What do Olympic athletes eat?

Tokyo Olympic Games won the popularity of Japanese sushi, and Seoul Olympic Games made Korean kimchi famous all over the world. The importance of eating "the soldiers and horses have not moved food and grass first" can be seen! As one of the biggest important events in the world, the Olympic Games is not only a big competition for sports events, but also a big competition for food. Which country won the gold medal and which athlete broke the world record on the field? These topics are all talked about and familiar to everyone, so you may not know what kind of food Olympic athletes can eat after they leave. Today, Bian Xiao will tell you about the food and characteristics of recent Olympic Games.

With the opening of the Rio Olympic Games, a recipe called "Olympic Gold" has come into everyone's sight these days. What is the "Olympic Golden Menu"? What dishes do you have?

The "Olympic Golden Menu" is a six-course Olympic food specially launched by COFCO Fulinmen for China Olympic athletes. Including Rio Birthday Celebration, Passionate Black Ribs, Hot Samba Steak, Brazilian Hot and Sour Kiss, Olympic Gold Jasmine Eggs and Olympic Five Blessingg Rice. The menu draws inspiration from the colors of the Olympic rings, and uses five colors of ingredients as the main ingredients, which not only symbolizes the Olympic rings.

Speaking of Olympic cuisine is actually grasping a general principle: "try to satisfy everyone's tastes", and at the same time introducing the special diets of some countries and host cities. Of course, different Olympic Games also have different highlights.

Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: A Feast Brought by Multiculturalism

Australia is an immigrant country, and it is a relatively young immigrant country, so the diet is as diverse as the country. Australia has delicious food from all over the world, such as authentic European western food, standard Chinese food and rich South Asian and South American dishes. Therefore, at that Olympic Games, the diet was also very rich. As far as western food is concerned, there are traditional British and Irish flavors, as well as new French, Australian and Italian flavors. Chinese food is even more important, even some small dishes such as Vietnamese food and Thai food have their place.

If people who participated in the Sydney Olympic Games were impressed by Australia's diversified food styles, then the Australian special food also impressed everyone. Australian food is also the richest and most varied in the world. The Sydney Olympic Games has made the world re-recognize Australia's specialties, such as Australian fat steak, Australian lamb chops, kangaroo meat, crocodile meat, Sydney oysters, Queensland drunken crabs and herring, South Australian lobsters, Victorian king crabs and black abalone, Darwin's Baramandi, Western Australian tuna, Tasmanian salmon and Antarctic crabs in the Southern Ocean, which have made diners all over the world taste delicious. What about kangaroos?

2004 Athens Olympic Games: Healthy and Delicious Olympic Civilization

In order to improve the Olympic diet, the mayor of Athens took a series of measures to rectify. The government also banned all restaurants in Greece from raising prices. The diet of Athens Olympic Games largely followed the local characteristics. If you want to talk about the special diet of the Greeks, you have to say that the kebabs dipped in lemon juice and sprinkled with spices are eaten with the accompanying bread, which has a unique flavor. In addition, traditional snacks such as grilled octopus, tomato stew rice, cuttlefish risotto and so on. It is also very worth tasting. When it comes to healthy eating, Greece definitely ranks first. In some traditional foods in Greece, some auxiliary materials such as lemon juice and tomato sauce are often added, which is of course related to the ingredients made, which can give full play to the characteristics of ingredients, but it is also closely related to the health concept in Greece. In addition, in terms of cooking skills, the extensive use of olive oil is a major feature of Greek cuisine, especially in salads. It can be seen that the Greeks pay more attention to the health and environmental protection of food while pursuing delicious nutrition.

2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Millennium Oriental Feast

To say that the previous Olympic Games were rich in food, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was absolutely indispensable. At that time, the Beijing Olympic Games had not yet opened, and the final menu could not be decided, but the principle to be followed had been decided, that is, not to repeat for seven days. How many countries and athletes should participate in the Olympic Games? What kind of concept should it be? Bian Xiao's brain doesn't work. He can't react immediately. If you are interested, you might as well calculate it. In short, Bian Xiao's concept is two words: abundance.

It is understood that about 69% of the athletes and guests who participated in the Beijing Olympic Games at that time were western food, 9% of the guests wanted to eat Muslim food, and the rest were guests from Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Therefore, the catering department of the service department of BOCOG said that the food in the Olympic Village is mainly western-style, but at the same time, Muslim food, vegetarian food, Indian food, Jewish food and other dishes have been added, so you have no idea. Speaking of the Beijing Olympic Games, of course, China cuisine has been around for thousands of years! It is understood that there were more than 2,000 kinds of Chinese dishes displayed at the Olympic Games, such as Mapo tofu, kung pao chicken, husband and wife lung slices, beggar chicken and other special dishes. These dishes were all translated into English at that time. Foreign guests can not only see the raw materials and production process from the menu, but also learn some interesting historical legends, which is really domineering.

20 12 London Olympic games: a sincere work to get rid of "kowtow"

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was brilliant, which also put great pressure on the London Olympic Games. The London Olympic Organizing Committee not only set up a food safety law enforcement team to rectify the surrounding restaurants, but also specially built a restaurant that can accommodate 5,000 people. At the same time, it promises to provide the best English food. For this reason, the organizers have made great efforts in food selection, hoping to win a good reputation for British cuisine that has always been ridiculed by people with the help of the Olympic Games. Jan Matthews, head of the catering program of the London Olympic Organizing Committee, said in an interview with local media: "We have the best food in the British Isles, and we ensure that these foods will not bring shame to this event." . Therefore, Olympic athletes in London can have an authentic English breakfast, including fish, chips, pies, mashed potatoes, or a cup of English black tea. It is understood that the whole game consumed 330 tons of fruits and vegetables, 100 tons of meat, 200 tons of potatoes, 18 tons of eggs and 75,000 liters of milk, and even 25,000 pieces of toast were eaten. Although the Olympic Organizing Committee has done a lot of work, the reactions of the players are still mixed.

Michael Phelps, an American swimmer, said that the food at the London Olympics was the best since he participated in four Olympic Games.

Members of the Korean football Olympic team complained when they left London for Wales to participate in the competition that they could finally escape from the extremely boring food in the Olympic Village.

American hurdler Clemente tweeted that we can eat any delicious food we want in the London Olympic Village, as well as McDonald's and carbonated drinks served all day.

Ye, the Olympic champion of swimming in China, said that English food looks like this and tastes like that. This looks very similar, so I won't describe the taste.

In the end, it's hard to say whether you got rid of the reputation of "kowtowing"!