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1、Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother,Ive enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork-and chopsticks!Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan,and often cooks spicy dishes.Thanks to this,Dad has come to love hot po

2、t!But there arestill some dishes that Dad dare not try evenafter many years of marriage to my mother.A Child of Two Cuisines He once told me he was surprised by what he saw on the table when he first visited my mothers parents in China.He was even shocked at their wedding when he saw how the Chinese

3、 ate almost every part of an animal.Even today,he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.But I enjoy that sort of food myself.Last week,I went to the butchers and asked,“Do you have pigsears?”“NO,”the butcher said,pulling at his own ears,“just these ordinary ones.”He must have

4、 thought I was joking.Dad can cook a super“full English breakfast”of bacon,eggs,beans,sausages and toast with butter-Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen!He also does a typical Sunday roast.We all love roast beef and vegetables,but Mum says wed better not eat too much roast

5、food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies,according to traditional Chinese medicine.Ill never forget my first visit to China.Mum encouraged me to try different kinds of food,and I did!I loved everything.But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food,I came across stinky t

6、ofu,a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe.“You neednt try it if you dont want to,”Mum said,but I gathered all my courage to take a bite and was amazed to find it wasnt so bad.It reminded me of blue cheese,a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate.Maybe Ill fall in love with stinky tofu-someday.People say that one mans meat is another mans poison,but I feel at home with food from both my cultures.To me,theres nothing better than a cross-cultural afternoon tea of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup!