Why Western is easier than Chinese when you first learn to cook?

[Anonymous]

Western is easiest for beginner than Asian

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western system

[abc3643]

It's not really. If you grew up with alphabetic languages, then they are easier to read. If you grew up with ideogrammic languages, then they are easier to read.

Alphabetic languages are based on phonenemes - a written record corresponding to the sounds of the words as spoken.
Ideogrammic languages has some of that, but are mostly based on pictoral representations like ideas or things.

For instance, can you read this sentence written in different sets of ideograms (so they could be 3 different ideogrammic languages).

😋🍕

🙋‍♂️😊🍴🍕

❤️🍕😋

What would the English translation be?

Chances are you are going to get it or be very close. Why? Because the ideogrammic language being used involves emojis.

For someone my age who did not grow up with emojis, at times, it can be challenging. Personally, I don't use them, although occasionally I might use an emoticon, the precursor to emojis. I won't bother with emoticons here because the designers of G@G had this very bad idea of autoemoji-ing any emoticons.

[abc3643]

* phonemes

[abc3643]

* Ideogrammic languages HAVE some of that, but are mostly based on pictoral representations OF ideas or things.

[abc3643]

Sorry... I suffered a brain fart... you were talking about cooking not learning a language.
I don't think of "western cooking" versus "Asian". To me, cooking is cooking. Neither is hard if you have the ingredients and necessary kitchenware.

[BonzoInBitburg]

Because Western food is seasoned with spices and Asian food is seasoned with vegetables, pastes and sauces. My wife is Asian and we go through a lot of soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar etc

[Abbycado]

Thank you for saving the truest embarrassing questions for anon. 🙄

[strateguy632]

because we plan how to write the recipe. not just copy a traditional.

[goaded]

Boiling an egg isn't regional.

[Anonymous]

You seem female

[Mike_Hum]

Wtf is western food?