Why don't Cantonese people like spicy food?

The climate in Guangdong Province is very hot, and the soil and water are generally hot. It is very easy for foreigners to cause fire when they first come here, and the external manifestations are sore throat, mouth ulcers, and pimples on the face. Although the local Guangdong people have been accustomed to such a climate, but also can not eat chili, otherwise not only the stomach and intestines can not stand, the body will not be uncomfortable. Therefore, Guangdong people seldom eat chili peppers, instead, they love to drink herbal tea to remove the fire, which is also a reason why Guangdong herbal tea is very hot.

Secondly, dietary habits.

Guangdong is the birthplace of Cantonese cuisine, the practice and taste of Cantonese cuisine is light, pay more attention to taste the fresh flavor, like to eat the freshness of the ingredients themselves. Especially for seafood, the more classic practice is white burnt, eat is the ingredients itself sweet and delicious. If you put heavy salt, heavy spicy, the taste is certainly delicious, but these heavy flavor will cover the freshness of the ingredients themselves. This is a long time eating habits decided, but this is actually a very good habit.

To put it simply, it's mainly because the local climate in Guangdong is so hot that it's easy to get hot when you eat spicy food. Coupled with the fact that Cantonese cuisine is light in taste and seeks freshness and flavor, chili peppers are seldom eaten. Even before the typhoon, the supermarket ingredients are sold out, the only thing left a bunch of chili left there.