the thing that most useful I learn in this class

After a quarter’s learning of writing skill, the thing I learn which help me the most is searching the resource to support my idea. Before I take this class, I never use any others idea to prove my point, however, after learning the writing skill in this class, I notice that using others point of view is also important. For most of the readers, the opinion of a group of people is more believable.  

What is healthy food?

After reading the two articles, we can easily understand that both of the authors want to tell us what kind of food that they believe is good for people’s health.

In the first article “History of Food Advice” which is written by Dupuis, the author points out that people nowadays are influenced by the popular articles too much on choosing the food they eat. He says that “Because we have lost our faith in both religion and science as guides to eating, we rely on popular writers to steer us through a welter of confusing and contradictory information.”(p34) He first writes about in the early nineteenth century, people more believe in god and their traditional, they have their own believe on what is healthy. In order to change their mind, some scientist begins to use bible to improve themselves. They say that “When direct angelic advice was missing, food reformers used a peculiar semi-scientific deism as their method, counting on the Bible to provide them with scientific data about a better future. For example, the early food reformer Robert Hartley “proved” that God intended humans to drink milk because He showed preference for the pastoralist Abel over the ploughman Cain.”(38) They also sys Americans eat too much meat, they use data to improve that American work eat over meat every day and compare them with the German workers.

In the second article “Unhappy Meals” which is write by Pollan, the author shows his point view that really interest me. First of all, he believes that we should believe in the food that old people choose, the things that people begin to eat from a long time ago is must good for their health. Secondly, Pollan believes that people nowadays eat too much; it is more than what they need. Eating as much as you can is not good for your health, however, eat until you do not feel hungry is enough. The quality is more important than the amount. Thirdly, he points out people should eat more kinds of food, only meat and basic vegetable are not enough, we should also eat fruit. More types of food mean more kind of nutrition.

Nowadays, because people can have a better life than before, so we have the ability to choose the food we want. So, many people just eat the food they like but not care about if it is healthy. I think we should follow the idea of the scientists, so that we can get have the healthy choice.

         

thoughts on eating practices

i am a person who only eat meat, no matter what kind of meat porklamb or even frog. i eat vegetable nearly once a month when my parents are not force me to do that. this eating habbits brings me a lot of health trabble, however, i never think i should change my eating habbit. i believe that we should enjoy the thing we like when we are young, i do not care about how long i can be alive but i think enjoy the present life is the most important thing.

after reading difei's paper

after reading difei's paper, i know that he is talking about yogurt is good for our health. in his paper, i find something that interest me. first of all, he points out that how much nutrasion in the yogurt is depends on the milk they use. he also use the medicaal journal to show us the nutrasions both in milk and yogurt. secondly, he says that eating yogurt can help us to keep away from disease. it not only can help us to defence some normal illness like catching a cold, it can also help us to against the Colon Cancer. 

Chicken nugget

Chicken nugget is a popular food in America, both children and adult like it. After I come to America, I can nearly find chicken nugget in every meal, and we also like to buy them from the market and cooks by ourselves. However, does eating chicken nugget good for our health? I do not really think so.

First of all, I want to talk about the resource about the chicken nugget, which is the chicken in America. I have once watched a movie called the “food inc”, it talks about how does the farmers in America feed the chicken. The chicken in America is really unhealthy; they cannot even walk by themselves until they died. They lives in a small dark house from they born, in order to let them grow fast, they cannot see the sunlight in their whole live. Every day, the farmers throw some food in to their house to keep their life. The place where the chicken lives in is really dirty, they live in the shit and pee of themselves but no one helps them to clean it. I think they are more preferred to die than alive. After they get killed, they will be disinfected by using the Chlorine water, which is really unhealthy for people, and that is why the chicken bone in the KFC is different with normal color, it is more like a black color. As a result, the chicken in American is really not a good choice to eat.

Secondly, chicken nugget itself is not good for people’s health. On one hand, chicken do not have much nutrition compare with other meat, on the other hand, too much oil is harmful to people. Especially when we buy the chicken nugget from the market and hit by ourselves, we may put more oil in it. My friends once tell me the way that how the factory makes the chicken nugget which is report on the newspaper, which really make people feel disgusting. In order to earn more money, they use the whole chicken to make the chicken nugget and they do not want to “waste” any part of it. They crash the whole chicken into the muddy flesh minced meat; include the bones and some unhealthy part. This makes me uncomfortable every time when I eat the chicken nugget, I always feel that I have already eaten the chicken ass. I have checked a medical journal that talks about the food safety about the chicken nugget in McDonalds, I the article, the author points out that they find there are some unhealthy additives like rubber in the chicken nugget of McDonalds. After this thing was reported by the media, McDonalds stand out and said it was use to stop the air get into the nugget when it was boiled, and they also said that it was conform the law in our country, however, this attracted a lot of people and they found that this additive is just used for keep the nugget into a square and this additive was not checked by the government.

In conclusion, chicken nugget is not good for our health, although it is tasty, we should not eat too much.       

       

   

food jurnals

after reading their food jurnals, i find that most syudents more like to choose a chinese restaurant. some of us right about eating hot pot in zechi's home, that is the most interesting part. also, some people do not like to eat breakfast here because they more enjoy to sleep.

