/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14594635]

What does /ck/ think about hotpot?

[Anonymous No.14594641]

>>14594635
Obscure cultural reference inbound.

[Anonymous No.14594646]

>>14594635
It's pretty great. Gotta make it authentic, though.

[Anonymous No.14594650]

>>14594635
great at filtering out the plebs and pussies that don't like objectively delicious food.
i use hot pots as a great date night to see if she's right for me.

[Anonymous No.14594654]

>>14594646
budae jiggae is awesome. i love putting in rice noods

[Anonymous No.14594679]

>>14594646

[Anonymous No.14594689]

see, hot pots are so good at filtering out tastoids like anon here >>14594679 he has no choice but to go back now.

[Anonymous No.14594693]

>>14594646
my man

[Anonymous No.14594706]

>>14594646
Why the cheese?

[Anonymous No.14594709]

>>14594706
because its good. cheese on noodles and pasta makes sense. cheese on french onion soup makes sense. it just works, don't question it.

[Anonymous No.14594717]

>>14594709
huh interesting. I oughta try it next time

[Anonymous No.14594755]

>>14594650
Spicy or satay.

[Anonymous No.14594766]

>>14594650
There are many problems with your pic related. It’s essentially a tastelet, low-class Asian immigrant idea of a huge feast. The dead giveaways are those chairs, the shitty chili sauce, the broth that is way too thick and probably from a mix, its extreme meat heaviness, the shitty arrangement of the meat (literally right out of the Korean market, or worse Chinese market package, plopped onto a plate, center probably still frozen, no way to get a piece without touching other pieces), a miserable selection of greens, literally paper towel rolls. those shitty glasses, shrimp not de-turded, and WHERE THE FUCK IS THE RICE, and no noodles.

This motherfucker should have squash, pumpkin, multiple types of mushrooms, corn, baby corn, spinach, cabbage, meat looped over and spread out so you can grab one without your AIDS spreading, rice, udon, real fermented chili and bean/chili, a lighter broth that doesn’t look like Texas chili, things like par-cooked quail eggs, chicken eggs, and please, pretty please, proper place settings and tools (spoons, slotted spoons, mesh strainers).

[Anonymous No.14594772]

>>14594706
It dissolves and makes a thicker sauce.

[Anonymous No.14594779]

>>14594766
its a homecook's hotpot... not from a restaurant you turbo autist

[Anonymous No.14594782]

>>14594766
It's literally the stock image used on the Wikipedia page for Hot Pot. It was taken in 2006 by some maindlander Chinese photographer during a trip to visit family in Canada.

[Anonymous No.14594787]

>>14594766
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as AIDS, is in fact, HIV/AIDS, or as I've recently taken to calling it, HIV plus AIDS.
AIDS is not a communicable disease unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning HIV infection.

[Anonymous No.14594794]

>>14594635
>dude it's a meal but you have to cook it yourself lmao!

[Anonymous No.14594799]

>>14594782
Interesting. You could say I called it exactly then.

>>14594779
No shit, my point is you can make great hot pot at home by picking great ingredients and preparing them thoughtfully. These fags did not because they’re apparently low-class mainlanders trying to impress another of their kind. What is the cost of two ears of fresh corn? $2? A cabbage? $2? It’s not about money, it’s about good culinary choices. A great hot pot for everyone would be actually cheaper than this monstrosity.

>>14594787
Did you just say Linux? I think you meant GNU/Linux or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU.

[Anonymous No.14594816]

>>14594706
It's a Korean-style American hot pot.
It originated from the food materials from the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) base that were leaked.

[Anonymous No.14594835]

>>14594766
I can't believe you jazzed out hard enough over that picture to write all that out. Like, you actually decided to put thought into what you wrote.
You are one sad motherfucker. I suggest you an hero now, and save your parents years of mental anguish over the fact that you are their offspring.

[Anonymous No.14594838]

>>14594816
Actually, it's a Korean chef's take on common ration ingredients available used for making stew during mandatory Korean Army service. The processed cheese slices are very common.

[Anonymous No.14594847]

>>14594635
overrated among asians.

[Anonymous No.14594856]

>>14594835
I wrote it because I love hot pot, good hot pot. Homemade broth, Ingredients selected for their quality and seasonality. Fresh meat from quality sources, sliced and arranged correctly. Proper utensils, rice, and noodles. Proper sauces and oils.

