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, old and young, 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 in front of the hot pot opposite the mouth of the stove, and animal meat is placed

Behind the hot pot, there are fish on the left, shrimps on the right, and some 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, people are also particular about eating hot pot. 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 eight times, 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.

People in Taiwan usually eat hot pot on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. There are seven indispensable ingredients for hot pot, namely celery, garlic, green onions, coriander, leeks, fish and meat. Each of these means: "diligence, calculation, intelligence,

Good popularity, long-term happiness, abundance, and prosperity."

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 you can operate (cook) them with your own hands, scald them and eat them by yourself.

The cooking temperature is in the hands of the diners.

Therefore, diners must understand how to eat hot pot in order to eat well.

1. Blanch, scald in a pot.

The key point is: first, distinguish the various ingredients. Not all ingredients can be hot-edged.

Generally speaking, the ingredients used for shabu-shabu are tender and crispy in texture and 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 points are: 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 need to control the heat, and some cook them for a long time.

Boil and dissolve.

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 soup must be immersed in the soup to cook. Secondly, if you like spicy food, adjust the spicy taste. The method is: if you like spicy food,

You 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, you must have a cup of tea to appetize and digest, relieve oil and greasiness, change the taste, and reduce the spicy feeling.

4. Put 10 grams each of dendrobium, ginseng and Ophiopogon japonicus into the hot pot and wrap them with gauze.

Place it in a hot pot and cook for 15-20 minutes, then 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 vegetables such as spinach, celery, lettuce, green beans, etc. in the hot pot.

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. Adding 2 spoons of beer to the hot pot can make the hot pot soup mellow and fragrant. Because beer is rich in a variety of nutrients, it not only balances nutrition, but also is a great way to prevent hot pot from getting "heated".

7. After enjoying the hot pot, eat some fruits. After eating the hot pot, eat some cool fruits, such as pears, apples, oranges, etc., 20-30 minutes later to prevent "getting angry", but do not eat hot oranges.