For our person, the very inscription "made in China" is somewhat alarming. Indeed, what kind of samovar can be in China, if they drink tea only with all sorts of honors and traditions. And for those who already had the pleasure of holding a Chinese samovar in their hands, the news will turn out to be that it was generally a samovar. What is it so unique and original?
Chinese samovar is good (ho)
To at least roughly understand how this eastern miracle looks, it is enough to visually slightly flatten our homemade samovar, then remove the tap. Yes, and instead of tea put there meat with vegetables. It is not surprising that a Chinese samovar and a samovar are difficult to name.
In fact, it really is a design that is incredibly similar to a samovar. She has a double bottom and a hollow cylinder in the middle. The lower part together with this hollow cylinder forms something like a furnace. In the upper compartment of the Chinese samovar, you pour water and put meat or vegetables there. All this is covered with a lid to get the right temperature for cooking. But in fact the dish still does not brew, but rather stew. Why in it and get especially delicate slices of meat. By the way, if you translate the name "Chinese samovar", then you will get something like a fire boiler.
There is also a very popular variety of samovar. The so-called mandarin duck allows cooking two dishes at the same time. The upper part is partitioned by a wall, visually it is bent in the shape of a yin-yang sign. But this is not just another invention for easy cooking and saving time. A Chinese samovar with such a septum, like the embodiment of teaching: we are so different, but still we are brewing in the same boiler. This is also a demonstration of the approach to food in the east: the ingredients are not so important as the thoroughness and length of their preparation.