Which do you think is better, Chinese food or foreign food? Personally, I think Chinese food beats all foreign food.

Because there are so many ways to cook domestic cuisine, a simple ingredient can be cooked in dozens of ways, including steaming, frying, braising, deep-frying, and boiling.

Among these food recipes, the most popular ones are various stir-fries . Every place has different stir-fry methods. These stir-fries are not only loved by people in China, but also by foreigners.

So when faced with these cooking methods, why do only some people make them, while foreigners have no idea about them at all? Have you ever understood the reason behind this?

For this reason, today I will tell you why Europeans and Americans don’t cook . The five major reasons will definitely give you some understanding, and then you will know why Europeans and Americans don’t cook.

5 reasons why Europeans and Americans don’t cook

1. Cultural differences

People have been using iron for a long time. With the development of history, many household utensils use iron pots. Therefore, the cooking methods have gradually evolved from boiling and steaming to stir-frying .

The stir-frying method not only shortens the cooking time of dishes, but also makes the dishes easier to absorb the flavor , so it is deeply loved by Chinese people.

European and American countries did not apply iron technology early, so their food is mainly cooked by boiling, steaming, or frying. Therefore, most European and American delicacies are fried foods.

2. Different environments

The climate in many areas of Europe and America is relatively low, so when they prepare various delicacies, the first thing they have to consider is the temperature difference of the food.

If you use stir-frying to cook, the food will probably be cold before it is served, which is not very suitable. Therefore, Europeans and Americans either eat it grilled, or with salad or bread.

Compared with stir-frying, these preparation methods do not require you to worry about the food getting cold , which will affect the taste of the food itself, because stir-fried foods are to be eaten while hot.

3. Different diet

Every country has its own eating habits, and as time goes by, these eating habits will become deeply rooted in people's hearts. Compared with stir-frying, Europeans and Americans actually prefer pizza, steak and other dishes .

Because Chinese food is very complicated to prepare, many Europeans and Americans are reluctant to do so . Compared with various complex food preparation methods, they prefer to make pizza, grilled steak and other delicacies.

Moreover , in Europe and the United States, many foods are semi-finished products . They can be bought home and simply processed before being served on the table. This is unlike cooking, which requires you to do everything yourself from start to finish.

4. Pay attention to nutrient absorption

People mainly care about the taste of food, while Westerners mainly care about the nutrition of food, so they are reluctant to cook the ingredients too much. The simpler the preparation method, the more nutritious the food will be .

For this reason, Westerners do not need to use overly complicated steps when preparing various delicacies . If they use stir-frying methods, it will greatly destroy the nutrition of the ingredients themselves.

Why do Westerners grow so tall? A big reason is that they pay great attention to nutrition when it comes to food . But we are different. We think that only food that satisfies our taste buds is delicious, and nothing else matters.

5. The impact of historical development

China is a major agricultural country, while many Western countries are major animal husbandry countries . Because of this, the ingredients we eat are very different.

The food available in China is very rich , including various vegetables and meats, which we can eat. But it is different in foreign countries , where people mostly eat beef and mutton .

For example, in Russia, vegetables are more expensive than meat. Due to the limitations of natural conditions, the diet is also greatly restricted. Therefore, they do not have as in-depth research on diet and cooking as Chinese people, and their eating methods are relatively simple.

The above five points are the reasons why Europeans and Americans don’t like stir-fried dishes. In fact, it’s not that they don’t like stir-fried dishes, but that they simply don’t know how to cook them.

I remember a foreigner who, after arriving in Sichuan, boasted that he would eat all the delicious food in three months. Unexpectedly, he was still in Sichuan three years later. The reason was that the food there was so rich, especially the various stir-fried dishes.

A simple potato can be turned into dozens of delicious foods on people’s tables. Which do you think is more delicious, local food or foreign food?

Besides the five key points I've shared, do you have any better ideas? You can also share your thoughts in the forum about why Europeans and Americans don't like stir-fried dishes.