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Food is the most basic physiological need of people, and it is also what people must do every day.
In modern times, where material life is developed, people's definition of eating is no longer to live, but also contains spiritual sustenance.
The poor are simple, they want to have meat and enough to eat at every meal, and eating is a responsibility to the family, while the rich are extravagant and like to eat expensive food without caring about the taste of food, and eating is part of enjoying a high quality of life.
Vegetarians, who only eat vegetarian food and do not eat meat, eat is also a good deed in their hearts.
In the past, people didn't have so many ideas about eating, just eat and live. So how did the mainland go from the era of "no eating" to the modern era of "eating flowers"?
Eat & Live
If you have elderly elders in your family, then you will hardly have the bad habit of wasting food, because the last thing that elders look down on is wasting food.
But if we dare to squander food in front of our elders, we will inevitably have an education, of course, they have indeed suffered from the lack of food, and there is a reason why they cherish food.
Nowadays, almost all the elderly over 70 years old have experienced the era of famine, and they cherish food very, very much, for fear that their juniors will not have enough to eat.
In Henan, the greeting of the older generation to see friends is not "how are you", but "have you eaten", once Henan because of the famine, died and fled many people, food has a very heavy weight in the hearts of Henan people.
The famine was in the early 60s.
At that time, there was a particularly severe drought in the whole country, and in many places there was very little grain harvest, and in some places there was even no grain harvest.
How serious was the disaster? At that time, the state leaders and the masses resisted the disaster together, and they did not eat meat for more than seven months and did not eat for more than 20 days.
There are many literary works about that era that describe the life scenes of ordinary people at that time.
I remember the book saying, "Because there was really no food, the villagers came up with the idea of trees, and they dried the bark in the sun, and then ground it into flour and added it to the multigrain noodles, and then the trees in the village lost their bark." ”
This is still on the surface, everyone knows that people can actually do anything under extreme conditions.
In some records of that era, there have been vague descriptions of horror stories of "people eating people", but there is no accurate answer as to whether it happened or not.
According to local folk records, about 20 million people died in the famine.
Eat an extension
The effects of the famine of the 60s were far-reaching, and even when the disaster was over, it took almost 10 years for people to get out of it.
Under the influence of famine, food production has been scarce throughout the 60s, and many families are barely satisfied.
In the countryside at that time, there were some popular proverbs, such as "bran vegetables are half a year's grain", which shows that many people at that time needed to rely on wild vegetables for food, and could not even eat whole grains.
In such a poor environment, many rural people have a positive attitude to make fun of hardship, using poor ingredients to make outstanding food.
For example, the common "wild vegetable dumplings" in the north are made by combining "wild vegetables" and "flour", and the unique technology is used to make the unpalatable "wild vegetables" have a unique flavor, and they are still loved by many people.
At the end of the 60s, the conditions of many families improved, and many families would also make some homemade snacks, such as dried sweet potatoes, fried broad beans, and maltose were common snacks at that time.
But in the city, industrial snacks occupy the market, and biscuits, sugar, and popsicles are all hot sellers in the city.
The abundance of small snacks also indicates that the people will usher in a good life.
After the 70s, grain production finally improved, and the types of food stamps issued increased.
During the New Year's holidays, most families can eat fine grains and meat. It can be said that the era of not having enough to eat is over.
Since then, people's troubles have changed from not having enough to eat like not eating well, although the food supply is enough, but what people need is a better life, and the requirements for eating are also higher, and eating meat is the benchmark to measure the standard of living at that time.
At that time, new tricks were often seen on the table, and people were able to eat meat every week, every holiday, and even every day when things were good.
The improvement of people's quality of life has also made domestic snacks begin to rise.
Born on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the "White Rabbit" toffee has only been tasted by a few people due to the price.
But after the 70s, "White Rabbit" toffee began to become popular all over the country, whether in the city or in the countryside, the White Rabbit is very popular, and it has also become a delicacy for children in the same year.
At the same time, Western foods such as popcorn and condensed milk became popular in the city, and people's lives were undoubtedly getting better.
The transformation of eating
After the 80s, the production of grain has increased significantly, and many ordinary people can eat meat several times a week at home.
The supply of meat and eggs is abundant to meet the needs of most people's lives.
At this time, there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the eating habits of different groups of people have changed a lot. People who used to be unable to afford to eat meat like to eat meat often, while people who used to eat meat are not so fond of eating meat.
Eating a healthy diet is becoming more and more important in the eyes of the wealthy, and meat is seen as an unhealthy factor in the eyes of the rich, which can be eaten but not eaten in excess.
Vegetarian food, which was disliked in the past, was regarded as the secret of health by some rich people, although it was not very delicious, but the rich people often ate it, in the eyes of the rich, the meaning of physical health is far greater than the enjoyment of life.
However, for ordinary people, eating meat is very important, regardless of whether it is healthy or not.
In the past, ordinary people needed to work hard, if they did not consume fat and protein, the daily energy was not enough, and there was no strength to work, even now it is not difficult for us to find that all people who are engaged in manual labor work have a larger amount of food and prefer to eat meat.
Nowadays, the health concept of the once rich is also popular in ordinary families, and people are paying more and more attention to the control of their body and prefer to eat low-calorie foods.
Many people who have reached the age of 40 or 50 regard physical health as a very important thing.
epilogue
The changes in eating habits undoubtedly reflect people's living standards, from "starving" to "full" to "eating well" and finally to "eating healthy", which fully reflects the process of national strength and progress, and also reflects that the prosperity of the motherland is the prosperity of the people.
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Resources:
"Opening China: Forty Years of Reform", Economic Observer