Diet Culture
difference between
China and America
中美饮食文化的差异
The main difference between
Chinese and America eating habits
美国人喜欢一日多餐，每餐适量；而中国人传统习惯一日三餐，每餐食量都较大，且
现已开始有不食早餐的风气。
许多中国人习惯每日购买新鲜食品烹饪；美国人往往一次性购买一周的食品贮存在冰
箱里，每日食用冷冻食品，且食用的罐头和腌制品分别为中国人的八倍和六倍。
中国人烹调时喜欢用植物油，美国人则喜欢用含胆固醇较高的动物油。
The main difference between Chinese and A
merica eating habits is that unlike, where eve
ryone has their own plate of food, in China th
e dishes are placed on the table and everybo
dy shares. If you are being treated by a Chin
ese host, be prepared for a ton of food. Chin
ese are very proud of their culture of food an
d will do their best to give you a taste of man
y different types of cuisine.
Among friends, they will just order enou
gh for the people there. If they are takin
g somebody out for dinner and the relat
ionship is polite to semi-polite, then the
y will usually order one more dish than t
he number of guests (e.g. four people, f
ive dishes). If it is a business dinner or
a very formal occasion, there is likely to
be a huge amount of food that will be i
mpossible to finish.
Eating behaviors between China and
America
1 中国 人聚餐时总是争着付款，而 American 则选择 AA 制
2 在餐桌上中国人喜欢给客人夹菜，而 American 则对这种行为
很反感
3 American 在餐厅用餐总要给 tips ，而中国人除了一些有钱人
或者在特定的场合则很少给 tips
Eating tools between China and
America
中国人用筷子吃饭，而 American 则用刀，叉子等用餐
American eating is funny. They eat almost ever
ything with a fork, and it appears that holding a
knife in one's right hand longer than a few sec
onds is considered to be against good table m
anners.
美国人的饮食习惯很有趣。 他们吃所有东西都用叉子。好像用右手拿刀几秒钟就被
认为与好的桌上进餐礼仪相违背
If it is not absolutely necessary to use a kn
ife, Americans don‘t use one, because obvi
ously this greatly complicates( 使复杂化 ) thing
s, and you will therefore see them trying to
cut things like potatoes, fish and even
bacon( 熏猪肉 ) with a fork.
如果不是绝对需要用到刀，美国人是不用的。 因为这样使得事情复杂化了。
所以你就会看到他们用叉来切土豆， 鱼， 甚至熏猪肉。
中餐上菜顺序应是：先上冷菜、饮料及酒，后上热菜，然后上主食，最后上甜食
点和水果。宴会上桌数很多时，各桌的每一道菜应同时上。
西餐上菜程序通常是：面包黄油→冷菜→汤斗海鲜→ main course
→dessert→coffee and fruit 。冷菜、 soup ，同时就着 bre
ad 吃。冷菜也叫开胃小菜，作为第一道菜，一般与开胃酒并用。汤分渍汤和奶油浓汤。
主菜有 fish 、 pork 、 beef 、 chicken 等。 dessert 常有 ice
cream 、 pudding 等。然后是 coffee 或 red tea 。至于水果，可
上可不上。
A typical meal starts with some cold dishes,
like boiled peanuts and smashed cucumber
with garlic. These are followed by the main
courses, hot meat and vegetable dishes.
Finally soup is brought out, which is followed
by the starchy "staple" food, which is usually
rice or noodles or sometimes dumplings.
Many Chinese eat rice (or noodles or
whatever) last, but if you like to have your rice
together with other dishes, you should say so
early on.
Particular American food Grits
Grilled pizza
s
Hamburgers
Amish Friendship Bread Hot dogs
Apple Pie Hotcakes
Boston baked beans Ice cream cone
Buffalo steaks and burgers Moon Pie
Cheeseburger Pancake
Chicago-style pizza Peanut butter and jelly sandwic
Chicken pot pie h
Chili con carne Pecan pie
Chocolate chip cookies Popcorn
Clam Chowder Potato Chips
Cornbread Pumpkin pie
Corn dog San Francisco Sourdough
Cotton Candy Scrapple
Cream cheese Shrimp & Grits
Doughnuts Shoo-fly pie
Fortune cookies Spam (food)
Fried chicken Sweet potato pie
Fudge Thanksgiving Dinner (Roast Tur
Garbage Plate key, Cranberry sauce, etc.)
Twinkie
中国饮食习惯的几大优点
中国每天进食的新鲜蔬菜要比美国人多得多，美国人消化系统的患病率及患癌率均大
大超过中国。
中国人喜食粗粮，而美国人偏爱精白粉等细粮。而实际上，粗粮所含营养物质要比细
粮多。
中国人饭后、迎客都沏一杯热茶。喝茶能减低血中胆固醇含量，相反，美国人喜喝的
咖啡，却有可能提高血脂并刺激心脏。
餐毕，中国人爱吃点瓜果，而美国人往往再加一分甜食。瓜果自然要比甜食更利健康。
中国人用餐时爱加醋、姜、蒜、葱、辣椒等佐料，能起杀菌、消脂、增进食欲、帮助
消化等作用。
美国饮食习惯的几大优点
美国人做菜放盐量只及中国人的一半，而摄入太多食盐有可能在中老年期引发种种疾
病。
美国人做菜不爱放味精——味精含钠，摄入过量有损健康。
美国人不吃猪肝、腰子等内脏，因为动物内脏无一例外地含有高量胆固醇。
美国人喜清蒸食品（营养物破坏较少），而中国则偏爱热炒（营养物破坏较多）。
美国主妇不爱用大火炝锅，厨房通风条件也较好，因而
避免了吸入大量易致肺癌的油烟。
美国人喜一日多餐，这比中国人的一日仅二、三餐科学。
