wellcome!! ^^

Friday, July 20, 2007

what you should know about my culture

Hello every one,my name is Ty and I come from Vietnam- a country in the southeast Asian .With four thousand years culture, Vietnam becomes a proud of Vietnamese people when talking to foreign friends about the diversity culture in Vietnam.My country was divided into three different areas:north,middle and south also three different culture in each area. I live in the southwest of Vietnam, which is known as the main area for growing rice,providing fruit,vegetable also fish. Because of the fertile lands and rivers, southwest of my country is the original place of special also famous food.

What makes these food becomes famous is not because of the complex or expensive material,but because of the simple in choosing ingredients also the way of cooking. Usually,ingredients have been chosen are very simple such as a chicken in the farm or vegetable which naturally grows in the rivers. Instead of putting oil, cheese or many different spice on the chicken, Vietnamese farmers will covered the chicken by mud without spice or any other ingredients and put under the grill leaves or woods then toast it .Maybe you will think it sounds very dirty and disgusting but it doesn't. The smell of woods also leaves will go through the meat;moreover,the heat of the soil will spread out the chicken and makes its skin be crisped.

The way of cooking the chicken expresses the way of living also the characteristic of Vietnamese farmers. The more simple they do in cooking, the more simple they have in their characteristic. They live rustically and friendly. Not hiding the feeling, these farmers are willing to express all of what they think, want and help without thinking about the benefit not only for the members in their family, but also for strange people.

posted by tyCB6 @ 9:50 AM

2 Comments:

At July 20, 2007 at 1:17 PM, Kris said…

Hi Ty - I like the way you have related the way people cook to the way they look at the world and relate to others. What do you think the way the people in the other two sections of Vietnam (the middle and the north) cook says about them?

Have you heard of the "slow food" movement? The idea is that we should simplify our meals, but take the time to cook them and enjoy them together with our families. The focus is on quality both of food and of family time. This idea is gaining more and more popularity in the west, but it sounds like it has always been the normal thing to do in your part of Vietnam.

thanks for your journal this week -

your score: 20/20
At July 26, 2007 at 12:33 AM, tyCB6 said…

Honestly, I haven't went to the other two sections of my country so I can't tell you the relating of the way they cook to the way they live also their characteristic ; however, six years ago,my mother and I traveled to the middle of my country-just a small village. In the trip, we saw the people live there just eat vegetable or coin for their meal. Their lives were very miserable because of storms, floods and droughts.The food they eat reflected clearly their lives not only their characteristic.

yes, it does. In my country, the meal is very important because it is not only the time to enjoy the food that your parents cook but it also the time to express the love, concern of parents to their children.