The food I ate from Thursday to Sunday

On Thursday, I went to the cafeteria for breakfast. I ate three types of food: chicken leg, mash potato, and pasta. Also, I ordered a cap of coke for drink. For lunch, I go to the jason’s thai with my friends, I ordered a thai tea for drink and ate a sushi and a dish of lamb. For dinner, I just went to the cafeteria again, however, I only ate some pizza. I felt very hungry at night, so, I went to Dresco to have a free meal at about 9 o’clock. I had some French fries, chicken nuggets, and an egg roll.

               On Friday, I get up late, so, I did not have anything for breakfast. For lunch, I go to the Pho and ate a bowl of noodle. At the dinner time, I went to the cherry creek shopping center and ate some sushi and a bowl of wudong noodle. At about 11 o’clock, I was really hungry and I ordered papa john’s for 20 chicken wings.

                On Sunday, I did not eat breakfast. For lunch, I just had a piece of pizza. For dinner, I had a really great meal, Zechi Zhang invite us to his home and had a hot pot together. We had lamb, beef, shrimp and meat ball etc. the food ate with the sesame sauce taste really nice. We also had many types of drinks.      

Cuttlefish ball

Last week, ZECHI invited us to his new apartment to have a Chinese traditional hot pot. Around all the food we had include lamb, potato and vegetables, the thing most interest me is the fish ball. The fish ball we bought was made of cuttlefish, which is the most popular one in our country.

Fish ball in CHAO ZHOU   

When I ate this fish ball, I remember the fish ball I had before in our country. Fish ball have many different levels, and people have often eat it can easily find the difference between the good one and the bad one. A bad fish ball is always made by flour and a little bit cattle fish, which I always ate when I was a kid. A bad fish ball is very soft, it is easy to over hit in the hot pot. A good fish ball is totally different with the bad one, the whole ball is made of fresh cuttlefish, and it is much harder than the bad one, you can also put it in the hot pot for a long time and does not need to worry it maybe melt in the hot water. In china, there is a province called CHAO ZHOU, and it is really famous for making fish balls. First of all, it is in the southern part of China, so, they have a good resource to get the fresh fishes. Second, they also have a very strict step when the fish ball was produced, and after they get the product, they also need to check the quality of the fish balls. A qualified fish ball must bounce to a specific height. So, most people in our country like to choose the fish ball which is produced in CHAO ZHOU.

How do people make fish ball

I have once watched a movie that told me how to make a fish ball. First of all, they put the cuttlefish on a machine to separate it into two part, they only use the body part to make the fish ball. Then, they clean the cuttlefish and keep only the white meat. After this, they put the cuttlefish on a board and use the back of the knife to pat the cuttlefish in order to make it looser, and then, they use the knife to cut the fish into minced meat. Second, they need to add some cold soup in it and some onion ginger juice. Third, they need to stir it in one way and add oil, salt, egg white in. finally, make it into fish balls and throw them into the hot water, fresh cuttlefish balls come out.

The invite of fish ball

            There is a very interest story that tells us how people in ancient china invite the fish ball. The first emperor of QIN Dynasty is a very cruel man, he liked to eat fish and there must be a dish of fish every meal, however, he did not want to see the fish bone. The cook also could not make the bones into powder; he thought it was a curse to him because he did many bad things in his life. So, many cooks were killed by him. One day, a new cook needs to cook the fish for the emperor, he did not know what to do and thinks he might be killed, so, he became so nervous and used the knife to pat the fish crazily to show his angry. Suddenly, he saw a thing that surprised him that all the bones of the fish had come out by themselves, as the dinner time quickly came, he quickly picked all the bones out and made the fish into the fish balls and put in the soup he already prepared before. So, when the emperor saw the fish ball which was white and looked really good, he was very happy.

            People should protect the cuttlefish

            Recently, I have seen a research paper which is from the United Kingdom that shows us the decrease of the cuttlefish. In the research, it tells us the change of amount in recent 10 years. Although the quantity of cuttlefish had increased in last year, the total amount is much less than 10 years ago. I have also check the research in our country, in shows the same thing with the first one. So, we should begin to protect cuttlefish. We cannot let people do not eat cuttlefish; however, we can invited some new skills to rise the cuttlefish by ourselves.             

the compare of the three articles

After reading the three articles, I find that the similar part of the three of them is they all talks about the food resource.

In the first article “An Animal Place” which is written by MICHAEL POLLAN, he talks about that the relationship between human and animal. He says that animals are really easy to die in the wild, so, when they become a resource of food, it is not always a bad thing. People provide them place to live and give them food to eat, they have a better like than in the wild, and they also provide the food resource for people, it is benefit for both of them.

In the second article “Estabrook - Tomatoland - Introduction”, the author writes about the difference between the tomatoes from different place. He points out that the location of where the tomato grows will make difference of their taste and shape. So, by compare their taste and how are they looks like, we can find out the different history of production.

In the third article “Cook – ‘Fowl Trouble’”, the author wants to tell us the harmful of the broiler chicken. This article talks about the terrible process of feed chicken nowadays. Compare with several years ago, how quick workers feed a chick is not depends on their skills any more, it just depends on the amount that USDA allows them to feed per minute. The chickens nowadays are also much heavier than before. They grow up in a place called “of-fal-room”, the worker also face some dangers here.

After reading these three articles, the most noteworthy thing I find is the harmful of the chicken. I have once watched a movie called “food inc”, it clearly told me that how terrible were the process when the chicken grew up.                    

