In our Chinese food culture, there are altogetherEight cuisinesEach cuisine has its own merits, but no matter which cuisine, or no matter what kind of cuisine you make, there will be one of the most basic requirements, that is, the food should beFresh enoughAfter all, only fresh food can bring out the best taste, and only those that need to be fermented do not need to guarantee freshness.
Among the eight major cuisines,Cantonese cuisine has the highest demand for freshness, Cantonese cuisine uses a very frequent cooking method - steaming, and dishes made using the steaming method are generally usedIt retains the original umami taste of the food, whileUmami must be freshly preserved
For example:CrabsThe status of crabs in the biosphere belongs to decomposers, and they usually eat some shellfish or fish carcasses, so there are a lot of crabs in their bodiesMicroorganisms, while the crab is alive,Its physiological activity can effectively suppress the population balance of these microorganisms
But once the crab dies and loses the limitations of the crab's physiological system, the microbes in the crab's body will immediately begin to decompose the poor crab, in a short timeWithin ten minutesThe number of microorganisms doubles, and then exponentially
Therefore, in Cantonese cuisine, in order to pursue the deliciousness of food, it is generally necessary to prevent microorganisms from destroying the ingredients to the point of producing a putrid stenchChoose to put the living creatures directly to steamand finally get a delicious dish.
InJapanThere is also a food culture similar to Cantonese cuisine that pursues freshness, but their food cultureIt is not recognized by the people of other countriesThis food culture isEat alive culture
There is a famous scene about the culture of live eating, in which a Japanese chef with a lot of craftsmanship sits around him in an open kitchen, scooping up a fish that is bouncing aroundWrap the fish head in a damp towelto avoid the fish dying due to lack of oxygen, and thenUse a sharp kitchen knife to slice the meat off the fish
After the meat of the fish has been cut off on both sides, the chef picks up the fish with a damp towel and puts it in the waterOnly one skeleton of the fish remains, still swimming in the water, the diners let out exclamations and praised the knife work of the staple food.
The chef puts down the knife, puts the fish on the rice ball, and uses the fingers of the craftsman to pinch the two together, and the fresh and delicious sushi is ready, and the diners are readyAdmire the "beautiful" swimming style of the "** successful skeleton fish."and enjoyEnjoy the smooth fish and sweet rice balls
This is what the Japanese have created"Bone swimming".To put it simply, in order to show their knife skills and the freshness of the ingredients, Japanese chefs use exquisite skillsThe flesh of the fish is cut off without letting it die, alsoLet the fish return to the water to swim and show how fresh it isIn the end, it is said that diners can enjoy the double deliciousness of sight and taste.
In addition to eating fish alive,Japan also likes a wide variety of live food itemsSquid, lobster, pufferfish, and other smaller seafood species are the main victims of Japan's culture of eating alive.
Many people may be curious, forWhat fish has been shaved off, but is still alive? The answer to this question is actually not complicated.
Strong vitality
If you have bought vegetables in the vegetable market, when you buy fresh fish, the fishmonger will usually help kill the fish, cleanlyDisembowel, gutt, scrape fish scales,TotalIt didn't take a minuteA live fish will be turned into a processed fish and delivered to you in a plastic bag.
If you have to buy something else after buying fish, then you can enjoy the plastic bag vibration serviceThe fish in the bag will bounce from time to time, and this phenomenon can last from ten minutes to half an hourEven when you go home and put the fish on the plate, it can still have the strength to pop out.
From the observation of life, we can know that the vitality of fish is very tenacious, and when Japan makes "bone swimming" to eat fish alive, it is often usedChoose fish that are more resilientFor example:Gobies, a marine fish known for its vitality.
The chef's superb knife work
To make a "bone swimming" fish, knife work is essential, because in the production process, it is necessaryBe careful to avoid touching the main blood vessels near the fish bones, tooDo not cut the internal organs of the fish。In addition to that,The process of making must be fastBefore the fish can react, most of its flesh is cut out and put back into the water.
Now there are also many Japanese fish eaters on the Internet, and we can see from the ** that after the fish is processed, although it looks like a skeleton, it is actually itThere's a lot of muscle tissue left, enough for it to continue swimming and moving.
It's not that you don't die, the time has not yet come
The fish that turned into a skeleton, it is safe to say that it has already been sentenced to death, justIt's just not dead yet。There are articles on the Internet that say that these skeleton fish will eventually die from wound infections, which is an impossible thing.
Because the fish can't survive the wound infection, even if the knife is exquisite, the fish is still traumatized extensivelyIt is impossible for the musculature of the fish to be unconnected with the visceral tissueOtherwise, nutrients would not be able to flow from the digestive system to the locomotor system.
