The Book of Wei records that during the Three Kingdoms era, when Cao Pi was the emperor of Han, hot pots made of copper appeared, but they were not popular at that time. To the period of the North and South Dynasties, people use the hot pot to cook more and more. Initially, it was popular in the cold northern region of China, and people used it to cook various kinds of meat such as pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and fish, etc. Later, as the economy and culture of China became more and more developed, the cooking technology developed further, and various kinds of hot pots appeared on the scene one after another. To the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing Kaifeng tavern, winter has hot pot should be marketed. During the Qing Dynasty, hotpot shabu-shabu became a winter delicacy at the court. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, dozens of different hot pots with their own specialties had been formed across the country. In the Muromachi period of Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan from China in 1338. In Japan, hot pot is called "Sigai Agai" or "Hoe Yaki". Nowadays, hot pot has also spread to the United States, France, England and other countries.
Hot pot, the ancient name "antique soup", because of the ingredients into the boiling water when the "thud" sound and so named. It is an original Chinese cuisine with a long history. According to evidence, the Eastern Han Dynasty cultural relic "Wok Dou" unearthed after liberation is a hot pot. In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi's poem "Ask Lie XIX" reads: "New grains of green ants and wine, a small fireplace of red clay. The sky is snowing in the evening, can I have a glass of wine?" The poem describes the scene of eating hot pot at that time. By the Song Dynasty, hot pot food in the folk has been common, the Southern Song Dynasty Lin Hong's "mountain home Qingsui" recipes, there are his friends with the introduction of hot pot. During the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot was spread to Mongolia and used to cook beef and mutton. To the Qing Dynasty, hot pot is not only prevalent in the folk, and has become a famous "palace dishes", the Qing Palace Imperial recipes on the "game hot pot", the ingredients are pheasant and other wild game. Emperor Qianlong ate hot pot into a fetish, he has traveled to Jiangnan many times, every place, are equipped with hot pot. Legend has it that he was in the first month of the first year of the Jiaqing in the Palace of the "thousand old man feast", the whole seat *** on the hot pot more than 1,550, invited to taste up to more than 5,000 people, into the history of the largest hot pot feast.
China's hot pot colorful, a hundred pots a thousand flavors. Famous such as Guangdong seafood hot pot, calcium bone hot pot food and not greasy, taste endless; Suzhou and Hangzhou around the chrysanthemum hot pot, fragrant and refreshing, unique flavor; Yunnan Yunnan hot pot, tender and spicy, flavorful; Xiangxi dog meat hot pot, enjoy the "dog roll three rolls, the gods can not stand firm," the reputation of the Chongqing maw hot pot, hot, spicy and mellow, famous throughout the world; Beijing lamb hot pot, the first time in the history of the world's most popular hot pot. Chongqing's tripe hotpot is famous for its spicy and mellow flavor, while Beijing's mutton hotpot has a chic flavor that whets one's appetite. In addition, Hangzhou's "Three Fresh Food Hot Pot", Hubei's "Game Hot Pot", Northeast China's "White Meat Hot Pot", Hong Kong's "Beef Hot Pot", and Shanghai's "Beef Hot Pot" are also famous. ", Shanghai's "assorted hot pot" and so on, also has a unique flavor, tantalizing mouth-watering, can be called the cold winter "seat on the spring breeze", for diners to enjoy.
Hot pot is not only food, but also contains a lot of food culture connotation, for people to savor doubly interesting. Such as the Northeast people entertained guests, hot pot dishes arranged quite a rule: before the fly after walking, left fish right shrimp, surrounded by lightly sprinkled cauliflower. That is, the flying bird meat in the hot pot on the stove in front of the mouth, walking animal meat in the back of the hot pot, the left side of the fish, the right side of the shrimp, a variety of shredded vegetables slightly put some. If the treatment of uninvited guests, the two oversized meatballs placed in front of the hot pot, followed by animal meat, signaling you to leave. Taiwan Hakka people more in the seventh day of the Lunar New Year to eat hot pot, hot pot ingredients there are seven dishes are indispensable, namely, celery, garlic, green onions, coriander, leeks, fish, meat, which respectively implies: "hardworking, can count, smart, good people, long-lasting happiness, surplus, rich."
Although the hot pot is delicious, but when eating hot pot to pay attention to health, science, one should pay attention to the selection of fresh ingredients to avoid food poisoning. Secondly, we must master the fire, food, if the pot burns too long, will lead to the destruction of nutrients, and loss of fresh flavor; if you do not wait for the fire to eat, and easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, care should be taken not to eat boiling hot, or easy to burn the mucous membrane of the mouth and esophagus.
About 10,000 years ago, our ancestors invented the earliest container - ceramic tripod, that can be said to be a very large pot, whether it is three-legged or four-legged tripod, at that time, as long as it is able to eat food, such as meat-based, through all thrown into the tripod, and then at the bottom of the fire, so that the food is cooked, become a large pot of food, then called "Soup", this is the earliest hot pot. But when you think about it, there was no such thing as salt, no seasoning, and no dipping sauce, it was just a bunch of meat cooked, would it taste good? In addition, the tripod is too big, can not be moved, can only be fixed display in a certain place, it is not convenient to enjoy at any time. Therefore, the wise ancestors, to the Western Zhou Dynasty, not only invented copper and iron, and a variety of ceramic products have been improved into smaller vessels, suitable for general use. The production of copper and iron, not only formed a revolution in utensils, but also with modern pots and pans are very similar, copper pots and ceramic casserole, now still the most practical, the most common hot pots and pans utensils, and the big pots and pans are finally extended to the symbol of power.