Chapter 356: Food Culture

Food is more than just food on the table. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info leisure snacks, all kinds of biscuits, pastries, sugar, candied fruit, dried fruits, fish series, meat food, tea brewing and other products, each with its own flavor, can be called food.

Because people love food, a culture about food is formed. Countries around the world have their own gastronomic cultures.

The history of different countries is long or short, the territory is large and small, the strength is strong and weak, the population is more or less, and the ethnic composition, religious beliefs, political nature and economic structure are also different, so the food culture of different countries is different. With the increase in personal consumption level, everyone's concept of food is also different.

Under the influence of many factors such as the philosophy of yin and yang and the five elements in traditional Chinese culture and education, Confucian theory and morality, the theory of nutrition and health preservation of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as cultural and artistic achievements, food aesthetics and fashion, national character characteristics, etc., the working people have created Chinese cooking skills that shine in the annals of history and formed a broad and profound Chinese food culture.

From the perspective of historical evolution, China's food culture has lasted for 1,700 years, divided into four stages of development: raw food, cooked food, natural cooking, and scientific cooking, and has launched more than 60,000 traditional dishes, more than 20,000 industrial foods, colorful feasts and colorful flavor schools, and has won the reputation of "culinary kingdom".

From the connotation point of view, Chinese food culture involves the development and utilization of food sources, the use and innovation of tableware, the production and consumption of food, the service and reception of catering, the operation and management of catering industry and food industry, as well as the relationship between food and national peace and security, food and literature and art, food and the realm of life, etc., which are profound and broad!

From the perspective of extension, Chinese food culture can be classified from various perspectives such as era and technique, region and economy, ethnicity and religion, food and utensils, consumption and level, folk customs and functions, etc., showing different cultural tastes, reflecting different use values, and colorful.

From the perspective of characteristics, Chinese food culture highlights the theory of nourishment and health and the realm of harmony of the five flavors

Cooking method (kitchen rules-based, flexible), and the concept of food (courteous and courteous, edutainment) and other four attributes, have a natural beauty that is different from the food culture of overseas countries. ”

Although Tian Feng's understanding of food is not very thorough, at least he still knows some about it for a while.

Tomato listened to Tian Feng's theories about food, and also felt that what Tian Feng said was very reasonable, and these theories were also unknown to him before.

Even Li Wenya had never heard Tian Feng say some theories about food, and after she listened to it, she was also a little impressed by Tian Feng!

"Boss Tian, I really didn't expect that you still have so many theories about food, and these theories seem to have never been heard of before! In this case, there is still a great possibility that you will win the championship in this provincial food and cooking competition. ”

Tomatoes originally thought that Tian Feng might just be able to stir-fry vegetables, and he didn't have any culinary theory. Who knows, the theory about food that Tian Feng just said made the tomatoes also startled, which was completely unexpected by him!

Tian Feng listened to the tomato's words, then looked at him again and smiled: "Yes! If you can really win the championship, I will definitely treat you. ”

When the tomato heard this, he took another bite of the dish and said, "Well, if you win the championship at that time, you can treat me to this restaurant." ”

Tian Feng listened to the tomato's words, and said with a smile: "Okay, when we arrive, we will still eat here." I also feel that the food in this restaurant is still very good and very much in line with my taste. ”

Li Wenya listened to Tian Feng and Tomato's words on the side, and also echoed a smile and said: "Tian Feng, if you can't win the championship this time, you don't have to go back with me, I don't want to go back to our 'Tomato Hotel' with a failed man." I feel that if you don't win the championship this time, then it will be difficult for our 'Tomato Hotel' to make a comeback." ”

Li Wenya felt that although Tian Feng had some outstanding cooking skills. But after all, he had never participated in any real cooking competitions before. There was also a small cooking competition on Linhang County TV Station.

But that cooking competition was not a real cooking competition at all, but the TV station held a cooking competition on the spot in order to promote their food program. This competition, in terms of purpose, is not really a cooking competition, but only to increase the ratings of the show.

And this cooking competition held in the provincial capital is the real cooking competition. It is a competition between some of the top masters in the culinary industry in the province.

In this competition, if you can win the championship, you can also participate in the national cooking competition and become a first-class celebrity chef in the country.

