taiwan social study: different country's food culture

1.Compare food cultures between Taiwan and one Western country. Answer the following questions.
-Scotland food culture and Taiwanese food culture.

(1)What affects each food culture?
-Scotch people started to use wheat, bread and potato as a huge part of their food culture by the 1800s. One of the most common dish in Scotland is broth/ stews.
The climate in Scotland is really cold and wet, so their food’s taste are mostly to keep you warm, also whiskies.

(2)What are similarities or differences between two food cultures in terms of characteristics of cuisine, cooking techniques, the art and etiquette of dinning and local snacks?
-Scotland potato soups and stews’ cooking techniques are similar with Taiwanese’s soups, because they both needs to boil in a pot. Since Scotland is so close to england, i think they also have a typical english table manner.


(3)What is your reflection?
-I think i will be really interested in Scotch food because now it’s a bit cold in taiwan, so a warm meal would be a ideal choice during this kind of weather. And through out my research it makes me feel that western countries cares more about the taste of the food then the manner, except for Great Britain. And eastern countries especially China and Taiwan’s traditional food’s tastes aren’t as strong as western countries.

and here is a really good website of local foods in Scotland: