Materialism In Culture

Cuisine is the soul of the culture. It’s much larger descriptor than is race, nationality, religion. Within each race, nationality, religion, history and so on, there are also a lot of different cultures. One of the most important cultures that we refer to the preferred is cuisine. Cuisine, religion, nationality have a relationship that can effect to each others. People from different cultural backgrounds eat different foods. It can determine by many things not the least is what is available for them to eat. (CoachT, 2010) As ean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said:" Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are". Therefore, food can play as significant role in defining a country.

Food can play an important role as well. It’s one of the symbols

It’s the simple diet or elaborates indicating a possible difference in cultural values for shows of wealth or materialism. Firstly, Japan is a typical example of materialism. Japan is a country surrounds by the ocean so that would be an advantage to increase fisheries. Fish is the common food in Japan’s traditional cuisine. There are one hundred of different fishes in Japan like tuna, salmon, and so on. Japanese knows how to create many dishes about seafood like Sashimi, Yakizakana and this is a convenient reason why sushi has become Japan symbol food. Moreover, Japanese cuisine had been influenced from the other nations, mostly from Korea and China. The first influence of Japan was around 300 B.C. At that time, the uses of chopsticks and fish sauce were originally coming from China. Furthermore, Buddhist religion was one of the most important influences. In around AD 700s, because of the rise of Buddhism, meat was probably banned. As the result, sushi – which is the famous dish in Japan – came out as the result of this ban. In the next ten thousand years, beef came back to Japan and around twentieth century, Western foods became popular in Japan. Japanese are known for using fresh food, and arrange it beautifully. The lifespan of most Japanese is quite long because of their healthy eating habits (Foodbycountry, 2014). Secondly, take Vietnam and America as an example. In Vietnam, the price of vegetables in Vietnam is really cheap and the price of the meat has been always higher. However, in America, as we can see; the price of vegetables is always higher than the price of the meat. Therefore, it is clear to see that the climate is suitable for growing plants and the soil is extremely fertile in Vietnam. Secondly, food can also show the wealth of the country, the prosperity the country is, the delicious food is. For instance, the GDP of Vietnam from 1990 to 2013 has grown about 13. 6%. The business in