【shanxi】jinnan Warm Pot
by Xing Xiaoya
Favorite
Difficulty
Hard
Time
1h
Serving
2
In southern Shanxi, almost every family has a few warm pots.
The upper part of the heating pot is large and the lower part is small, the upper part is the pot, and the lower part is the pot boring and base. A cylindrical flue is erected in the pot, the flue is directly connected to the pot, and a semi-circular opening is opened outwards from the pot to collect ash and ventilate. There are furnace teeth in the pot, and charcoal fire is placed on it. Due to the ventilation in the pot, the charcoal fire will burn more and more vigorously.
The seaweed vermicelli in the warm pot means long-lasting, sweet potato means sweetness and beauty, and square meat and various meats mean wealth and auspiciousness. In addition to keeping warm, the red charcoal fire also means prosperity. Therefore, warming the pot has become the highest etiquette for banquets in southern Shanxi.
Warming pots are mostly used during the Spring Festival. During the Chinese New Year, grandpa will seriously put all kinds of ingredients in the warming pot, grandma carefully sandwiches charcoal, and the fan is left to our children. Everyone find out the pu fan that has been put in the cabinet, and fan it. When I was a child, I even fought with my cousin because of the task of vying for the fan. But at the dinner table, I shook hands with each other’s favorite dishes.
In addition to bringing people's taste enjoyment, the warm pot also carries the memories of the taste buds of Jinnan people. The surnames of our clan are relatively rare. Ten years ago, a Handan native suddenly came to the village and said that he was looking for a clan. It turns out that he grew up in Handan, and he was the only surname around his family since childhood. He wanted to know where he came from. He has searched many places, and he came to us repeatedly. The clan invited him to dinner, the warm pot was eaten at the banquet, and he called the taste familiar, but he had never eaten the warm pot, maybe this is the taste carved in the blood of ancestors. "
The upper part of the heating pot is large and the lower part is small, the upper part is the pot, and the lower part is the pot boring and base. A cylindrical flue is erected in the pot, the flue is directly connected to the pot, and a semi-circular opening is opened outwards from the pot to collect ash and ventilate. There are furnace teeth in the pot, and charcoal fire is placed on it. Due to the ventilation in the pot, the charcoal fire will burn more and more vigorously.
The seaweed vermicelli in the warm pot means long-lasting, sweet potato means sweetness and beauty, and square meat and various meats mean wealth and auspiciousness. In addition to keeping warm, the red charcoal fire also means prosperity. Therefore, warming the pot has become the highest etiquette for banquets in southern Shanxi.
Warming pots are mostly used during the Spring Festival. During the Chinese New Year, grandpa will seriously put all kinds of ingredients in the warming pot, grandma carefully sandwiches charcoal, and the fan is left to our children. Everyone find out the pu fan that has been put in the cabinet, and fan it. When I was a child, I even fought with my cousin because of the task of vying for the fan. But at the dinner table, I shook hands with each other’s favorite dishes.
In addition to bringing people's taste enjoyment, the warm pot also carries the memories of the taste buds of Jinnan people. The surnames of our clan are relatively rare. Ten years ago, a Handan native suddenly came to the village and said that he was looking for a clan. It turns out that he grew up in Handan, and he was the only surname around his family since childhood. He wanted to know where he came from. He has searched many places, and he came to us repeatedly. The clan invited him to dinner, the warm pot was eaten at the banquet, and he called the taste familiar, but he had never eaten the warm pot, maybe this is the taste carved in the blood of ancestors. "
