So in Northern China, most food is<p>- raw food is rarely eaten unless it has a thick &#x2F; peelable skin
- mostly veggies are cooked in oil
- starch heavy (flour for dumplings or baked goods, and rice)
- spice heavy (chili, Szechuan peppercorn)
- sodium heavy (soy, bean pastes, and preserved vegetables)
- lots of odd ingredients from a western point of view (mushrooms, fermented beans)
- no set &quot;breakfast&quot; foods vs &quot;supper&quot; foods per se; more like &quot;banquet&quot; foods vs . &quot;Everyday&quot;<p>I&#x27;ve been told from my Chinese friends they find our penchant for salads and raw food to be barbaric.  Evolved people eat cooked food, or so the saying goes.<p>I can next talk about India, Pakistan, Bangkadesh and its varied regional diet...<p>My point is that there are a couple billion people that articles like these completely ignore and treat as if these people are martians...