Woah, I never thought of that. Maybe they think it's too fattening? Maybe they didn't discover how to make cheese until they were invaded by Europeans or something? I'm just pulling shit out of my ass, here. I have no clue either.

>>748598

Op, not only is it lacking in Far east culture but it is also lacking in South Asian culture as well.

The easiest answer I can give you is because it's probably a cultural thing.

Or maybe because the vast majority of Asians in general are lactose intolerant.

I have trouble digesting ice cream for example. It gives me a case of the runs.

>>748608
You're lactose intolerant became you ancestors didn't drink milk or consume dairy products. From what I understand, people in the northern regions of the world consumed milk during winter, including Mongols, Tibetans, Indians(Hinduism) and most Europeans etc. when there were few other sources of sustenance.

>>748608
>South Asian
That's not quite true. While they don't have "cheese" in the typical sense(using rennet/other coagulants), they do have farmer's cheese/paneer which is pretty much strained cottage cheese. It's probably because of the large Hindu population that can't consume rennet.

It's also usually disgustingly salty to preserve it. Ick.

Their ancestors were too busy turning cows into delicious kobe beef to milk them.

What? Japanese food has cheese.

No cows->no milk->no cheese

Chinese fucking hate cheese.
Their milk isn't even real. I suspect this is because cows take up a lot more space than piggies which is what they generally eat.

>>748616

Paneer is disgusting. That's why it doesn't count.

>>748618
Kobe beef is a modern invention, the terrain of Japan creating several distinct breeds however, made breeding desirable traits(read fat) much quicker. Beef came from working animals, and it was considered unclean to eat, which goes against Shinto. Some sects of Chinese Buddhism that were brought to Japan along with the actual cows themselves forbade eating meat due to a popular legend or some royalty being reincarnated as a cow. During the Tokugawa shogunate, consuming 4 legged animals was forbidden. Only in 1868 I think during the Meiji period was this ban lifted to adopt European beef consuming customs. However, it took decades for beef consumption to catch on with the general populace.

>>748623
They have water buffalo, and many of the northern Asian cheeses are yak or goat.

>>748619
Thats not cheese...

>>748624
This is true for the most part, and pigs tend to have nice fat development(bacon, anyone? which actually comes from the belly instead of the back as the name implies, unless you're Canada). However, bovine beasts were used commonly to pull carts, carriages, transporting things, plowing etc. General beasts of burden. As mentioned before, there is also a legend of some royalty being reincarnated as a cow, so it is particularly bad to eat beef.

>>748647
Also, beasts of burden tend to be very lean, and lean meat does not taste good.

>>748619
Think about it this way. Yes, there is cheese on there. But that is one slice for three bun slices, three meat slices, and other crazy additions. If that were American, or even European, I can guarantee that would have at least the same amount of cheese per slices of beef - if not more.

I think I remember hearing that Japan fucking LOVES Wisconsin because they do a LOT of dairy business with them. Interesting isn't it?

>>748650
Question, WHY DO THEY NOT HAVE THESE FUCKING HUGE HAMBURGERS IN AMERICA? WHY DO WE NOT HAVE THE PIZZA HUT PIZZA TOPPED WITH HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS FOR CRUST? WHY DOES JAPAN PRODUCE FOOD THAT IS SO MUCH MORE AMERICAN THAN AMERICA?

>>748623

You can get milk from other animals idiot.

>>748663
Don't forget the cheeseburger sushi

>>748663
Sadly, I think I have to agree. :(

>>748663

You can order a Double Meat Big Mac at any McDonald's in the US for $1 more, but they don't have it on the menu for PR purposes.

>>748650

No, I just checked and a US Big Mac has only one slice of cheese, below the bottom patty. I was surprised; I thought there were two also.

>>748618

Japanese didn't really eat red meat til the Europeans came.

Also, there is no lactose in aged cheeses. So, lactose intolerance is not a good reason.

Maybe they just thought that moldy, rotten secretions didn't sound like that good an idea.

>>748695
Its the evolution of dairy products. To end up with lactose free cheese, you have to start with milk, and lactose filled non-aged cheese. I also suspect people with the actual enzymemes for digesting lactose, would evolve to prefer the taste of cheese. At the very least, it would not trigger a bad response. When you are introduced to a new food, then get sick following consuming it, your brain will associate the sickness with the food and you will hate it immediately.

>>748695
Also, if you read the post above, the ability to digest lactose past baby age, comes with a populations evolution and consumption of dairy. Consumption of dairy causes lactose tolerance, not the other way around.

>>748619

Why is there egg on a fucking hamburger ???

Caucasians are the only race that can digest milk after the first three or four years of life. Since we could tolerate it, we promoted and developed this practice further. East Indians are technichally caucasoid, so there you go. And indeed, some orientels do make and comsume cheese, like yak cheese, as that other fella said.

I don't know why people think cheese is that great.

>>749406
why isn't there an egg on every hamburger?

>>748710
then why didn't I develop lactose intolerance until after I stopped drinking milk for a year?