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The origin of the word "Dongbei hotchpotch", which means stiring pot with ladle, is also called "luandun", a local  word in northeast dialect.

Dongbei hotchpotch is a famous and delicious food, which is about to cut all vegetables and meat, throwing them into a pot, stewing slowly on fire when they are boiled, all cooking procedures are done. Dongbei hotchpotch is easy to cook, with a good balance of vegetables and meet, rich nutrition and delicious flavor, is a common northeastern home dishes. Different cooking methods can make various taste flavor.

Living on a frozen and snow-covered land, in order to resist natural calamities and man-made misfortunes, northeastern people is accustomed to eat food which is heated and stirred with ladle in a pot.This customs are mostly related to ethnics there.Manchu people living in Northeastern China, who lead a vagrant life on horseback. With a cauldron on horseback, once encamp, people have to throw vegetables and meat together into the cauldron and stew slowly, which shapes the present Dongbei hotchpotch.

It play a important role in the dietetic culture of the Northeast. People's dietary habbit of cooking a dish with vegetables and meat stirring together in a pot also improves relationship of each other. The characteristics of broad-minded, lofty, enthusiasm, and tolerance mix together and perfectly reflect in a pot of food. This is the unique 'hotchpotch' culture of northeastern people.