In the early days, Barrow people didn't have a pot to cook, and food was cooked in wet bamboo tubes. Later, people found a kind of soft stone, so they dug a big round nest on it, poured water on it and put food on it for cooking. So, the stone pot was invented. Although iron pots, copper pots and aluminum pot have entered Medog County in large quantities, traditional stone pots are still the main cooking utensils of Barrow people.

The raw material of stone pot is soapstone, which mainly comes from the steep cliffs on both sides of the Yarlung Zangbo River. It is soft and grayish brown, and can withstand the high temperature of 2000 degrees Celsius. The brave and industrious people of Barrow use it to make stone pots of different sizes and shapes: the small stone pot for cooking is small and exquisite, rectangular, with a diameter of about 30 cm, a height of 20 cm and a handle length of 20 cm; Stone pot for baby porridge, oblate, about 10 cm in diameter, long handle.

The soap slate for pancakes is about 35 cm in diameter and 2 cm thick. It is not difficult to make a stone pot. Choose the right material first, that is, dig a piece of soap stone on the rock wall with an iron axe, then cut off the excess part, and then level the pot wall and bottom to make it smooth. A stone pot is ready. Although the work is simple, you should be very careful. If something goes wrong, all previous efforts will be in vain. Therefore, most people who make pots are docile old people.

Characteristics of Barrow Stone Pot

The raw material is rare natural saponite in the world, which is produced on the steep cliffs on both sides of the Yarlung Zangbo River and contains many mineral components beneficial to human health.

Stone pot is mainly grayish brown and grayish white, with soft texture and high temperature resistance of 2000 degrees. It has the advantages of fast heat transfer, few bubbles and no discoloration. The soup is fragrant and delicious, and the aftertaste is mellow and lasting.

Medical clinical experiments show that the food stewed in Medog Stone Pot has obvious dietotherapy and health care function for patients with hypertension, heart disease and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and it is the main cooker for the production and life of Menba and Barrow nationalities in Medog County. Stone pots are used for cooking and cooking, and stone pots are used for distilling yellow wine and white wine. Memba people and Barrow people make stone pots of different sizes and shapes with soapstone.

Although the heat transfer of Medog Stone Pot is slow, the heat dissipation is also quite slow. The food stewed with Medog Stone Pot is delicious and can be used as the first choice for soup pots and hot pots.

Medog stone pot is also a good gift. In the past, Medog Stone Pot, which bartered with Tibetans, has always been favored by consumers inside and outside the region. Although iron pots, copper pots and aluminum pot have been published and popularized, stone pots are still the main cooking utensils of Barrow and Menba.