Cantonese Cuisine - Characterisation

Characterisation

In 1986, Prince Philip commented on Chinese eating habits at the World Wildlife Fund conference: "If it has four legs and is not a chair, if it has two wings and flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." Despite having the quote presented to a notable organisation, it has also appeared in books such as "The Most Stupid Words Ever Spoken" as it is deemed by some Westerners as a prime example of a lack of understanding of foreign culinary traditions in the Western world. However, some sources point out that this is a modern saying used by the Chinese from other regions in reference to Cantonese culinary habits.