Eat hot pot during pregnancy in moderation and try to eat as little as possible. It is ok to eat hot pot occasionally during pregnancy to improve the taste, but when eating hot pot, you should pay attention to choosing light hot pot and not eating too much spicy food. For example, some hot pots are spicy and are not recommended for pregnant women.

When eating hot pot, the ingredients must be fresh, and meat or vegetables must be thoroughly cooked before eating. Never eat half-baked food. Eating hot pot, from the selection and cleaning of vegetables to the selection of meat, must be strictly controlled at every step. Eating hot pot should pay attention to hygiene, preferably one person and one small pot, and the cleaning work must be done well.

Hotpot origin

There are two theories about the origin of hot pot: one is that there was hot pot in the Warring States period, and historians used clay pots as pots. The other is that hot pot began in the Han Dynasty, and "Dou" refers to hot pot. Visible hot pot in China has a history of more than two thousand years.

"Shu Wei" also recorded that the copper chafing dish in the Three Kingdoms period was used to rinse pork, cattle, sheep, chicken, fish and other meats, but it was not popular at that time. Later, with the further development of cooking technology, various hot pots appeared one after another. In the Northern Song Dynasty, eating hot pot was very common among the people. In the bar in Kaifeng, Bianjing, you can eat hot pot in winter.

In Lin Hong's cookbook Shanjia Qinggong in the Southern Song Dynasty, there is an introduction about eating hot pot with friends. In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a famous "palace dish" made of wild game such as pheasant. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, dozens of different hot pots had been formed all over the country, each with its own characteristics.