Shanghai food is so sweet, why are the locals not fat?

But in fact, Shanghai cuisine is one of the main local dishes in China. Benbang cuisine is another name for Shanghai cuisine. The so-called local gang means local. It is characterized by thick oil red sauce, moderate salinity, original flavor, mellow and delicious. Common cooking methods mainly include stew, stew and sugar. When I went to Shanghai for the first time, I asked for a steamed bun, and I felt angry all around and looked at a loss. I am embarrassed to see many people buy half a cage or several cages, and the idea of ordering another cage is afraid of being rejected by the store. There is a certain regularity in putting sugar in this dish. Generally, some sugar will be put in stewed vegetables, but no sugar will be put in boiled vegetables. Most of the cooking side dishes do not contain sugar, and a few add sugar to refresh themselves, but the sweetness shall prevail.

In fact, most of Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes are relatively light, such as crystal shrimp and pickled fresh vegetables. Are there any sugar in these dishes? (Correction, crystal shrimp needs a little sugar, but the taste of sugar is basically not. When cooking, be sure to put one or two spoonfuls of sugar in the dish after cutting it, stir-fry it for a few times, and then take it out. Never add brown sugar or other sugar casually, it will stir up a wonderful taste.

In addition, there is a water quality problem. People who have been to Shanghai think that the bleaching powder in the water is particularly strong and not good to drink. It is said that water from Huangpu River is used. This may have some impact. Except sweet and sour pork ribs (fish) and other dishes seasoned with vinegar, Shanghai cuisine usually only puts some sugar in the dishes seasoned with red soy sauce or caramel to offset the bitterness of the seasoning itself (braised pork and fish), not for the so-called "freshness".

Shanghai people's eating habits, Shanghai people like to eat snacks, eat very little, relatively light. There used to be a joke that the son of a Shanghainese pursued a northeast girl as his daughter-in-law. Shanghai's mother-in-law said all day that the daughter-in-law in the northeast ate too much, cooking was often flavored with sugar, and there were too many desserts and snacks in daily life. Compared with northerners who like to eat too much salt, there are not many overweight and obese people in Shanghai. On the contrary, most people in Shanghai and even in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are normal in weight.