English Writing Unforgettable Flavor－Stinky Tofu:Why Does Stinky Tofu

English writing Unforgettable flavor －Stinky Tofu:Why does stinky tofu let the human love and hate? Author: Fang Yu-Chi( 方毓祺)。National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School 。Apply Foreign Language 3B Syu Wun-Yi( 許文怡)。National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School 。Apply Foreign Language 3B Liu Ya-Jhen( 劉雅禎)。National Tainan Commercial Vocational Senior High School 。 Apply Foreign Language 3B Instructor:Huang Yan-Hong( 黃燕鴻老師) Unforgettable flavor －Stinky Tofu:Why does stinky tofu let the human love and hate? I. INTRODUCTION A. Research Background Food is what matters to the people, and the good food is too numerous to mention in the world. Especially the Chinese traditional good food spreads most widely in this multiplex global village. The good food and the culture exchange mutually between country and country, and then become creative and changeable delicacies which are distinctive. The Chinese invented the food which raises the face to improve looks and nutrition －tofu. Tofu is one of the main foods in Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea and Japan and so on. Along with the East and West cultural exchange, people can buy tofu at some markets. Each region develops all kinds of different tofu ingredients such as Japanese soft tofu, Korean kimchi tofu, Guangdong deep-fried tofu, Chinese bean jelly and Taiwan deep-fried tofu. The fresh tofu through the fermentation, pickled, fried and many processes, and combination of sour-sweet and mouth-watering kimchi. These two food seem very ordinary, and do not connect, but they match actually make the human for it exclamation. After the elder evolves, it becomes the famous Chinese traditional snack nowadays －Stinky Tofu. B. Research Motive Once I led my foreign friend to taste the local Taiwan snack at Tainan Garden night market. When we approached the stinky tofu vendor gradually, my friend pinched the nose to pass through fast suddenly and say, “What is that disgusting smell? ” Suddenly, I was very surprised at his words. I remember when I was a kid, there was an old lady who always pushed the stinky tofu car and hawked people to buy it near my home in evening. As long as I heard the familiar sound “ Stin~ky tofu ” , the neighbor would turn out in full strength, and stood in line with big dishes in their hands to buy stinky tofu. I am so confused that why the view of stinky tofu is difference between at home and abroad. Stinky tofu is a traditional street food which is popular to the people in Taiwan, because stinky tofu has crispy covering and soft stuffing. Furthermore, the smell of stinky tofu is beyond description so that it is delicious and yummy to some people. We can find the trace of stinky tofu at night markets, roadside food stands and everywhere in Taiwan. So the charm of stinky tofu is incomparable! However, why do most of foreigners and some people who don’t like stinky tofu avoid it like the plague? Where does stinky tofu actually come from? How does its mysterious flavor from? Let us further explore stinky tofu which makes people love and hate it? 1 Unforgettable flavor －Stinky Tofu:Why does stinky tofu let the human love and hate? C. Main Research Questions When you stroll on the street, the special smell of stinky tofu always flutters from the great distance. Some people pinch the nose to pass through fast, but some are attracted by the fragrance. Everyone knows that stinky tofu is one of Taiwan's top ten snacks. People possibly only hear stinky tofu coming from China, but do you know where stinky Tofu came from at first? And where did the way of eat stinky tofu with kimchi come form? With the differences of eating habits among different places, the making methods of stinky tofu and the ways to eat also have the quite big differences, so how many kinds of stinky tofu and how many way to eat it? Without a doubt, as we think the stinky tofu, we will associate with fried food. The conception of common tradition, we always think fried food is not good for people’s body, but according to the medical research report, in fact, stinky tofu is good for people’s health. It includes Probiotic which is more than yoghourt. Do you want to know more about the influences of stinky tofu on people’s health? And what is the evaluation of stinky tofu from everyone? D. Research Method To know more about stinky tofu, we find the information from Internet and the books of library, and got the answers of Q1 and Q3, the key words we used to search for are “the origin of stinky tofu “ and “the influence of stinky tofu on people’s health”. Furthermore, to