From:	Dennis Steinmeijer dv8@********.nl
Subject:	food
Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 1999 09:53:17 +0200

> > My god-mother is Chinese,...and she says that most chinese dishes are
> > prepared for meat, and that soy was only used to augment their diet in
> poor
> > times. They don't find it all that tasty, and will choose real meat over
> soy.
>
> I am from a Chinese family and live in one of San Francisco's Chinatowns
and
> I can say that that is just your god-mother's opinion. I have also spent
> several years living in Asia and am very familiar with what people eat
> there, and what those of them who live here (USA) eat.
>
> It's a main item in many Chinese, Korean and Japanese foods. For reasons
of
> taste not poverty. There are large parts of China where it is a preferred
> ingredient. The same holds true for many parts of Korean and Japanese
> cuisine as well.

I guess chinese differ from country to country then. But I must add that
when I was in Hong Kong with my friends I didn't see a whole lot of soy, the
meat replacing stuff, not the milk and other products. But I guess I stand
corrected then, seeing as how you are chinese yourself, therefor a bit
closer to the source than I am.

Dennis

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