Response to "Our National Eating Disorder"

In the article “Our National Eating Disorder”, the author Pollan tell us that why eating disorder happens in America, and he also talks about who people do not eat healthy. To improve his point of view, he gives out two reasons. First of all, he says that a big problem is because immigration. The United States is a country which combines with many different countries, people from all over the world come here, and of course they like to choose different types of food.  Another reason is that the government sometimes influences people’s choice by making some eating guidelines. Although it may not really help people to choose the healthy food, most people like to believe in it. Just as the author says in the article that:” A scientific study, a new government guideline, a lone crackpot with a medical degree can alter this nation’s diet overnight”. These are the two main reasons why people in America eating disorder.

I am agree with the point that immigrate will cause the eating disorder. I am a Chinese student who studies in America, so, I can easily understand the feeling that people in Asian country feel about American food. The fast food culture in America is really hard for us to accept. So we always choose some Chinese restaurants here to have our dinner. That is also one of the reasons that we are hard to make a foreign friend. This is a point that we should try to improve.          

Different food cultures in China

In china, each province has its own cooking system. People in northern part of china and southern part of china have totally different food cultures. People who live in deferent place have different characteristics, this also lead people eat different things. For people who live in northern part of china, most of them are strength, so the dishes here are always very big but not really good looking. In southern part of china, people are clever and really good at business, so dishes here are always small but good looking.

I am come from Beijing, and we also have our own cooking system. However, because Beijing is the capital city of China, so, there are many people who come from other province come to Beijing every year, and the population of these people is much more than the locals. In order to let people from other province can have their own food in Beijing, and many restaurant of other cooking system come out in Beijing. So, Beijing’s food system is more like a combination of the whole country. Most of the local Beijingers enjoy this kind of life because they can have the food all over the country but do not need to go to other province.

How do the “old Beijingers” eat?

There is a word “old Beijingers” in our country, it is means a group of people whose family have lived in Beijing hundreds or even thousands of years. They are the real local people of Beijing. They live in “hutong” which is totally different from the tall building in down town. Because of this, they have they own culture and a food system which is totally different from others. The food that “old Beijingers” eat is really taste strange, which people from other province or even young people who born in Beijing cannot really bear it. “Old Beijingers” have a really simple food system; they eat one kind of food nearly every day. There is a food called “douzhi” that “old Beijingers” have it every breakfast, however, other people cannot even bear the smell of it, actually nearly none of the people around me can eat this.

How do people normally eat?

            For most of people, we have really a lot of choices for what we eat. For breakfast, some people learn the western country to eat eggs, breads and drink milk. However, most of us like to have something make of flour for breakfast like “baozi”, “youtiao” and noodle. People also like to drink porridge in the morning because they believe it is good for our health. All of these are Chinese traditional food.

 People in our country believe that launch is as important as dinner, but there is still some difference between this to meals.

For launch, usually we do not have enough time to have a great meal because we need to go to school and our parents need to go to work. When we are at school, the only thing we can eat for launch is the restaurant around us. Most of them are western restaurant because it is really quick to eat western food. However, the tastes of these restaurants are not the same as what I eat in American, I think these restaurant change their style more fit the locals. At that time, pizza hut is the restaurant which I like most, you can not only have western food like pizza food there, but also you can order some Chinese food like fried rice which really taste like our local food.

Dinner is always the biggest meal in our day, because we have enough time to enjoy this meal. Especially because my mother is a teacher, so, she finishes her work earlier than others and has enough time to prepare this meal for us. I always believes that my mom is a good cook and she can cook different dishes and do not have anything the same for a whole week. In our country, people nearly eat rice or flour every day. Because I like to eat things which are really salty or spicy, so, I need more than a bowl of rice for each meal. I like to eat meat much more than vegetables, especially the lamb, which is really hard to find in America. I really like to eat hot pot, and most of the Chinese like it. In our city, the best restaurant which cook hot pot is called “HAIDILAO”, you need to wit every day since it opens. The food I like most for hot pot is lamb and meatball, and I go there every week. I especially like the sesame sauce there, a good sauce is one of the most important thing for hot pot.

If you want to find something to eat at midnight, the best choice all over the country is the meat string, which all people like it. It is like some small meat piece string together and baked on fire. You can find this everywhere and it really smells and tastes good.

If you want to make a successful restaurant in Beijing, no matter what kind of food you make, you must fit the local culture. People in Beijing have the same characteristics with people lives in northern part of China, most of us do not care about what the dish look like, and so, you do not need to make the food so pretty. The thing we really care about is the taste and whether you have a big quantity of food. That is why Shanghai food restaurant is not popular in Beijing, the dishes there are too small and we do not like to go there.      

However, food in southern china especially in Guangdong is totally different. People in Guangdong especially show the character of people who lives in southern part of China.

After I came to Denver, I went to a Chinese restaurant called “starkitchen”. It is the only restaurant that makes southern China’s breakfast in Denver, which I had never, eat this type of food before in China. It opens at 9 o’clock every day and the breakfast close at 2:00 pm. The food they make for breakfast is traditional Guangdong desert and it tastes really similar with the restaurant in our country. So, many students in DU and Chinese people who live in Denver really enjoy the food there. I can always see some students study in DU who does not have classes in the morning go there for breakfast.

