u/musea00

Why is there a north-south divide when it comes to consuming raw vegetables?

In northern China zhan jiang cai is a very popular dish where you dip raw veggies (scallions, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce) into fermented soy bean sauce. As someone whose family is from northern China, I was really surprised when people say that the Chinese do not eat raw vegetables. Later on figured that this was more of a regional thing- southerners are the ones who have an averison to raw produce.

Kinda curious about the divide- is it because of specific environmental reasons or certain agricultural practices?

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u/musea00 — 3 months ago