This is super tangential but am i the only one who has a weird apprehension about the idea of a hot pot? I’m sure it’s delicious and i’m sure it’s quite safe, but i have this irrational fear of sitting that close to large amounts of boiling liquid. Growing up i knew someone who was scarred pretty badly thanks to tipping a pot of boiling water over themselves as a child and since then i’ve had a real phobia of that scenario. Which is strange since i have absolutely no problem with dishes being flambéd with a massive flame right in front of me at the table.
This is super tangential but am i the only one who has a weird apprehension about the idea of a hot pot? I’m sure it’s delicious and i’m sure it’s quite safe, but i have this irrational fear of sitting that close to large amounts of boiling liquid. Growing up i knew someone who was scarred pretty badly thanks to tipping a pot of boiling water over themselves as a child and since then i’ve had a real phobia of that scenario. Which is strange since i have absolutely no problem with dishes being flambéd with a massive flame right in front of me at the table.
That might be just you. Hotpot pots have very wide bases, so spilling is actually kinda hard.
They are quite difficult to spill, since they’re very wide and not raised very high.
Hence why I called it an irrational fear or a phobia. I know logically that it’s safe but the feeling is still there.