I went to the starkitchen on Saturday afternoon at about 1:30 pm, because in this way I could see the difference between breakfast and dinner. The star kitchen was always full of people, so, I waited for about 10 minutes to get a sit. In the starkitchen, you could also share a table with others who was waiting for a sit; however, I did not like to sit with others. I came here with three of my friend, after the waiter lead us to the site; we began to watch the menu. All the food here for breakfast is traditional desert like Shrimp Dumpling, Steamed Beef Meat Ball and Baked BBQ Pork Bun. Most of Chinese people like to eat thing made of flour, so, the dishes we ordered were most like dumplings and bread. These dishes were really small, each dish has only 3-4 pieces in it, however, it was good looking. When we order the dishes, we do not need to tell the waiter that what we want and let them cook together. There was some food cars in the restaurant, and all the food they have were on the car. So, by this way, you could not only see what did the food look like and how large it was, but also you could get the fresh food whenever you want. This kind of breakfast is very popular in Guangdong; they liked to come with their friends on business together because Chinese people believe that having a meal with others was really a good way to communicate. So, people in Guangdong do not called this meal breakfast, they have their own name of this king of meal---“zao cha”. In Guangdong, most of people have a very open mind; there is the only place in China that people do not care about if you are graduated in a famous university. People in Guangdong believe that if you work hard and have a clever mind, you can be success. So, many young people in China like to go to Guangdong to start their own business. In this way, Guangdong becomes a really important city, and more and more people begin to have their friends on business. A talk of a business idea always need a lot of time, so, people in Guangdong like to find a quiet place and have a talk with their partners. The words “zao cha” is means drink tea with friends in the morning, and Chinese people think that a good environment can help them to have a clear mind. So, drinking tea and having some desert become very popular in Guangdong. So, the food car can help people to get some hot and fresh food whenever they want.

Most of the people in the restaurant are from the southern part of China, include the waiters. I could easily find that these people had a Guangdong accent when they are talking. Many of them came here with the whole family, for those Chinese people who lived in Denver; it was really hard to find a Chinese restaurant like this. Actually, you could find that more than 50 percent Chinese who lived in America were from the province like Guangdong or Fujian; this could also show that people from these places like to show their ability and make a living wandering from place to place.

After 2:00 pm, the dishes had totally changed. The food car stopped provide people more food and people begin to use the menu to order some local Guangdong food. At this time, people became much less than the morning because Guangdong do not really famous in its dinner, and only some real Guangdongers like these food. We also finished our meal and left the restaurant.

In China, people lives in different places have totally different characters that lead to their different life style. I do not trying to say which is better, because as the time goes on, people should learn how to fit each other’s culture.

   

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In china, each province has its own cooking system. People in northern part of china and southern part of china have totally different food cultures. People who live in deferent place have different characteristics, this also lead people eat different things. For people who live in northern part of china, most of them are strength, so the dishes here are always very big but not really good looking. In southern part of china, people are clever and really good at business, so dishes here are always small but good looking.

China is a really big country, and each province in china has its own cooking system. I am come from Beijing, and we also have our own cooking system. However, because Beijing is the capital city of China, so, there are many people who come from other province come to Beijing every year, and the population of these people ia much more than the locals. In order to let people from other province can have their own food in Beijing, so, many restaurant of other cooking system come out in Beijing. So, Beijing’s food system is more like a combination of the whole country. Most of the local Beijingers enjoy this kind of life because they can have the food all over the country but do not need to go to other province.

How do the “old Beijingers” eat?

There is a word “old Beijingers” in our country, it is means a group of people whose family have lived in Beijing hundreds or even thousands of years. They are the real local people of Beijing, they lives in “hutong” which is totally different from the tall building in down town. Because of this, they have they own culture and a food system which is totally different from others. The food that “old Beijingers” eat is really taste strange, which people from other province or even young people who born in Beijing cannot really bear it. “Old Beijingers” have a really simple food system; they eat one kind of food nearly every day. There is a food called “douzhi” that “old Beijingers” have it every breakfast, however, other people cannot even bear the smell of it, actually nearly none of the people around me can eat this.

How do people normally eat?

            For most of people, we have really a lot of choices for what we eat. For breakfast, some people learn the western country to eat eggs, breads and drink milk. However, most of us like to have something make of flour for breakfast like “baozi”, “youtiao” and noodle. People also like to drink porridge in the morning because they believe it is good for our health. All of these are Chinese traditional food.

 People in our country believe that launch is as important as dinner, but there is still some difference between this to meals.

For launch, usually we do not have enough time to have a great meal because we need to go to school and our parents need to go to work. When we are at school, the only thing we can eat for launch is the restaurant around us. Most of them are western restaurant because it is really quick to eat western food. However, the tastes of these restaurants are not the same as what I eat in American, I think these restaurant change their style more fit the locals. At that time, pizza hut is the restaurant which I like most, you can not only have western food like pizza food there, but also you can order some Chinese food like fried rice which really taste like our local food.

Dinner is always the biggest meal in our day, because we have enough time to enjoy this meal. Especially because my mother is a teacher, so, she finishes her work earlier than others and has enough time to prepare this meal for us. I always believes that my mom is a good cook and she can cook different dishes and do not have anything the same for a whole week. In our country, people nearly eat rice or flour every day. Because I like to eat things which are really salty or spicy, so, I need more than a bowl of rice for each meal. I like to eat meat much more than vegetables, especially the lamb, which is really hard to find in America. I really like to eat hot pot, and most of the Chinese like it. In our city, the best restaurant which cook hot pot is called “HAIDILAO”, you need to wit every day since it opens. The food I like most for hot pot is lamb and meatball, and I go there every week. I especially like the sesame sauce there, a good sauce is one of the most important thing for hot pot.

