Journal #10 American Food

America is bigger in size and drier in weather than my country, Korea. This difference may be the cause of the food's difference. When Americans appreciate a dish, they frequently use the expression, "juicy". Koreans don't need the expression, "juicy", because most Korean dishes is very moist. Americans and Koreans have quite different cooking ways especially for meats, vegetables, and fruits.
First, Americans mostly cook a thick sliced meat; on the contrary, Koreans like to cook a thinner sliced meat except boiling meat. A thick sliced meat sometimes isn't cooked thoroughly, but Americans express it as "juicy". Also, Americans use the dressing for cooked meat, but Koreans don't need the dressing for meat on the dining table because of using sauce before cooking.
For vegetable, Americans like to eat raw one, and Koreans steamed one. Koreans cook steamed vegetable using a various kind of seasons, or saute shredded vegetable with oil. American cooking ways for vegetable are simple, while there are a variety of seasonings for salad.
On the other hand, Americans probably like cooking fruit. Caramel coated apples, chocolate coated strawberries, and a various smoothies are very popular in America. In Korea, cooking fruits are notpopular, and Koreans love a neatly sliced fruit.
Therefore, American cooks possibly don't need to use more expertly kitchen knives than Korean cooks.