"I don't like the dumplings in that new recruiter's on the corner"

Yes, Beelzie. You've brought food into the equation. Well done! I don't like Chinese dumplings at all, but everyone to their own. And that brings me to the recent significant change re my meat hotpots.

As far as lamb hotpot or mutton hotpot is concerned, I've stopped cooking them.

One reason is that real mutton, 100%, that is, smells sheepy. Another is it's about 34 RMB/jin here. Too dear!

If I buy the 20 RMB/jin 'mutton', it doesn't smell sheepy coz it's a composite of sheep meat and duck meat. But that hotpot is too fatty!

I can buy top quality pork sliced thin by the butcher for 18 RMB/jin. It's not at all fatty and the spicy hotpot thereof tastes great. It's best with red potatoes, as are all potato-based dishes here.

Finally, my beer now just costs me 18 RMB/9 pack of large bottles here. The local supermarket has a special offer on it!