Hong Kong people have always had the custom of eating large pots of vegetables during the Spring Festival. The so-called "pot dishes" are the dishes cooked one by one, with layers of meat and vegetables stacked in a pot for a banquet. A pot of dishes can contain all kinds of dishes.
There are different opinions about the origin of Hong Kong potted dishes. Some people say that potted dishes are the ancestor of "Yipin Pot". According to legend, at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Song (last day and last night) passed through the New Territories, hungry and cold. The local residents hoped to be hospitable, but they couldn't find a large number of utensils for holding dishes in a hurry. The residents used a big wooden basin to hold dishes in a hurry, so there was a "pot dish". What is certain, however, is that the original origin of potted vegetables is "common people", which is closely related to the development of ancestral temples in South China.
Clan villages in the south have big ancestral halls, where villagers worship their ancestors, and both red and white events are held. It is a tradition for people with the same surname * * * to get together to eat potted vegetables. Pot dishes have always been a traditional dish that must be selected for festive festivals in the countryside. It has the advantages of saving tableware and the beautiful meaning of "perfection", "perfection", "reunion" and "prosperous business with pots full".
The traditional method of making potted vegetables is handed down from father to son, or the villagers give and receive each other. In terms of materials, pigs, chickens, ducks, abalone, ginseng, wings, belly, fish, shrimp, mushrooms, fish balls, etc. can be used as the main dishes of potted dishes; The ingredients are squid, pigskin, bamboo, radish and so on. The dishes are cooked first, and then layered into the basin. The bottom layer is filled with materials that are easy to absorb the sauce, such as radish, pigskin, bamboo and so on. Braised pork in the middle, chicken, duck, fish and shrimp on the top. When you eat it, you eat it layer by layer, and it is more delicious than one layer.
However, today's potted vegetables are usually packed in large pots such as ceramics or metals, which are convenient for heating. The whole pot is eaten while hot on the fire, and it is booming and steaming.