Exhibition of first prize works of the first Ningxia middle school student science popularization and science fiction writing competition: the taste of food, the soul of taste

Editor: Liu Yuxin Reviewer: Yang Pengbin

Yinchuan Tanglai Middle School, Yinchuan City, 2021 Puhang Provincial First Prize Instructor: Zhang Ruiqin

With the rapid development of science and technology, time has become more and more scarce, and people's lives have become more and more compact. Therefore, many people rely on fast food as their staple food. However, this does not satisfy more people, who want to cook and eat more easily and quickly. At this time, synthetic food research has made many achievements and has begun to enter the human diet.

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"Chen Wu, Mom will make your favorite pork vermicelli buns for you today!" Li Fang was rolling noodles in an apron, and the call records were displayed on the glass window.

"Mom, I was promoted to project director today. I'm busy with work and don't have time to go home today. I'll just eat 'Kangle' (synthetic food). It's popular now. It tastes good and is convenient and time-saving. Scientists use scientific methods to mix the six major nutrients of the human body together. It can be eaten directly. What? Wan Qi changed the plan. Why didn't she tell me? Mom, something happened. I won't say anymore. I'm hanging up!"

Li Fang wanted to say something, but she held it back. Her silver-white hair was stuck to her forehead by sweat. She sighed, picked up a bottle of fresh-keeping spray and sprayed it on the dough. A dense cooling ice film immediately formed on the dough to keep it fresh. Her son hasn't been home for two years. All that remained on her face was sadness. The dim sunlight hit her face, stinging her eyes. She turned on the TV to watch the news: Recently, more and more young people have started to eat synthetic food, and synthetic food has become a trend. Kangle brand synthetic food is the most popular, and the surge in sales has brought a lot of profits. Its founder Zhang Fu said that it may compete in the international market in the future. Many netizens expressed their feelings that "synthetic food saves money and trouble."

In order to prevent people from getting tired of eating, Kangle also added various flavorings to synthetic food, such as tomato flavor, strawberry flavor, etc., so in just one year, synthetic food dominated by Kangle became popular all over the world. Two years later, chefs were fired, restaurants closed down, food anchors stopped broadcasting, gourmets lost their jobs, and even fast food restaurants could not continue to operate. Because synthetic food is healthy and delicious, snacks have also been replaced by it. Even in families, the kitchen has disappeared, leaving only the dining room and dishes. When you come to the supermarket, you can no longer see the snack area and the nut area of ​​the past. The great achievements of synthetic food have been recorded in history.

In 2160, Chen Zhi, who was born 13 years ago, finally entered junior high school today. In the history class, the teacher's holographic projection was telling about the food of the past. Chen Zhi was confused, so he started a question link in the air: "Teacher, what is rice?" The classmates also clicked "+1" on the link, so the same question was repeated dozens of times. The teacher said kindly: "Rice is the food of the past, it is a staple food."

“What is a staple food?”

"Staple food is... how should I put it? For example, noodles are also a staple food."

"Teacher, what are noodles?"

…

Chen Zhi was confused during this class, but this "new world" made him excited and confused. Some nouns kept emerging in his mind - staple food, noodles, rice, leeks, celery, steamed buns... He had never seen these things before. These things were unhealthy, so no one ate them, and no one made them, and it was illegal to make them. Of course, Chen Zhi didn't know.

"I want to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

Chen Wu: "What? Are you kidding? How do you know all this?"

"Our history teacher told me that."

"Hey, this thing is illegal, you can't eat it even if you want to."

"How is this illegal? The history teacher said it was delicious."

"Because it's unhealthy. Well, it's delicious, but what can I do about it...

I've put it on the table for you, eat it quickly."

Chen Zhi put a small spoonful of jelly-like solid into his mouth, then slowly pulled it out, only to see himself deformed on the metal spoon, and asked himself: "No taste?" The legendary scrambled eggs with tomatoes has a fragrance, which is a simple fragrance, a fragrance of the times, but in reality it is worthless.

The air was filled with a dull atmosphere. Chen Wu's mother, who had passed away two years ago, kept appearing in his mind. He missed his mother's pork vermicelli buns so much. He still couldn't believe that what he missed was actually illegal. The aroma of health was spreading, but he could not smell anything. Chinese culture is profound and extensive. The food is exquisite, varied and novel. It condenses the wisdom of the Chinese people, the sweat of the Chinese people and the culture of the Chinese people. It once made many people have endless aftertastes, but it is banned everywhere today. The reason is that there is no synthetic food health.

More and more people began to oppose, and more and more people began to advocate traditional food. Many people posted comments online, saying that they were so short-sighted that they didn't even know what staple food, rice, and steamed buns were. Since most countries in the world have laws restricting traditional food, the United Nations General Assembly has also raised this issue. In fact, the United Nations representatives also have such distress, and they also miss the food of the past. So the Chinese representative Wang Jian said, "Everyone, do you remember what we ate before? Chinese dumplings, Italian noodles, Turkish kebabs, Japanese sushi, Russian salmon, American apple pie, Malaysian Hainanese chicken rice, Korean kimchi... They are not only delicacies, but also the culture of a country, and the symbol of a country..." Soon, snack bars and restaurants sprang up on the streets like bamboo shoots after rain, setting off wave after wave of craze, and the food culture marched forward, so unstoppable!

In fact, some people were against synthetic food at the beginning, but it is a progress after all, which cannot be denied, so Kangle did not withdraw from the stage of the food industry. Therefore, Kangle appeared in the backpacks of special operations forces. Zhang Fuyi publicly expressed his opinion, "Kangle will continue to innovate and improve, maximize the role of synthetic food, and develop new synthetic food specifically for special operations forces. The unit energy of synthetic food is increased by means of pressurization and high temperature, and various "charged" beneficial charged ions are also added to provide more calories for soldiers. At the same time, low-voltage constant current is released in the strong acid environment of the stomach to accelerate absorption. Not only that, Kangle is also about to carry out research on medical synthetic food, that is, to develop liquid food for patients with different conditions..."

Five years later, many people in a hospital were wearing similar breathing masks. They were not breathing oxygen, but eating.