If you want to find something to eat at midnight, the best choice all over the country is the meat string, which all people like it. It is like some small meat piece string together and baked on fire. You can find this everywhere and it really smells and tastes good.

However, food in southern china especially in Guangdong is totally different.

In Saturday morning, I went to a Chinese restaurant called “starkitchen”. it is the only restaurant that make southern China’s breakfast in Denver. It opens at 9 o’clock every day and the breakfast close at 2:00 pm. The food they make for breakfast is traditional Guangdong desert and it tastes really similar with the restaurant in our country. So, many students in DU and Chinese people who live in Denver really enjoy the food there. I can always see some students study in DU who does not have classes in the morning go there for breakfast.

I went to the starkitchen on Saturday afternoon at about 1:30 pm, because in this way I could see the difference between breakfast and dinner. The star kitchen was always full of people, so, I waited for about 10 minutes to get a sit. In the starkitchen, you could also share a table with others who was waiting for a sit; however, I did not like to sit with others. I came here with three of my friend, after the waiter lead us to the site; we began to watch the menu. All the food here for breakfast is traditional desert like Shrimp Dumpling, Steamed Beef Meat Ball and Baked BBQ Pork Bun. Most of Chinese people like to eat thing made of flour, so, the dishes we ordered were most like dumplings and bread. When we order the dishes, we do not need to tell the waiter that what we want and let them cook together. There was some food cars in the restaurant, and all the food they have were on the car. These dishes were really small, so, by this way, you could not only see what did the food look like and how large it was, but also you could get the fresh food whenever you want. This kind of breakfast is very popular in Guangdong; they liked to come with their friends on business together because Chinese people believe that having a meal with others was really a good way to communicate. So, people in Guangdong do not called this meal breakfast, they have their own name of this king of meal---“zao cha”. In Guangdong, most of people have a very open mind; there is the only place in China that people do not care about if you are graduated in a famous university. People in Guangdong believe that if you work hard and have a clever mind, you can be success. So, many young people in China like to go to Guangdong to start their own business. In this way, Guangdong becomes a really important city, and more and more people begin to have their friends on business. A talk of a business idea always need a lot of time, so, people in Guangdong like to find a quiet place and have a talk with their partners. The words “zao cha” is means drink tea with friends in the morning, and Chinese people think that a good environment can help them to have a clear mind. So, drinking tea and having some desert become very popular in Guangdong. So, the food car can help people to get some hot and fresh food whenever they want.

Most of the people in the restaurant are from the southern part of China, include the waiters. I could easily find that these people had a Guangdong accent when they are talking. Many of them came here with the whole family, for those Chinese people who lived in Denver; it was really hard to find a Chinese restaurant like this. Actually, you could find that more than 50 percent Chinese who lived in America were from the province like Guangdong or Fujian; this could also show that people from these places like to show their ability and make a living wandering from place to place.

After 2:00 pm, the dishes had totally changed. The food car stopped provide people more food and people begin to use the menu to order some local Guangdong food. At this time, people became much less than the morning because Guangdong do not really famous in its dinner, and only some real Guangdongers like these food. We also finished our meal and left the restaurant.

Eating at the Edge (re)

In the article which is written by Horwitz, we can find the author gives out his point of view that in nowadays, more and more people eating alone instead of eating with their families or friends. For example, Horwitz asks us to “Consider soup. What was once an archetype of the commensal is now widely available in a variety of single-serving packages” (42).  In the article, the author uses an example of soup to improve his point of view. Many years ago, when people ordered a soup, the only choice is a big bowl of soup and you can share it with your family or friends. However, nowadays, people are more like to order a small bowl of soup which is just for one person. There are two reasons why people have this change, one is it may more fit their own taste, on the other hand, people nowadays are always so busy, and they do not have a time schedule. So, it is really hard for people to have a meal with others in a time fit both of them. This kind of things also happens in my own life. In china, if people do not have something really important, most people may choose to eat with their family. Although some family members may come back very late, most family likes to wait for them and eat together. This is not a rule, but it is kind of our food culture. So, when I was in high school, I would choose to have lunch with a group of classmates and most of time I would went home for dinner because I knew that my parents were waiting for me. After I come to America, although I also make some good friends here, but it is really hard for me to have lunch with them. We have totally different time schedule and some time we even do not have time to eat. So, the only thing we can do is eat together of dinner, because Chinese people believe that eat together is the best way to keep the relationship.        

Eating at the edge

In the article which is written by Horwitz, we can find the author gives out his point of view that in nowadays, more and more people eating alone instead of eating with their families or friends. In the article, the author uses an example of soup to improve his point of view. Many years ago, when people ordered a soup, the only choice is a big bowl of soup and you can share it with your family or friends. However, nowadays, people are more like to order a small bowl of soup which is just for one person. There are two reasons why people have this change, one is it may more fit their own taste, on the other hand, people nowadays are always so busy, and they do not have a time schedule. So, it is really hard for people to have a meal with others in a time fit both of them. This kind of things also happens in my own life. In China, if people do not have something really important, most people may choose to eat with their family. Although some family members may come back very late, most family likes to wait for them and eat together. This is not a rule, but it is kind of our food culture. So, when I was in high school, I would choose to have lunch with a group of classmates and most of time I would went home for dinner because I knew that my parents were waiting for me. After I come to America, although I also make some good friends here, but it is really hard for me to have lunch with them. We have totally different time schedule and some time we even do not have time to eat. So, the only thing we can do is eat together of dinner, because Chinese people believe that eat together is the best way to keep the relationship.        

