Talk:Chinese cuisine

Sources for future article expansion
This is a fascinating account of how Eid al-Adha rituals led to Muslims/Hui becoming the usual butchers in western China not only for the imperial elite but also for mandatory state sacrifices to the Chinese gods (considered to be meat-eaters if not carnivores) and suspect Commies during the paranoid Nationalist era (since killing cattle could only be a plot to reduce agricultural output and undermine the state). It should probably be introduced here, as well as at religion in China, Hui cuisine, and similar pages. — Llywelyn II   00:17, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Need link about the reason why few dairy products used by chefs
"Historically, many Chinese chefs tried not to use milk, because of the high rate of lactose intolerance among the Chinese population". There seems to be currently no links supporting that causal relationship.

https://www.foodpolitics.com/2019/04/whats-up-with-cheese-in-china/

The link above supports the claim, while it seems that there are few official sources regarding the causal relationship between few milk in traditional Chinese cuisine and high rate of lactose intolerance in China. Shenghan0329 (talk) 01:02, 1 February 2023 (UTC)


 * The claim is not just hard to prove, but likely an instance of reverse causality. The predominant academic view is that lactase persistence (LP) has been selected in a subset of human societies (e.g. Northern Europe) because of the historical availability of milk (in turn, because of the domestication of cattle). One exception to this principle is that Central Asian nomads have readily accessible milk but generally do not have LP; instead they consume only fermented milk with reduced lactose (source: ), this can explained as a form of technological adaptation (fermentation) outpacing evolutionary adaptation (LP). The most likely reason that Han Chinese never developed either LP or fermented milk is that in recent evolutionary history, cow milk is simply unavailable in the interior plains of China where Han Chinese evolved because the agricultural conditions favor intensive farming over cattle-raising. The sale price of milk in China (imported) is still nearly four times the price of that in India today (source: ). When something is rare or expensive, it's not a surprise that it doesn't appear in popular cuisine. Ceconhistorian (talk) 19:51, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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Reasons why stereotypes section should be cut
There are a number of reasons: Hope this helps! ch (talk) 05:52, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The article is "Chinese cuisine" and most of the material concerns the United States.
 * The statement about stereotyping Chinese people is not about Chinese cuisine.
 * Television and newspaper stories are not WP:Reliable sources.
 * A check of comparable articles on other national cuisines (found in the template at the bottom of the page) found none that had sections on stereotypes.