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Description
Generally, there are two kinds of containers for the soup base. The first kind of container is a huge pot placed in the middle of a table that everyone can share the hot pot ingredients. The second container is a small pot for personal use placed in front of each person around the table.

How to eat
1.     Choose the soup base.

There are a variety of broths people can choose, such as spicy soup base with beef oil or vegetable oil, wild mushroom soup base, tomato soup base, and tom yum kung soup base. People can select up to three soup bases in a divided pot in some restaurants.

2.     Distinguish the ingredients.

The most important thing is to distinguish different kinds of raw materials to ensure the delicious taste. Some ingredients should be cooked for only a few seconds, such as duck intestines, goose intestines and beef tripe. Some ingredients need to be cooked for several minutes, such as meat balls, mushrooms, pork brain and duck blood.

3.     Make your own dipping sauce.

There is usually a sauce station in the hot pot restaurant which provides different kinds of sauces. People can make their own dipping sauce based on their choices and tastes.

4.     Eating order.

After the soup is fully boiled, people are allowed to put ingredients into the pot. The best order of eating hot pot is to eat meat first, then vegetables.

Common Mistakes
1.     Mouth, esophagus and gastric mucosa generally can only tolerate a temperature up to 50 ℃. However, the temperature inside the hot pot soup can reach 120 ℃. It’s not healthy for people who directly put food from hot pot into their mouth. The high temperature may burn the mouth, tongue and stomach, and leads to illnesses.

2.     Some soup bases are designed for people to drink after they eat all the ingredients. However, some hot pot with spicy soup base should not be consumed. The spicy soup base always contains many high-fat substances, different types of chillies and peppers. Consuming too much may cause gingivitis, ulcers, hemorrhoids and hyperlipidemia.