So fish'sThe tiny blood vessels have actually been destroyed, but the blood of the fish is not all red, after becoming a skeleton,The fish's tissue fluid continues to leak from tiny blood vessels, and it doesn't take long for the fish to die of lack of oxygen
As an island nation, the main ingredient in Japan is the sea, which means that Japanese people can often eat seafood. From the crabs given at the beginning of the article, we can know that live seafood is relatively sweet, sweet and deliciousDead seafood spoils quickly in a marine environment full of microorganisms
And it is unique to seafoodUmami sweet tasteIt will denature the protein after heating and lose most of it, the taste will also becomeMore chai or tougher, so it is natural for Japanese people to develop pursuitsEat fresh seafoodhabits.
In our Chinese culture, the most critical idea is the word "moderation", the so-called moderation means not to go to extremes, everything is too much. And although Japan has come to learn Chinese culture many times, butIt has only its form, not its god, did not learn the importance of the mean.
In the pursuit of food freshness, Japan has gone to extremes, and the freshest and original state of food is, of course, eaten rawWhat's fresher than eating raw is that the ingredient is still alive and I've already eaten it。With this in mind, sashimi, sushi, and even eaten alive have become representative of the Japanese diet.
In addition to the fact that the Japanese like to pursue freshness in an extreme way, there is another important reason for the rise of the culture of live food in Japan. That's what Japanese culture isEmpathy with other people and food is neither encouraged nor encouraged
In fact, it also appeared in ancient ChinaEat donkeys aliveIn order to ensure the deliciousness of the donkey meat, a restaurant directly chops the meat from the living donkey. ButThis dish has been lost for a long timeEven if it's not complicated, it's definitely okay to make such a dish in ChinaCondemnationTarget.
Because we don't refuse to empathize with other creatures, although we also eat meat, we also seek freshness, but weYou don't think it's a wonderful picture of a fish swimming with only a skeletonMost people will only find the fish painful. We will slaughter poultry, but we will not mistreat poultry.
To eat a fish alive is to abuse this fish alive, and in the culture of the Japanese this abuse is a novelty, something to be happy and should be appreciated, becauseThey don't empathize with animals
If it's just for the sake of freshness, that's perfectly fineDirectly remove the live fish, slaughter it with a knife and then slice the fish offThe freshness of the fish is never compromised
And admiring a fish with a bare skeleton swimming, and it is generally accepted by most people, is probably something that only Japan can do.
In a collective, any behavior that can be called a culture can reveal the core ideas of that culture. From the fact that Japan accepts and loves the culture of eating alive, we can reasonably infer thatJapanese culture is very self-centered
In their world, only themselves should be respected, and all living beings and things outside of themselves and the Yamato nation must revolve around them. It's such a central idea, so they can laugh at watching the fish that has lost its muscles slowly die, because it's just oneA tool for funThat's it, the fish hurts or not, it doesn't matter if it's cruel or not.
The birth of the culture of eating alive can be said to be Japanese cultureThere is no empathyIt is also a kind of cultivation of Japan's own people, and theyPublicly promote the culture of eating aliveThis is to tell other Japanese people that all the creatures in this world are used for fun by the Japanese people for their own sake, regardless of what they think.
It's like the Japanese oneNuclear wastewater discharge incidentDon't they know that nuclear wastewater is a toxic and harmful substance? AboutThe harm that nuclear wastewater can cause to the planetI believe that countless countries have slapped the data in the face of Japan**.
But the Japanese did not pay attention, after the leader bowed and apologizedNuclear wastewater is still being discharged into the oceans shared by people all over the world。The fundamental reason for this decision is simply because of Japan**I want to save the cost of nuclear wastewater treatment
For such a simple reason, the Japanese made such a terrible choice. From this incident once again manifested the arrogance of the JapaneseFor the sake of one's own petty profits, you can harm the safety of the whole world, and Japan seems to have forgotten that it is also a part of the world. The wastewater discharged from Fukushima will eventually return to the Japanese people's own water cups.
In fact, no matter how you deal with it, food will feel the same pain, and human beings, as the top of the food chain, will inevitably existNutrients need to be obtained from numerous organisms at all times, this process is sure to take the lives of these creatures.
But the point is that we as a person, andPleasure should not be taken from the suffering of other living beings。For us, it's important for people to eat well, and it's not necessary to play with ingredients for fun.
In the case of Japan, because of their collective lack of empathy, they do not feel disgusted by such acts, and they even find pleasure in themIt's disgraceful**10,000 Fans Incentive Plan