Northerners eat it half-baked or raw. Why do southerners have to eat cooked vegetables?

China is a country with a vast territory and rich resources. People in China can also be called southerners and northerners. People on both sides are different in many places, especially in lifestyle and diet. The environmental and climatic characteristics of southern and northern China are different. Southerners like rice, northerners like noodles, southerners like sweets, and northerners like salty food. Moreover, in terms of vegetables, southerners must eat stir-fried dishes to feel healthier, but northerners prefer to eat raw or half-cooked direct dipping sauce.

Southerners basically don't eat too much raw food, even if they eat vegetables, they should fry them. However, in summer, northerners especially like to eat all kinds of pickles, such as raw cucumber dipped in sauce, lettuce in sauce, radish and tomato. But southerners don't like eating raw food very much. Sometimes even fruits have to be scalded with boiling water to eat, which has a lot to do with local eating habits. The climate conditions in the south and the north are different. The south is wet and rainy, while the north is dry.

Women in the south are very afraid of humidity. People who are afraid of cold often have cold hands and feet, dysmenorrhea, and some people have gastrointestinal diseases. Moreover, Chinese medicine also suggests eating less iced food in summer, because many foods are cold. Therefore, in order to relieve their discomfort, these people will heat those cold things and then eat their intestines and stomach, which will be more comfortable.

However, northerners' tastes are salty. Northerners especially like to make their own soy sauce and dip raw food in summer. In fact, this is also related to the climatic conditions in the northeast. Because people in Northeast China can only eat stews in winter, they can hardly eat any fresh vegetables in winter, so they really want to eat original fresh vegetables in summer and dip them in soy sauce, which is delicious. Eating vegetables raw is really good for your health, especially for people who are constipated. Eating them can relieve constipation. But when choosing raw vegetables, you must choose healthy ones, such as lettuce, cucumber, tomato and purple cabbage, which can be eaten raw, but most vegetables should be cooked before eating to avoid getting sick.