The food culture of Guangdong “Zao Cha”

In Saturday morning, I went to a Chinese restaurant called “starkitchen”. it is the only restaurant that make southern China’s breakfast in Denver. It opens at 9 o’clock every day and the breakfast close at 2:00 pm. The food they make for breakfast is traditional Guangdong desert and it tastes really similar with the restaurant in our country. So, many students in DU and Chinese people who live in Denver really enjoy the food there. I can always see some students study in DU who does not have classes in the morning go there for breakfast.

I went to the starkitchen on Saturday afternoon at about 1:30 pm, because in this way I could see the difference between breakfast and dinner. The star kitchen was always full of people, so, I waited for about 10 minutes to get a sit. In the starkitchen, you could also share a table with others who was waiting for a sit; however, I did not like to sit with others. I came here with three of my friend, after the waiter lead us to the site; we began to watch the menu. All the food here for breakfast is traditional desert like Shrimp Dumpling, Steamed Beef Meat Ball and Baked BBQ Pork Bun. Most of Chinese people like to eat thing made of flour, so, the dishes we ordered were most like dumplings and bread. When we order the dishes, we do not need to tell the waiter that what we want and let them cook together. There was some food cars in the restaurant, and all the food they have were on the car. These dishes were really small, so, by this way, you could not only see what did the food look like and how large it was, but also you could get the fresh food whenever you want. This kind of breakfast is very popular in Guangdong; they liked to come with their friends on business together because Chinese people believe that having a meal with others was really a good way to communicate. So, people in Guangdong do not called this meal breakfast, they have their own name of this king of meal---“zao cha”. In Guangdong, most of people have a very open mind; there is the only place in China that people do not care about if you are graduated in a famous university. People in Guangdong believe that if you work hard and have a clever mind, you can be success. So, many young people in China like to go to Guangdong to start their own business. In this way, Guangdong becomes a really important city, and more and more people begin to have their friends on business. A talk of a business idea always need a lot of time, so, people in Guangdong like to find a quiet place and have a talk with their partners. The words “zao cha” is means drink tea with friends in the morning, and Chinese people think that a good environment can help them to have a clear mind. So, drinking tea and having some desert become very popular in Guangdong. So, the food car can help people to get some hot and fresh food whenever they want.

Most of the people in the restaurant are from the southern part of China, include the waiters. I could easily find that these people had a Guangdong accent when they are talking. Many of them came here with the whole family, for those Chinese people who lived in Denver; it was really hard to find a Chinese restaurant like this. Actually, you could find that more than 50 percent Chinese who lived in America were from the province like Guangdong or Fujian; this could also show that people from these places like to show their ability and make a living wandering from place to place.

After 2:00 pm, the dishes had totally changed. The food car stopped provide people more food and people begin to use the menu to order some local Guangdong food. At this time, people became much less than the morning because Guangdong do not really famous in its dinner, and only some real Guangdongers like these food. We also finished our meal and left the restaurant.

After I come to the USA, I feel people are so busy every day. When I saw Americans doing their work, they always finish it as soon as possible. Also, when they have a talk with someone, they always catch the point quickly and say something clearly and directly. This is not the life style I used to have in our country. I have read an article named “Some Thoughts on the Guangdong Breakfast Tea” which is written by MR.JI, and I really agree with his point that why can’t we sit in a tea house talk and laugh like with old friends.             

                       

Guangdong breakfast

Guangdong breakfast

the connections between food and culture

After reading the article “The Cultural Politics of Eating in Shenzhen” which is written by Mary Ann O’donnell and the article “ ‘BreakingBread with a Spread’ in a San Francisco County Jail” which is written by Sandra Cate, I find some connections between the food and the culture. Food sometimes even can change people’s habits in their daily life.

In the first article which introduces the food and culture in Shenzhen, the author tells us how the food affects their life. He tells us the difference between the food eating by northern and southern people. People from the northern China lie to eat pork or beef, but people from southern part of China like Shenzhen like to eat fish. Catching fish is a really hard skill, you must have a quick eye and hand, so, people in Shenzhen is cleverer than people from other places and especially good at business. There are also some different between old Shenzheners and new Shenzheners when they choose their food. Old Shenzheners have their own culture, and they like to eat in some small restaurant like they always do before. New Shenzheners do not have their food culture, they come to Shenzhen because they have more chances here, and they want to have a better life. So, new shenzheners more like to eat in some big restaurant which is cleaner.

            In the cate’s article, he tells us a food culture in the prison. At that time, the food in the jail were terrible and the time schedule were also not enough logical, so, the prisoners would feel very hungry at night. In order to solve this problem, prisoners began to cook by themselves and they called this food “spread”. They material they used to cook the spread were from the food they saved or buy from the store. This spread had become a culture and taught them how to work together.

            After reading these two articles, the thing that interest me most is that because Shenzheners always catch fishes, so, they become clever and good at business. I think something that makes you have a good habit or practice a skill is really good for your life.  
          

reading dark lord's essay

dark lord' essay


       the reason I read his eassay is because both of us are writing about milk. the difference between us is that the second milk he write about is called "yi li". it is also a milk for adults, a woman brings her two kids run on the grass land, an they see a cattle is eating grass. the whole advertisement wants to show us that their products are close to nature, and they want to tell people that they make healthy food. that a really important for most of people, because knowadays most adult begin to choose food which is healthy but not just delicious. it shows the food culture of most adults.

