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Ancient Chinese Food
Intro: Chinese Food
is one of the
world great cooking
styles. It is popular
even in America.
Some of the good
foods in china are
rice, noodles, tea,
and even fruit.
Tea
Tea is important in
china because it
good for people.
Tea Rocha has been
grown in china
since the 2nd BC.
Types of Teas
There are different types of tea
like green tea, rose tea, and
lapsing tea. Green tea is used in
china like when you are sick. The
tea is the traditional beverage in
china. China also has tea houses
and their you can drink tea and
eat lots of sweet sticky cakes.
Rice was grown
manly in the
southern Chinese
provinces but with
improved
transportation it
became the favorite
staple food.
Rice
Eating Rice
In china they eat
rice with every
meal including
breakfast. Rice,
used to make
wine as well as
cakes and
puddings.
Other Foods in China
V is for vegetables.
Bean sprouts and
bamboo shoots,
eggplant, pea pods,
and radishes flavored
with ginger roots.
Soy Bean
Soybeans, processed into
curd, bean milk, dried
sticks, or soy sauce.
Farming the Land
Farming in china began in the yellow River valley, but
it spread outward as the empire grew. In the north
farmers grew millet and wheat, but from the Yangtze
River south, rice was the main crop. The south was
warmer and had more rainfall. There grew mulberry
trees, the leaves of which were used to feed milk
worms. Hemp was grown to make poor people’s
clothes as well as being used for fuel.