I really do not like what hot pot has become, and faggots like you are a huge part of the problem. You are like the people that think G. Ramsay’s recent grilled cheese video is AMAZING.

[Anonymous No.14594861]

Lancashire hotpots are pretty good. Put a bit of kidney in for added richness.

[Anonymous No.14594862]

I prefer cold pot, but mine got bad freezer burn :(

[Anonymous No.14594865]

>>14594856
Too be fair, I wouldn't even know that some washed up TV chef made a youtube video if it wasn't being spammed constantly here.

[Anonymous No.14594870]

>>14594865
Nor I, maybe we do have some common ground.

[Anonymous No.14594875]

>>14594838
wat is this shopped i am looking at?

[Anonymous No.14594881]

>>14594875
It’s often called Army Stew here at least. Basically if all you had were sausage, American cheese, mushrooms, kimchi, green onion, ramen, chili paste, and rice cake, what could you make? The answer is this and it’s really pretty good. The ones around here don’t put the green onion into the stew, it's on the side and you sprinkle it on the final result.

[Anonymous No.14594907]

It's objectively fine for what it is.

The gimmick is sharing food. It's not super fantastic soup, the choice of ingredients is overwhelming - which unfortunately blends all flavours together.

I can compare the experience to eating a pizza with the lot.You think its a good idea because it has everything, but it just makes everything in it taste the same.

[Anonymous No.14594994]

>>14594856
Dude, get the fuck out. I lived my teens in Beijing and Tokyo, and I cook for a living. For a wikipedia picture, that setup isn't that bad.
You just sound like a pretentious faggot.

[Anonymous No.14595017]

>>14594766
>eating rice or udon with hotpot
Also, I learned how to eat hotpot from Szechuan people who spent most their lives in Szechuan. When we have hotpot together, the spread looks pretty similar, though we also like adding scallions and cilantro as greens. We also like potato slices, lotus root slices, and spam in hotpot. We finish it out with vermicelli. I don't know a single person who bothers with squash, corn, or eggs in hotpot. Get bent.

[Anonymous No.14595035]

>>14594994
It’s objectively terrible. You can’t see it because you’re one of them.

[Anonymous No.14595039]

>>14594875
Basically, there's a certain level of military rations where you're getting mostly shelf-stable food like sausage, canned meats, processed cheese, instant noodles, plus some seasonal or cheap vegetables. Throw that all together hotpot style, and you'd got Army Stew.
Some people enjoy the "comfort food" aesthetic of it, or just like it for what it is, so you often see civilian versions of it, especially with the Korean Army's mandatory training and service.

[Anonymous No.14595092]

>>14594766
>its extreme meat heaviness,
literally nothing wrong with this
im not going to go through the trouble of having a hotpot at home TO EAT VEGGIES LMAO.
>hating on beef, squid, fish, prawns
soylet

[Anonymous No.14595116]

>>14595092
Don't mind him. He probably comes from some poor country where the government encourages frugality and abstaining from "luxuries" such as meat, all so the wealthy government officials can eat more of it.

[Anonymous No.14595149]

>>14595035
Take off your tofutinfoil hat, you queer. What makes you such an expert on hotpot? Your local Chinese/Japanese/Korean restaurant in buttfucknowhereville does what you consider to be an "authentic experience?"
Get rekt, you pretentious douche.

[Anonymous No.14595192]

>>14595017
I'll tell you this
mainland chinks are retards

[Anonymous No.14595201]

Nice meal to have with family and friends. Sad if you're having it alone.

[Anonymous No.14595236]

>>14594835
>I suggest you an hero now
What the fuck are you even trying to say here

[Anonymous No.14595245]

>>14595236
MAXIMUM CRINGE ALERT

[Anonymous No.14595257]

Wait
Are you telling me they eat boiled meat, eggs, and vegetables?

[Anonymous No.14595293]

>>14595236
holy shit
/ck/ really is the reddit board

[Anonymous No.14595306]

I love sukiyaki.

[Anonymous No.14595313]

i've only had it a couple times but i prefer the hot plate built into the table thing

>>14595236
oh dear

[Anonymous No.14595323]

>>14595306
I need my soup broth man, what's the point if I can't sip it

[Anonymous No.14595325]

>>14595236
>>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.14595328]

>>14595236
Jesus Christ, you're a fucking turbo queer.
Lurk moar, you fucking summer child. How new can you get?