Two advertisements that interest me

Recently, an advertisement that interests me a lot is an advertisement of Chinese milk which is called “wang zai”. The whole advertisement is in Chinese. At first, a little boy comes into the dining room after he plays outside. Suddenly, he sees “wang zai” milk on the table. The can of the wang zai milk is in red and with a cute little cartoon boy who has a big eyes and smile face on it. When the boy see the can, he feel confused and says to the cartoon boy on the can that” why are you looking at me, why are you always looking at me, if you keep looking at me, I will drink you. After he drink it he feel enjoyable and says it is really tastes good. It is a simple advertisement, and this kind of advertises is just for attracting the young kids by its cute voice and cute cartoon logo. In china, people all know that wang zai milk is a product of the wang wang company; it is a very famous company of making the food of children. In the advertisement, there are two reasons why they always shows people the logo, one is because the cute cartoon logo is really attractive to the little kids, the other reason is because they think the parents will knows it is a product of their company.

There is also another milk which is very popular in China called “te lun su”, and the name of the milk is a Mongolian word which means “milk in a good quality”. This milk is totally different from the “wang zai” milk, most adults like it because people all believe that it is healthier than other milk. In the advertisement of the “te lun su” milk, the main point is that it is good for people’s health, and it uses a lot of data to improve this point of view. First of all, the advertisement emphases the location of the factory, it says that the factory is built on a very special place on 40^th parallel of north latitude, where is a place of Inner Mongolia. In this area both sunshine and land is one of the world best place of to raise the milk cattle. The milk cattle of this company are the best strains which are choosing from all over the world begin in the year 2004. The feed of the cattle also have some different from the other normal company, besides the local grass of Inner Mongolia, the feed also includes the best grasses from 12 countries. The fringe benefits of the cows make people feel jealous; they are the owner of the factory. They have their own dining hall, bedroom and a room for milk, and people also give them some music to make them feel relax. All the treatment of these cows is similar with people. Nowadays, although the milk has already won a prize in the world as the only Chinese milk in the list, they do not stop and give up improving themselves.

In this introduction of the “te lun su” milk, we can easily find that it is totally different from the “wang wang” company’s advertisement. Not as the first advertisement uses the cute voice and logo to attract kids, it uses a lot of data to improve that it is better than other milk. The “meng niu” company is also one of the most famous brands in China that most people have it every day. “Te lun su” does not taste as good as “wang zai”, however, it catches adults’s heart. Adults do not really care if the food they eat have brings them some really good feelings; the only thing they cares about is if the food they eat cloud brings some benefits to their bodies. From the whole advertisement, we can see that all it includes like the location of the factory, the treatment of the milk cattle, the prize they win in the world and the attitude they never stop working is they want to show people that they have a very strict system and they are the best choice in our country. There is also a detail that the name of the mil is word “good quality milk” in Mongolian shows they are really in a strong confidence. The slogan of the milk also shows that they are really proud of their products that they say “not every milk can be named te lun su”.

Compare the two advertisements, we can easily find that in China, children and adults have two totally different food cultures. When children choose food, they just think whether the advertisement is cute or not or whether the food taste good. However, for adults, the most important thing they care is whether the food is good for their health.                                         

The connection between advertisement and language

After reading the article” Class Distinctions in Potato Chip Advertising ” which is written by joshua freedman and dan jurafsky, I find something really interesting about the connection of advertising and language.

            Every product has its own group of costumers, and the different prices of the products shows the different social classes. If you want your group of costumers accepts your product, a very important part is make a good advertisement that attract them. For different social classes, they have different needs of products.

            There is a research of 12 different potato chips that shows people how different in advertising between expensive one and cheaper one. People who are in upper classes always buy the potato chip which is in a higher price, in this kind of advertisement, the company always use some beautiful words, and they also like to make some long sentences to make those upper classes people feel that they are knowledgeable. Higher price Potato chips also want to show it’s unique and comparative like “our unique baking process” or “least fat than other leading brands”. Another important point is that they always say that their potato chips is natural and healthy, because they know that people in upper classes think health is much more important than money. For people who are in lower classes, they more like potato chips in a lower price. In this kind of advertisement, the company often use some simple words and short sentences because in is more acceptable for those people who are not very knowledgeable. For these kinds of potato chips, they more like to show people their historicity and location like “using an old family recipe” or ”made in the great Pacific Northwest”, which is totally different with the upper classes advertisement.

            According to this passage, I learn that how to write a good advertisement to different classes. I also find that this fit my products like restaurants. Many small restaurant say that they have over 100 years doing this, and also some big restaurant like to say how special and healthy their raw materials are.        

Chinese food system and culture

Chinese people believe that food is the most important thing in the food; so, many of us spend a lot of time on studying how to cook better in our life time. No matter you are rich or not and the material you use is good or not, people in our country will always find a way to make the material to the best dishes.

China is a really big country, and each province in china has its own cooking system. I am come from Beijing, and we also have our own cooking system. However, because Beijing is the capital city of China, so, there are many people who come from other province come to Beijing every year, and the population of these people ia much more than the locals. In order to let people from other province can have their own food in Beijing, so, many restaurant of other cooking system come out in Beijing. So, Beijing’s food system is more like a combination of the whole country. Most of the local Beijingers enjoy this kind of life because they can have the food all over the country but do not need to go to other province.

