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How to eat like Chairman Mao
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1824230,00. html
The Chinese believe you are what you eat, so it's no surprise the food
of the revolutionary leader's home province is fiery and flavoursome,
says Fuchsia Dunlop
Sunday July 23, 2006
The Observer
Chairman Mao famously said that you can't be a revolutionary if you
don't eat chillies. His words were in tune with the ancient Chinese
belief that you are what you eat, and that environment, diet and human
character are all intimately related. Mao himself came from the
southern Chinese province of Hunan, a region not only famous for its
spicy cooking, but also for the revolutionary militancy of its people.
Mao, the province's most famous son, is still remembered affectionately
by local people, who say he was the product of the uniquely propitious
feng shui of the region. His home village of Shaoshan has become a
shrine to the revolution, and is one of the few places in China where
you still sometimes hear 'comrade' used as a form of address. Most
Chinese people insist that the Hunanese have the hottest tastes in the
country.
Their spicy diet is said to make the people of Hunan hot and fiery in
nature: in fact, so renowned are they for their valour and tenacity
that the Chinese say you can't have a true army without them. Hunanese
women are known for their amorousness, and sometimes for being a little
shrewish. I've even heard them described as 'huo la la', a phrase that
literally means 'fire-hot-hot', but is used admiringly to express their
strength, straightforwardness and capability.
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