As the name implies, vegetable butter is not real butter. It is a butter substitute made by partially hydrogenating vegetable oil and adding artificial spices to imitate the taste of butter, which can be used instead of butter in general occasions. And because it is artificial, the melting point is very flexible.

Animal butter is a hard solid in cold storage, but it will become very soft when it is placed at 28℃ for a period of time. At this time, it can be wrapped in the air by whipping, and its volume becomes larger, commonly known as "hair". Above 34℃, butter will melt into liquid state.

The simplest identification method of animal butter is that it is not a hard solid in cold storage, but remains soft, which is likely to be fake vegetable butter. There is another identification method: "If it is animal butter, first heat it until it is liquefied, and after a while, the butter will freeze by itself. When it has just been frozen, you will find some liquid similar to milk, which is animal butter. If it's some liquid like salad oil, it's vegetable butter. If it's some yellow water, it will never return to its original appearance. It's inferior vegetable butter.

Hot pot is one of the most popular foods, especially in winter. Hot pot is divided into many flavors, spicy, three fresh, healthy and so on. Hot pot bottom materials are generally divided into butter, clear oil (rapeseed oil) and mixed oil (butter, rapeseed oil, lard, etc.). ).

Our most common hot pot bottom material is the reddest oil. The bottom materials of butter hot pot are divided into: butter red pot, butter red and white mandarin duck pot, butter tomato mandarin duck pot, clear oil red and white pot and so on. That red oil is made of boiled butter. There is also a red oil base made of clear oil. Judging from the reflection that we often eat hot pot, butter and red oil are the most popular. Because butter is thick and mellow, especially for meat and vegetables, butter can be dipped in meat and vegetables, and it tastes better. However, butter belongs to animal oil. Eating too much is unhealthy, so try to eat less. Moreover, the flavor of the clear oil base material is relatively light, and it is not easy to serve hot dishes and meat. Originally, eating hot pot was a heavy taste, and eating alone was not enough. If you are healthy, it is recommended to eat the bottom material of clear oil hot pot.