How do the “old Beijingers” eat?

There is a word “old Beijingers” in our country, it is means a group of people whose family have lived in Beijing hundreds or even thousands of years. They are the real local people of Beijing, they lives in “hutong” which is totally different from the tall building in down town. Because of this, they have they own culture and a food system which is totally different from others. The food that “old Beijingers” eat is really taste strange, which people from other province or even young people who born in Beijing cannot really bear it. “Old Beijingers” have a really simple food system; they eat one kind of food nearly every day. There is a food called “douzhi” that “old Beijingers” have it every breakfast, however, other people cannot even bear the smell of it, actually nearly none of the people around me can eat this.

How do people normally eat?

            For most of people, we have really a lot of choices for what we eat. For breakfast, some people learn the western country to eat eggs, breads and drink milk. However, most of us like to have something make of flour for breakfast like “baozi”, “youtiao” and noodle. People also like to drink porridge in the morning because they believe it is good for our health. All of these are Chinese traditional food.

 People in our country believe that launch is as important as dinner, but there is still some difference between this to meals.

For launch, usually we do not have enough time to have a great meal because we need to go to school and our parents need to go to work. When we are at school, the only thing we can eat for launch is the restaurant around us. Most of them are western restaurant because it is really quick to eat western food. However, the tastes of these restaurants are not the same as what I eat in American, I think these restaurant change their style more fit the locals. At that time, pizza hut is the restaurant which I like most, you can not only have western food like pizza food there, but also you can order some Chinese food like fried rice which really taste like our local food.

Dinner is always the biggest meal in our day, because we have enough time to enjoy this meal. Especially because my mother is a teacher, so, she finishes her work earlier than others and has enough time to prepare this meal for us. I always believes that my mom is a good cook and she can cook different dishes and do not have anything the same for a whole week. In our country, people nearly eat rice or flour every day. Because I like to eat things which are really salty or spicy, so, I need more than a bowl of rice for each meal. I like to eat meat much more than vegetables, especially the lamb, which is really hard to find in America. I really like to eat hot pot, and most of the Chinese like it. In our city, the best restaurant which cook hot pot is called “HAIDILAO”, you need to wit every day since it opens. The food I like most for hot pot is lamb and meatball, and I go there every week. I especially like the sesame sauce there, a good sauce is one of the most important thing for hot pot.

If you want to find something to eat at midnight, the best choice all over the country is the meat string, which all people like it. It is like some small meat piece string together and baked on fire. You can find this everywhere and it really smells and tastes good.

Food is a really important part of China, and it is well connect with our country. In America, people eat turkey in Thanks Giving day to celebrate the holiday. However, in ancient China, in order to find a reason for them to eat something good, poor people found many festivals for this. So, if you want to eat something taste good and special, come to China.         

The reflection paper of the two articles

After reading the two articles “Home Run: My Journey Back to Korean Food” and “eating white”, we can find a common that people always like to eat things which they always have at home since they are children.  Another similarity is that both of them connect the food they like with the memory of their mothers.

In the first article “Home Run: My Journey Back to Korean Food”, the author Roy Ahn is an American born Korean. When he was young, his mom always cooked Korean food for him and he really liked it. He thought that the food his mom cooked for him included her love. When his mom was alive, there are two refrigerators in his home, one was for Korean food and the other one was for American food, which he always wanted to combine them together. After his mom dead, once he went to a Korean restaurant, however, he ordered a wrong dish. This made him uncomfortable because he was afraid of forgetting thing about Korean cultures which his mom told him. So, he tried to know more about Korean, and he also taught his kids some Korean culture to let him know more about his hometown.

In the second article “eating white”, the author’s mom like to eat food in white colors like white cheese and white bride. She thought that white food meant a white soul because she was a CATHOLIC. The white food was the only food made her felt comfortable. The author’s dad do not like white food, he only likes meats and desserts. So, the only thing his mom and dad can eat together is creamy mashed potatoes. The author was more similar with his mom; he thought white food was really tasty. He had a really hard time after he came to American because of the food.

I think my mom is a good cook. When I was at home, she always cooked different Chinese food for me every day and I really enjoyed them. After I come to American, at first, I think that American food is good because it is something new for me. A month later, I really cannot eat American food anymore because it is too simple and do not have any changes. Pizza, humbugger and french-fries is all thing in American food.      

in class writing

The last meal I had was in yesterday, I had my dinner in jason’s thai which was a Chinese restaurant near our school. I went there with 5 of my friends. Although all of us have a meal plan at school, the taste of food in school do not really fit us. Because jason’s thai is the only restaurant near the school, it is just ten minutes’ walk from our dorm to there, so, it is always the first choice of us although is do not really taste good. We had gone there so many times, so we already know which one we should choose. We had six people, so, we ordered five dishes and an 8 pieces sushi. I ordered a dish made of lamb, which is really hard to find in Denver because I nearly never saw lamb in other restaurants. There was also a drink which really taste good called thai tea in the restaurant, but no one ordered it last night. Because we always went there before, so, the service is quite okay, that a thing we not really satisfied with the restaurant before. I think that one thing most of the American restaurant does better than Chinese restaurant is the service. Finally, we had our dinner about an hour’s long, and I think it may be much more quickly if we choose an American restaurant.