study Q2, we visited some stinky tofu vendors which are well-known in Tainan’s night markets, and made reference to a number of books on the stinky tofu cuisine Introduction. Then we made a questionnaire survey to gain access to the views of Tainan City 100 passers-by on the street about whether they accept stinky tofu or not, then according to the contents of the questionnaire, to understand the stinky tofu in everyone’s hearts, and got the answers of Q4. Through these processes, we have a better understanding of the stinky tofu. II. Thesis A. Where did stinky tofu come from? 1. The origin of stinky tofu In fact, with regard to the origin of stinky tofu was in the Qing dynasty Kangxi reign, the number one scholar, Wang Jhih-he, who came from Anhui Xianyuan County went 2 Unforgettable flavor －Stinky Tofu:Why does stinky tofu let the human love and hate? to Beijing to take the exam. Unfortunately, he flunked a competitive examination for a job. However, he had no money to return home, so he stayed at Beijing. Just his home ran tofu workshop, so he made a living for running tofu shop in Beijing. However, business was poor so that he accumulated a lot of stocks. Accordingly, he cut tofu into small pieces, then he put tofu in the earthen jar, planning to made tofu into fermented bean curd. After a few days, he opened the earthen jar. He found that tofu didn’t make into fermented bean curd; however, it became very smelly and turned cyan. After tasting, he found it is very delicious. Therefore, he decided to sell stinky tofu. To his surprise, many customers loved it very much. As a result, stinky tofu began to spread to the world. By the late Qing dynasty, even the Empress Dowager Cixi also loved stinky tofu. She even listed it in the imperial dishes. But she said stinky tofu didn’t sound good, so she changed its name. Since its color was cyan and its square-shaped feature, she renamed “cing fang”. (Evchen, 2007) (Dajiyuan, 2003) B. How many kinds of Stinky Tofu and how many ways to make it? 1. the practice of stinky tofu Stinky tofu is the food which spreads in the Chinese region and around the world. With the different eating habits in different places, production methods of stinky tofu are different in every area. According to Wikipedia, stinky tofu is a fermented product. Let originally colorless and tasteless tofu fermented naturally. Fresh tofu is usually soaked in foul brine. Stinky brew of bacteria and fungi break down the protein tofu. Tofu organizational slack and absorb the special smell. Then become the formation of today's stinky tofu. Production method of flow chart Stinky marinated water for natural fermentation. ↓ Cut fresh tofu into small pieces, and put it on the white middle. ↓ Pack tofu tight and reorganizes the corner. ↓ Put it on the wood board neatly. ↓ Put weight on it all night. 3 Unforgettable flavor －Stinky Tofu:Why does stinky tofu let the human love and hate? ↓ Then take the dried bean curd in the stinky brew some days and seal it. ↓ Stinky tofu is complete. (Wikipedia, 2009) 2. The types of stinky tofu Taiwan commonly deep-fried stinky tofu is commonly used means consumption, generally trafficked from the stinky tofu vendors, pickled off the habit of using high-temperature deep-fried tofu. Crispy skin with sweet and sour pickles in Taiwan, can remove the greasy feeling fried stinky tofu. In addition to other deep-fried, there are many types of stinky tofu. Spicy stinky tofu is the latest Taiwan in recent years of eating with duck blood, sauerkraut, rich spicy soup with stinky tofu distinctive smell, so that we loved deeply spicy tofu. Steamed stinky tofu is the heavy smell of stinky tofu to join in a light soup with steamed cooking methods, so that can not accept the smell of stinky tofu stinky goers can also enjoy delicious. China Shenkeng with BBQ tofu is known to use thin bamboo sticks through the stinky tofu, coated with barbecue sauce, then bake a few minutes on the charcoal, as wood-fired, and barbecue sauce, so that the smell of stinky tofu had been covered, not Those who dare to eat stinky tofu can also try the night market in Taiwan, also see figure BBQ stinky tofu. Therefore, the types of tofu can be said that the ever-changing. 3.The following are all kinds of stinky tofu production method: a. Spicy stinky tofu Materials: Stinky Tofu, Meat, Dried fish, Shallots, Coriander, Miso, Paprika, sesame oil, Peppercorns, Chili Oil. “Spicy stinky tofu” Production Method: (1) Stinky tofu with a toothpick to poke holes. (2) With 2 tablespoons of sesame oil saute the peppercorns, fish out the part of the peppercorns.

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