Hot pot is not only a delicacy, but also contains the connotation of food culture, adding elegance to people's taste. When eating hot pot, men, women, young and old, relatives and friends gather around the steaming hot pot, chat with each other and eat with chopsticks. The warmth is rippling, and the atmosphere is warm and harmonious, which is suitable for the traditional Chinese culture of family reunion.

In the Northeast, when people entertain guests, the dishes in the hot pot are arranged in a very regular way: moving forward and backward, fish on the left and shrimp on the right, with cauliflower lightly sprinkled around, that is, poultry meat is placed opposite the mouth of the hot pot. In the front, animal meat is placed behind the hot pot, with fish on the left, shrimp on the right, and a few shredded vegetables, just like "stars holding the moon" to show respect. If you are treating an uninvited guest, put two extra large meatballs in front of the hot pot, followed by animal meat, to signal you to leave.

In Sichuan, eating hot pot is also very particular. The most basic seasonings are generally onion, ginger, garlic and sesame oil, so that you can enjoy the original flavor of hot pot. There are rules for blanching vegetables. Eat ingredients such as duck intestines first. The blanching method is: seven times up and down, so that the vegetables will be the most tender. When entertaining guests or having dinner with friends, a hot pot meal paired with beer and liquor can best match the warm and hospitable character of Sichuan people. " Diligent, calculating, intelligent, popular, long-term happiness, surplus, and rich."

The way to eat hot pot is different from Chinese food. You don’t bring the cooked dishes to the table and eat them. Instead, you bring some semi-finished dishes to the table and do the cooking (cooking) with your own hands. Self-scalding and self-eating; the hotness (cooking) of the dishes is in the hands of the diners. Therefore, diners must understand how to eat hot pot in order to eat well.

1. Blanch, boil in a pot.

The key point is: First of all, we must distinguish between various ingredients. Not all ingredients can be hot-edged. Generally speaking, the ingredients used for shabu-shabu are tender and crispy and will be cooked instantly: the ingredients are clamped and suitable for blanching (shabu-shabu) food, such as duck intestines, kidney slices, liver slices, pea sprouts, spinach, etc.; while the texture is slightly denser. , those that are not easy to cook immediately should be blanched for a while, such as tripe, mushroom liver, beef slices, etc.; secondly, observe the changes in the soup. When the soup is boiling and rolling continuously, and there is enough fat on the soup, it will be delicious and edible. Keep warm; thirdly, you must control the heat. If the heat is too high, the food will become stale; if the heat is not enough, the food will be uncooked; fourthly, the food must be held firmly when blanching, otherwise it will fall into the pot and it will become stale and boiled.

2. Boil: put the ingredients into the soup and cook.

The key is: first, choose ingredients that can be cooked, such as hairtail, meatballs, mushrooms and other ingredients that have a tight texture and must be heated for a long time before they can be eaten; secondly, you must control the heat. , some have to be boiled apart and melted after being cooked for a long time.

3. The experience of eating hot pot should be to eat meat first and then vegetarian.

The soup must be boiled when eating, and the whole thing must be immersed in the soup; secondly, if you like spicy food To adjust the spicy taste, the method is: those who like spicy food can scald food from the oiled side of the hot pot; otherwise, scald food from the boiling point in the middle; thirdly, when eating hot pot, it must be paired with a cup of tea to appetize, digest, and relieve oil. Get rid of the greasiness, change the taste, and reduce the spicy feeling.

4. Put Chinese medicine in the hot pot and fry together

Use 10 grams each of the Chinese medicine dendrobium, radix root, and Ophiopogon japonicus, and wrap them with gauze. Place it in a hot pot and cook for 15-20 minutes. Remove the gauze bag and serve. It has the effect of nourishing yin, reducing fire and promoting fluid production, and can prevent the "heat" phenomenon caused by eating hot pot.

5. Put some vegetables or tofu in the hot pot

Vegetables such as spinach, celery, lettuce, green beans, etc. Tofu and its products such as laodoufu, louver, etc. Vegetables contain a lot of vitamins and chlorophyll, and tofu contains gypsum. They are both cool in nature and have the effects of clearing away heat, purging fire and eliminating troubles. It can prevent "getting angry" when eating hot pot.

6. Add a little beer to the hot pot

Add 2 spoons of beer to the hot pot to make the hot pot soup mellow and delicious, because beer is rich in a variety of nutrients and can not only balance nutrition , and it is a wonderful way to prevent hot pot from getting "heated".

7. After tasting hot pot, eat some fruits

After eating hot pot, eat some cool fruits, such as pears, apples, oranges, etc., 20-30 minutes apart to prevent "Get angry", but don't eat oranges that cause heat.