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And here we go through the misterious world of food!

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Chineese food

The Chinese love to eat and eating occupies a high place in Chinese life. It has been said that eating is "the principal Chinese means of celebrating a conceivable event. A number of expressions involve food names. A potsticker (a gotte) is a person who leaves his comfortable state-owned-job. Eating tofu (chi doufu) is the act of cheating on one’s wife. One of the most common greetings is "ni chi fan ma?" (“Have you eaten yet?”).

Many Chinese believe that food has medicinal qualities. They regard the collagen found in shark fin soup for instance as good for the skin. The vinegar from dragon fruit is said to be good for the spleen, pork is said to be effective in increasing qi and tencha Chinese teas, traditionalists believe, keep allergies at bay.

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In recent years Chinese have become obsessed with slimming down and losing weight.

Weight reduction methods include acupuncture and eating copious amounts of cucumbers. Today there in an increasing demand for liposuction and bands placed around the stomach that restrict food intake and give a person a feeling of fullness .

Popular snacks sold on the streets and at sidewalk food stalls include fish balls, barbecued meats, noodle soups, dumplings in all shapes and sizes, and steamed bun with different fillings. Food stalls on the east coast in the summer offer braised eels and crayfish, roast duck, fried dumplings, pineapple on a stick, and bowls of snails and chili peppers and many other.

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American food..               Fast food is actually what American food truly is.   MC Donald’s is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants. It

started in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant. In the present MC Donald’s sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers and much more. But this kind of dish is not healthy at all. It has a very high content of carbohydrates and fats which in excess harms the body.

    We don't realise that, but the fast food can take our lives in time. It is the due to obesity.

Unbalanced diet rich in carbohydrates (sweet sand fats), in proportion to the body's energy needs: it's too much for our bodies even if we really love fast-food. No one says: “do not eat fast-food” but you have to be careful because it isn’t so good for us.

Let me share with you some funny , yes disturbing facts about MC Donald’s   Some journalists from a newspaper were curious to see how McDonald's food will

look like were kept for a few months. Moldy hamburger and potatoes sand have not touched any insect. A hamburger and a serving of McDonald's fries were kept for 6 months by the journalists at room temperature (between 18 and 24 degrees Celsius).After six months, the hamburger and the potatoes had no mold on them.

From14 October 2010 ‘till 14 April 2010, McDonald’s food was dehydrated, but very little has changed in its appearance

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at the begining of the experiment after 6 months

Well…what is your opinion about it?  On a different note here is some interesting information: Don Gorske, a man who loves MC Donald’s consumed over

20.000 Big Mac hamburgers. He appeard in the movie „Super Size Me”, and he is listed in the Guiness Book and he is the main protagonist of the movie „MacDaddy”.

Sources: „Gandul” newspaper Daiana Barany

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Indian and Arabic food Food is an important element of health organizations. Because of different regions, ethnicities, religions, tastes and wealth, food

also has many recipes, flavors and ingredients for all people from the multitude of recipes from around the world I chose to tell you how many crave for Indian and Arabic food. 

Indian cuisine has many ways to prepare food, because of the different ethnic groups, regions and wealth. Because of the area in which India is situated with flavor of jasmine and rose fragrance, the influenced by these details with a variety of spices .They use about 20 spices, some of them are ginger, mint and pepper.  

In India more vegetarian food is prepared as compared with Europe. In the south they prepare more vegetarian food comparison with the northern parts, because of climate. Some of them are Bhaji, Vegetable Curry, Rice Pancakes and Dosa. An important ingredient in Indian cuisine is coconut,

which is used mainly in desert. Besides these desserts we find a lot of tropical fruit: strawberry, apricots, mango, melons and much more.

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What is the most popular food in India? There is no popular food in India because there are so many varieof foods. I will give

some examples of foods that are known in every kitchen in India: Samosa, Tandoori chicken, Kachori, Rice, Dosa, Curry and much more.

So, if you’re of the vegetarian part, Indian food full of vegetables and fruits is for you. In Arabic cuisine many simple recipes for good food can be found. Important

ingredients can be found in recipes: meat, rice and grain. Although the recipes are simple, Arabic food is at the same level with any international cuisine, because of its flavor and originality. In Arabia was many regional cuisines in number 7, which are: Gulf states, Souraquia, Egypt, Mahreb, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Include Mediterranean and African kitchen elements.

Some of the elements are: lamb, eggplant, olives, falafel, shawarma, mutabbaq, parfumed wather, coal and mint tea. As an alternative, Saudi Arabian vegetable markets source some of the freshest produce for negotiable prices.

Traditional foods like dates, fatir, falafel, grilled lamb, arikah and hawayii are still eaten by Saudis today.

So, if you are among those people who like simple, natural and easily digestible food, you must try some Arabic recipes.

Now that I have presented both sides, what would you choose, Indian or Arabic food?

Lazăr Adelin

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Thank you for listening to us ! And remember, ,never stay hungry!