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How to appreciate Chinese food

Jul 21, 2017

The canonical example of Chinese food is a dish with tomatoes and eggs. To appreciate this dish, try thinking about drawing with red and yellow.

Here are some potential ways to make this dish:

1. Putting one ingredient beside the other. The ingredients are physically separate. This form appears in sandwiches.

   

2. Cutting ingredients into piecies and mixing them together. The piecies are still physically separate. This form appears in salads.

   

3. Cutting ingredients into piecies and stir-frying (or stewing) them together. Each piece will have not only its orignal flavor but also some flavors from other ingredients. This form appears in Chinese food.

   

4. Placing ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. The outcome has the blended taste of all ingredients. This form appears in dressings and drinks.

   

Questions:

1. How many different colors do you see in each drawing?
2. How sophisticated are the flavors of each dish?

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