[Anonymous No.14595333]

>>14595236
Time for Google, faggot.

[Anonymous No.14595495]

Haha, what a faggot! He's right about the mushrooms though. Everything needs more mushrooms.

[Anonymous No.14595535]

>>14594646
based. also filling and cheap too

[Anonymous No.14595901]

>>14595236
please an hero yourself

[Anonymous No.14597406]

>>14594799
Newfag in /ck/ here. Where can I learn how to do hotpot properly? If there's not a /ck/ wiki, may I ask you to please post how. Thank you

[Anonymous No.14597481]

>>14594635
Fish cake in fish broth is good.

[Anonymous No.14597507]

>>14594635
>>14594650
they are great if you are in a large group
I could never eat an entire one of those by myself though

[Anonymous No.14597530]

brehs im going to a chinese market tomorrow.

what do i get for an optimal hotpot experience?

[Anonymous No.14599118]

>>14597406
>>14597530
Get a soup base from the Asian market or make your own base. And for the ingredients get some thin slices of meat like beef or lamb, fishballs, tofu skin, veggies, mushrooms, noodles, dumplings etc... if you want more ideas of ingredients just look up ayce hotpot menus and don't forget to get a good old drink to go with.

[Anonymous No.14599121]

>>14594646

why do koreans fuck up eveything.

The war is over my dudes. you can eat normal shit

[Anonymous No.14599180]

>>14599121
They're using any kind of cowardly means to win the others.
They're getting that kind of education from the government.
Wonderful things naturally spread without being forced to advertise

[Anonymous No.14599295]

TAI HAAAOOO LUUUUH

[Anonymous No.14599324]

>>14594635
That looks like muck.
How about pic related for some proper chinky food?

[Anonymous No.14599333]

>>14594838
i mean this is what korean soldiers actually ate. no chef in a restaurant invented this.

[Anonymous No.14599341]

>>14595236
please for the love of god lurk more

[Anonymous No.14599347]

>>14599341
*moar
apologies for the typo.

[Anonymous No.14599358]

>>14599324
i'd bet my left nut that muck is infinitely better than the sloppa you just posted

[Anonymous No.14599402]

There's a Chinese hot pot place near me, but I haven't been there since they had to shut down back in February after business plummeted.

Neat little setup, to be honest. Each table has a couple induction elements, and you order your choice of soup base plus a spread of ingredients. It's kind of single-serve and not really geared for sharing, but that's alright for the portion sizes you get. Honestly, as a business, it makes a lot of sense, since almost all of the ingredients can be served pre-cut and frozen. All the staff has to do is prepwork, which can sit for days, and make the soup bases, then serve. They also do quick grilled side dishes like potstickers and such.

Funny enough, the place they're in used to be a popular Greek restaurant. Real kitschy old place where they old guy who ran it would get upset if you showed up wearing a necktie. They ended up moving into a bigger space next door after the new development was finished, so they could have a proper sized bar, but the atmosphere just isn't the same.

[Anonymous No.14599419]

>>14595236
aahahahaahahah fuck the blue boards are fucking reddit's hot trash

[Anonymous No.14599657]

>>14595306
based
>>14595323
sip beer anon
also you can make a zosui at the end of sukiyaki if youre into that kind of thing

[Anonymous No.14599661]

>>14595236
holy fuck and i thought i was summer

[Anonymous No.14599715]

>>14594835
>>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.14599793]

>>14599121
some people probably cant
havnt you seen parasite?

[Anonymous No.14599802]

no reason to choose between hotpot and grill
when you can have both at the same time

[Anonymous No.14599991]

>>14594646
Jibugee isn't actually a hotpot, it's a stew.
It's still great, I use fried shikake mushrooms, tofu, kimchi and djoubangiang (the bean paste)

I actually went through Chongching, the hot pot capitol of China (Chengdu fags BTFO) and can answer questions.

One thing that people outside of China never seem to do is use organ meat or eggs- quail eggs in particular

[Anonymous No.14600051]

>>14595236
what the fuck are you even doing here you crossposting nigger

[Anonymous No.14600747]

>>14599118
thanks

[Anonymous No.14600792]

>>14594709
Okay araki