There's an older article that attempts to explain the motivations for this with a more narrative approach: https://tbshamden.com/images/TBScontent/safetreyf.pdf

There's an older article that attempts to explain the motivations for this with a more narrative approach: https://tbshamden.com/images/TBScontent/safetreyf.pdf https://tbshamden.com/images/TBScontent/safetreyf.pdf In addition to the 'welcoming' nature of the food, it points to the cooking style as nicely aligned, with Chinese cuisine almost never using milk with meat, and the mixing of ingredients leading some to a bit of creative ignorance. >They loved to eat egg rolls in Chinese restaurants because the pork and seafood tasted delicious, but were so minced that they could pretend these ingredients were not there.