Nabe, white pot with red flowers

Nabemono are stews served during the Winter season. Traditionally, it was a meal cooked in a pot hanged on a center fire. Nowadays, the pot (nabe) is usually placed in the middle of the table on a portable gas stove. There are many kinds of nabemono. Most of them consist of a choice of winter vegetables with some meat or fish cooked in a kind of soup.

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