Army Hotpot: Dubbed as "garbage hodgepodge", is the origin really made of leftovers from the US military?

Although Korea is one of the few developed countries in Asia, the influence of Korean cuisine is far from that of Japan, which is a developed country in Asia.

In South Korea, the "army hot pot" is relatively novel and popular, and it was once popular on the Internet for several days. So let's talk about a series of questions about Korean "military hot pot" today. Why is the hot pot called such a strange name? Is it really made from the leftovers of the former US military?

What kind of food is "Army Hotpot"? Is it really made of leftovers from the US military? First of all, the "army hot pot" is actually not a hot pot. It used to be a hodgepodge with everything. The origin of the eating method and name of "army hot pot" does have a certain relationship with the US military. Accurately speaking, this way of eating is a special product of the Korean War.

At that time, South Korea was devastated, and it was also in the period when the US military was stationed for a long time. There are many things to be done, and the industrial production capacity is seriously insufficient. The production and manufacture of food is naturally a long-standing problem, and many local people are hungry.

However, people will always find a way. There is an old saying: "If you cross a bridge, you must cross it." Although Koreans in that period were short of food and clothing, there were American troops stationed in South Korea at that time, and the American troops not only had food, but also were quite rich and wasteful.

At that time, the national strength of the United States was strong, and the materials of the US troops stationed in South Korea were also very rich, even biscuits, ham, ice cream and so on. Excessive food supply will inevitably breed some waste phenomena, coupled with some impromptu food scrapping system, so that the US military at that time often discarded a lot of food.

Therefore, people who can't stand hunger will inevitably use their brains and start to get those wasted foods in various ways, and the sources are also various. In fact, American soldiers who have long been tired of eating lunch meat and bread will also be willing to exchange some food for local things, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, local specialties, certain services and so on.

And those locals who have no access, no access and no materials, but really have nothing to eat, may have to collect food from leftovers. Because these things are not native foods, they are not used to eating, and it is inevitable that they will have a mixed taste, so it is true that they can survive and resist hunger anyway. It is only because the raw materials for this way of eating mainly came from the troops at that time that the name "army hot pot" came into being.

Although from now on, the "army hot pot" at that time was not a delicacy, and it was even difficult to be established as a delicacy, but it was just like the "pearl jade white jade soup" in traditional cross talk, and it was also a way to tell stories.

In fact, there is no need to look at things like "eating leftovers" from another angle. Some friends may say, "Isn't this just eating swill?" The idea, and then there may be some disdain, really unnecessary. There is really no need to treat food with a "high and low" eye.

In Beijing a long time ago, this was called "folding", that is, when people were not rich and lacked food and clothing, basically the leftovers were not thrown away, as long as they were not bad, they were all "folded" and stewed together. Around the 1950s, there were even small shops selling such "folding baskets". They will go to the grand hotel to collect some leftovers at a very low price and sell them to the poor who can't eat at that time the next day.

Moreover, not only the poor will be forced to "eat leftovers", but also some celebrities will like it. Perhaps the most interesting is the 76th generation Kong Lingyi's Feast Duke (the hereditary title of Confucius' eldest son and grandson). In their local area, this way of eating leftovers together is called "dregs".

Moreover, not only the poor will be forced to "eat leftovers", but also some celebrities will like it. Perhaps the most interesting is the 76th generation Kong Lingyi's Feast Duke (the hereditary title of Confucius' eldest son and grandson). In their local area, this way of eating leftovers together is called "dregs".

In fact, there are many delicious foods, spices and sauces, which were born because of some coincidence or life. For example, bacon was originally made to keep the meat as much as possible and eat it slowly; Pickles and pickles were originally used to preserve vegetables until they turned green and yellow or were closed by heavy snow; The same is true of all kinds of pickled and air-dried seafood products. At first, people had to do this in order to store food and survive better.

Therefore, there is no difference between different food cultures, just different tastes.