Due to the frequent appearance of Korean dramas and TV series, military hot pot is a delicious Korean dish, so we the public are also familiar with this hot pot. What exactly is military hot pot? When Nikken-kun first learned about this hot pot, he thought it might be the same as Japan's sumo hot pot, a hot pot eaten by military personnel, right?

But the studious Riken-kun still went to look for information obediently, eh! It turns out that military hotpot was not invented by the military, but it is closely related to the military, and behind it is the story of an era.

The origin of military hot pot has a lot to do with the relatively poor environment in South Korea at that time. At that time, the US military troops stationed in South Korea because they brought sufficient food reserves, they often did not take food seriously. As a result, many canned lunch meat and other reserve foods are wasted and will be thrown away even one day after their shelf life.

This kind of food waste is simply unconscionable for South Korea where it was very difficult to eat meat in the old days, so these leftover and discarded hams and sausages were collected by surrounding Korean residents. , paired with ordinary foods such as kimchi, noodles, tofu, etc., you can make a hot military hot pot.

During those impoverished days, Korean residents used their wisdom and attitude of not wasting food, combined with their own local taste to create this dish from the "poor" to the "masses" Korean cuisine. As times have evolved to this day, military hot pot is no longer synonymous with poor cuisine, but a delicious dish that can satisfy all wishes in one pot.

Nowadays, military hot pot has become one of the famous dishes in Korea. The main ingredients include luncheon meat, sausages, kimchi, tofu, and noodles at the beginning, as well as a wealth of seafood, fresh vegetables, and meat. Rice cakes, rice cakes, and Korean people’s favorite cheese, watching the hot hot pot, listening to the sound of the boiling hot pot and watching the cheese slowly melting, it is a great enjoyment for both sight and taste!