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| | Huo guo ! |
 | | Usually made from a few bones and vegetables, a bit like the French pot au feu, it gained in Sichuan all the wonderful spices that province is famous for, especially the prickly ash (hua jiao) and a locally grown pepper (hai jiao) which is of unrivalled potency. |
 | | As I'm not Chinese born and bred, they were afraid that I couldn't stomach such violently spicy food, so they were considerate enough to first order a "mandarin ducks" wok, which is split in the middle so that there are two broths cooking in the same pot, one bland and one spicy. |
 | | I was ready to become a huoguo professionnal, and in september 2003, l'Annexe sold its first huoguo. |
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