats protects crops from voles and makes cats popular with farmers, who often have cats at home.
In addition to the special affection of our Chinese ancestors for cats, foreign countries also have different understandings of cats.
In Japan, for example, the most familiar image is the cute beckoning cat.
In Japanese culture, the beckoning cat has the meaning of auspiciousness and fortune, and many shops will have a beckoning cat.
Such an image has also spread to our China, and the beckoning cat can symbolize the flow of wealth and wealth to my family, which is also very common in modern society.
In ancient Egypt, cats were seen as the embodiment of the goddess Bastet, symbolizing wisdom and protection.
Buster often appears in the form of a cat, and when a cat dies, the family mourns and shaves off their eyebrows to pay tribute to the deceased cat.
In the streets of Turkey, you can see all kinds of cats, and they are free in the sun.
Residents see cats as the embodiment of good luck, and people will feed them food, pet them passionately, and have a very rich affection for cats.
In most countries, cats have a mysterious and elegant color.
In ancient times, we also regarded cats as an evil spirit animal, and there was a kind of witchcraft that was to raise cat ghosts, and cat ghosts were cats raised by wizards.
By attaching the cat's soul to the victim's body, you can then manipulate their will to achieve your own ulterior goals.
Director Chen Kaige's "The Legend of the Demon Cat" regards the cat as an animal that can attach to the soul and has the ability to communicate with the spirit, which is very close to the ancient cat ghost.
Cats are also sometimes arrogant as pets, and they can disobey their owners' orders and only do what they want to do.
It seems to be tame, but in fact, he has his own thoughts in his heart.
As pets, many owners are also helpless with their cats, cats are not like dogs will take the initiative to please their owners, they often only do themselves to attract others.
2. Li Shizhen's evaluation of cat meat
As we said earlier, the recipes in our country are very extensive, and basically everything that can be eaten, our ancestors have eaten it all.
Therefore, we have to believe that the ancestors are strictly selected, and there must be a reason for the things that are not designated as food by the ancestors, and it may be really difficult to swallow.
One of the most important reasons why we don't eat cat meat around us is that the taste of cat meat is very poor.
Li Shizhen once wrote, "However, when raccoon meat is eaten, cat meat is not good, and it is not used in food, so it is scarce." ”
Li Shizhen said that the civet meat is actually the meat of civet cats, he said that civet cats can be eaten, but cat meat is not.
It is said that cat meat is not good and very unpalatable, so few people eat it and do not treat it as food.
Of course, civet cats are now national third-class protected animals and are not edible.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that the taste of cat meat is very sour, which is consistent with the folk saying that "cat meat is very sour".
Moreover, the meat quality of cat meat is tight and dry, and the amount of meat is small, and there are too many things that are better than cat meat, so we don't eat cat meat.
Like our mainstream meat food, pork, beef and mutton and even chicken, can reach the scale of mass production, and the number of products that can be provided is very large, so it can become the mainstream food.
However, it is difficult for cat meat to reach such a scale, and the things that cats eat are relatively fine, so the cost of raising is also high, and it is really not suitable to be served as food on the table.
In addition, for example, pigs eat coarse grains or some fibrous foods, cattle and sheep eat grass, and cats eat mice.
We have the impression that rats are full of germs, so if cat meat becomes the food we send to our mouths, it may cause us to be psychologically resistant.
It's hard to imagine what kind of effect the parasites and germs in cat meat can have on our body.
There are also medical records that cat meat has medicinal effects, but the medicinal power is far less than that of other foods and medicines, and this little bit of efficacy has gradually been abandoned.
There is a dish in Cantonese cuisine, and one of the ingredients is cat meat.
In Guangdong, a very small number of people will eat this dish, but most people think that the taste of cat meat is not good, and the production process is relatively cumbersome, so they will not choose this dish to eat.
The dish has largely disappeared from public view.
3. Cats in modern society
Nowadays, there are more and more cat lovers, and there are not a few families with cats.
As a common type of pet, cats are people's loyal friends, and everyone's feelings for cats are also very deep.
As pets, cats are often compared to dogs.
Compared to dogs, which often need to walk, cats do not have so many requirements for the environment.
You don't need to spend time and energy walking, you can make it happy by playing with it for a while with a cat stick when you are happy.
It is often said that a dog is a member of the demolition team, and a photo can change a lot if you can't see the house.
Split slippers in half, broken toilet paper, overturned tables, chairs, benches, etc., all made the owners bruise.
Cats, on the other hand, do not have such drastic demolition activities, and their excesses are at most biting data cables, jumping back and forth on the cabinet at home, or scratching the sofa.
Let me start by saying that I don't mean to speak ill of dogs.
People who like cats will feel that cats are all advantages, and people who like dogs will also tolerate the shortcomings of dogs.
Because everyone has had pets for a long time, they will treat cats and Wang Xingren as their own family members and give them enough patience and love.
But there are also many bad people, relying on the weakness and helplessness of cats to trample on their lives and health.
There are even shameless perverts who sell videos of cat abuse to bad websites for profit.
When we see the innocent destruction of weak lives, the hearts of each of us are saddened.
There are many caring people who have spontaneously formed a team to rescue stray cats, providing free treatment for those cats who are injured or wandering on the streets and are infected with diseases.
When a weak animal is dying and wailing on the side of the street, it states the sins of all mankind.
For people who like cats, they will definitely take the initiative to love and protect cats.
And for those who don't like cats, I hope that even if you don't like them, please don't hurt them.
Every life deserves respect, and we should not use our strength to bully the weak and crush their right to live and enjoy the world.
epilogue
Cats are no longer used as ingredients on the table as common domestic pets, and cat meat tastes worse than dog meat, rabbit meat, and cat meat, so it is not eaten by humans.
Even if in the Guangdong area before, some people ate dishes made of cat meat, but now they are basically gone.
Our ancestors gave up eating cat meat because the taste of cat meat was too bad and it was not as delicious as other foods, even if it was to fill our stomachs, we had more choices.
Chinese cuisine is full of color, flavor, and flavor, and the most important reason why the ingredients are not delicious is not put on the table.
And because cats have special symbolic meanings in ancient and modern China and abroad, everyone's feelings for cats are relatively special, and it is extremely rare to eat cat meat.
In today's cats, the status of cats is getting higher and higher, and the shovelers can even turn around to please their cats.
I hope that cats and humans can get along well, whether we love it or not, we should have a minimum of respect for the life of every cat.