The word "cooking while cooking" appeared in Guangdong Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty: "Eating while cooking on the winter solstice". Interestingly, there is a similar record in Su Shi's collected works: "Mr. Luo always cooks all kinds of food, and is famous for his soup. Everyone who sits is good." The poet Lu Daoshi then wrote a couplet saying,' Throw it into the soup pot in the old ancient cave, dig a cellar and swim into the rice bowl'. Dongpo was overjoyed and recorded it ... "What is this' antique soup'? Yang Zijing tells the story of edge-beating furnace in Cantonese. According to the unified records of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Zijing refers to "making soup for the valley" and "Huizhou customs", which first appeared in the Song Dynasty and should be the ancestor of the modern side furnace. What is "Gu Dong"? The author agrees with Mr. Wu Dingqiu that it is an onomatopoeic word, which is equivalent to "plump" and the sound made by the food in the soup, just like the onomatopoeic word "Dangdang (tiam35 or tiam3 1) Shen" in Huizhou dialect. Cantonese call hot pot "beating furnace" (people often mispronounce it as "edge", but in ancient Chinese dictionaries, "edge" is pronounced). Although not as fond of hot pot as Chongqing people, Hong Kong people who are quite eclectic about food are also interested in hot pot. Japanese-style, table-top and Sichuan-style hot pots all have a place here. Of course, they think their Hong Kong-style hotpot is the best. Hong Kong-style hot pot is somewhat similar to our casserole, paying attention to the delicious soup base. All kinds of pot bottoms and ingredients are good, and it looks colorful from the menu. Chili pepper cuisine similar to Doulao in chili pepper Cuisine is exquisitely made. In addition to seafood, beef and mutton, there are all kinds of meatballs, which are very rich.
It is very cold in winter, and people eat around the stove. Guangdong, commonly known as "cooking stoves" and "cooking stoves", is one of the arts that Cantonese people eat. Other provinces also have similar hot pot dishes, but the "side burning stove" is different from the so-called "hot pot". Hot pot is to sit down and eat, while "side stove" is to stand and eat; Hot pot is a metal vessel with charcoal burning in the middle, and the "edge sealing furnace" is made of tile. The chopsticks of the "edge sealing furnace" are also made of bamboo, and they are particularly long, about twice as long as ordinary chopsticks, which is convenient for standing and washing. Have another bite. With the progress of social civilization, some ancient dietary characteristics have also changed. Now in Guangdong, there is no difference between "cooking stoves" and ordinary hot pot. In the severe winter, the family ate around the stove, full of warmth and tenderness.