Hot pot, an original food in China, has a long history and is suitable for all ages. According to research, there were hot pots in the Warring States period, when people used clay pots as pots. By the Song Dynasty, eating hot pot was very common among the people. In Lin Hong's cookbook Shanjia Qinggong in the Southern Song Dynasty, there is an introduction about eating hot pot with friends. In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia and was used to cook beef and mutton. In the Qing dynasty, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a famous "palace dish" made of game such as pheasant.

Hot pot generally refers to a cooking method in which a pot is used as a vessel, a pot is cooked with a heat source, and food is cooked with water or soup. It can also refer to the pot used in this cooking method. It is characterized by cooking while eating, or the pot itself has the function of heat preservation. When eating, the food is still steaming and the soup is integrated. There are similar dishes all over the world, but they are especially popular mainly in East Asia. Hot pot is hot now, spicy and salty, oily but not greasy, sweating like rain, very hearty, relieving depression and dehumidifying, suitable for mountain and river climate. Today, it has developed into a mandarin duck pot, spicy and light, and each has its own needs. Xian Yi, regardless of age, is the best in winter.

Typical hot pot ingredients include all kinds of meat, seafood, vegetables, bean products, mushrooms, eggs and other products, cooked with boiling water or the bottom of a special soup pot. Some ways of eating will be dipped in seasoning and eaten together.

With the change of seasons, hot pot becomes more and more popular in winter. Although it is not delicious, most people like it, especially in the northeast. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising eating hot pot. "An old bottle has a line of green, red mud hot pot. It feels like snow outside at dusk. How about a glass of wine inside? " ? He vividly described the scene of eating hot pot. Hot pot originated from the people and has a long history. It has been 1900 years since today.

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The development of hot pot, like the development of catering history, is gradual, which is completely changed according to the utensils, social needs and the discovery and introduction of raw materials at that time. "Pepper" before entering China, how can there be spicy seasoning?

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Wendi's "five-cooked pot" was a pot with several compartments, which could cook different foods at the same time, similar to today's "Yuanyang pot". In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the "bronze tripod" was the most common vessel, which is today's hot pot. In the Tang Dynasty, hot pot was also called "warm pot".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hotpot