Tian Feng was a little unhappy when he heard Li Wenya's words, he glared at Li Wenya and said, "Wenya, you look down on me a little!" Is this just a provincial cooking competition! What is this, this time I not only want to win the championship of the provincial cooking competition. I want to win the championship of the National Chinese Food World Competition again this year. By next year, I will win the championship of the World Culinary Competition, and I will become a world celebrity chef to spread Chinese food culture to the world. ”

Li Wenya heard Tian Feng's arrogant words, so she looked at him with mocking eyes and said, "Who wouldn't brag about it!" You don't look at your own level, how it is. You also said that you want to be a world famous chef, are you thinking too far? ”

Tian Feng listened to Li Wenya's words, then looked at her again and said, "Okay then! We'll see! I don't believe it, I can't win the World Series. ”

"Jingle Bell--- Jingle Bell ---"

Just when Tian Feng and Li Wenya were joking with each other, they heard Tomato's mobile phone ringing. He took out his phone from his pocket and answered.

"Hey, you're the one." Tomato asked first.

"Great writer, can't you hear me! Why, after not seeing him for a month, he forgot about his old friend. Inside Tomato's mobile phone, a middle-aged man's voice came from it.

The tomato thought for a while, then smiled again and said, "Oh, it's Lao Zheng!" What's the matter with you. "The old Zheng that Tomato said was a friend he met in the provincial capital. Both of them are from Linhang County. Tomato said that Lao Zheng, called Zheng Peng, is a chef. Working in a three-star hotel in the provincial capital, he is the head chef of this hotel. The two have also not seen each other for more than a month. Now Zheng Peng suddenly called Tomato, and he didn't know what was going on with the other party. ”

After the tomato finished speaking, a middle-aged man's voice sounded on the mobile phone: "Lao Xi! I heard that this time you are one of the judges of the provincial cooking competition! Is there such a thing? ”

When the tomato heard this, he looked up at Tian Feng and Li Wenya and said with a smile: "You said this!" Yes, there is such a thing. It's just that a friend of mine recommended it to the organizing committee of this provincial cooking competition. Say I'm a writer, and I'm also very researched about food. So they wanted me to participate in this provincial cooking competition and be a judge of this competition.

It was just a chance for a friend of mine to get me to show my face on TV. Actually, I don't know much about food culture. I don't know if I can be a judge this time, I'll have to wait a few days to talk about it! ”

Hearing this friend named Zheng Peng ask about tomatoes like this, he said something about whether he could participate in this provincial cooking competition as a judge.

Zheng Peng listened to Tomato's words, and said on the phone again: "Big writer, you will definitely be able to be a judge this time." Because there are quite a few people who go to be food judges this time, they are not chefs themselves, but just some celebrities in the cultural world.

The reason why the organizing committee wants these celebrities to be judges is just to want more popularity, after all, this time the provincial cooking competition is also in the form of live TV. Only if it can attract more viewers, then the TV station will earn more advertising dollars.

But how to attract more audiences is only for the judges to pay attention. If you use ordinary judges, it will naturally not attract too many people's attention. But if you find some celebrities to be judges, the situation may be completely different. Everyone knows that there is a social phenomenon that is not called the 'star effect'. As long as there are celebrities to help, there is no product that cannot be popular. As long as celebrities are used for advertising, the commercial benefits after advertising are also obvious.

Therefore, this time the organizing committee will use a well-known writer in the province as a judge, which is a normal thing. They just want to use the 'star effect' to achieve the purpose of increasing the ratings of TV programs.

In fact, some of the food competitions in the society are actually the result of some commercial operations. No one wants to hold a cooking competition for nothing, and they don't want to spend money for nothing, they just want everyone to see the food, and they don't want to have other intentions.

Any human behavior is driven by purpose. Including these food competitions, which are also cooking competitions held by some cultural media companies in order to increase the popularity of their companies.

It's like the cooking competition held by the county TV station that Tian Feng and Li Wenya participated in before. When their TV station does this kind of program, it is to increase the ratings of the TV station, so they will invest in this kind of program. Otherwise, it would not be possible for the TV station to do this just to entertain the public!

This time, the provincial cooking competition held in the provincial capital was also held on the TV station in the provincial capital, and it was presented in the form of live TV.