Will you "bury" the leftover dishes in the pot when you eat hot pot? ——Focus on the "invisible" waste of hot pot
Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, September 7th. Question: Will you "bury" the leftover dishes in the pot when you eat hot pot?
——Focus on the "invisible" waste of hot pot
Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Guozhou and Zhou Wentao
What should I do if I have leftovers after eating hot pot?
The reporter recently visited some hot pot restaurants in the main urban area of Chongqing and found that in an environment where the whole society advocates saving and rejecting waste, some diners boil the leftover vegetables into the bottom of the pot in order to prevent the store from recycling again. In fact, there are other things in the pot.
Some hot pot restaurant owners told reporters that such “invisible” waste is not uncommon in hot pot consumption.
Near the evening, many hot pot restaurants in the Guanyinqiao business district in Chongqing were crowded with diners waiting in line.
The reporter walked into some hot pot restaurants at random and saw that there were eye-catching slogans on the theme of "Saving is proud".
But even so, there are always a lot of dishes left on the table after some guests leave.
The reporter observed that some "smart" customers would boil leftovers into the pot before leaving.
On the surface, there are empty plates on the table, but when you scoop the bottom of the pot with a spoon, you will still find a lot of residual dishes, some of which can fill a whole plate.
The reporter talked with a customer who had just "buried" vegetables. She said that the main reason for doing so was to prevent the store from retrieving leftovers unsanitaryly. Some of her friends would also do the same.
"Let's cook it in the pot first, it's better to eat it than to put it on a plate," she said.
"The waste of hot pot is mainly reflected in the bottom of the pot." The clerk told reporters that although the store has provided packaging services for a long time, some diners did not take it seriously and were troublesome. The ratio of choosing packaging was less than 5%, and they could only be used as meals. Disposal of kitchen waste is distressing.
"Master Lu" hot pot Guanyinqiao shop manager Wen Chengchao said that some customers will feel that it is not good to cook the leftovers and pack them back if the hot pot is heavy in oil.
If you pack the lettuce without cooking it, you will feel that there is only a little left of each item, and it is not easy to take it back.
"The best way is to control the amount of food." Wen Chengchao said. Normally, when you eat hot pot, you can order 2 to 3 dishes per person. When there are few people, the waste is more serious, so pay special attention when ordering. "Be merciful."
During the interview, the reporter found that in order to form a good trend of rejecting waste in the whole society, more and more hot pot restaurants have introduced new services to encourage saving and prevent waste.
"Hello, you have a meal for 4, and order 8 dishes. It won't be wasted." In Wen Chengchao's shop, the clerk will kindly remind the customer before ordering, this has become a prescribed action for clerk service.
For customers who really can't eat it, the shop has launched a "take away with soup" package service, and customers can eat after heating them when they go home.
"Buried leftovers into the pot, if you pretend to be a CD in this way, it will actually lose face!" The person in charge of the Chongqing Hot Pot Association said that there are currently more than 29,500 hot pot restaurants in Chongqing, which is a veritable "hot pot". city".
As the hot pot association of "Hot Pot City", they are calling on all those who love hot pot: Don't "bury" leftovers in the bottom of the pot, take it away, better!