(ぼたんなべ)

ぼたんなべ
noun
wild boar hot pot
foodcooking
1. wild boar hot pot; boar meat simmered in a pot
A winter (なべ) dish of thinly sliced wild boar meat simmered with vegetables in a miso or soy-based broth. A regional speciality of mountain areas, especially 丹波(たんば) in Hyogo Prefecture.
(ふゆ)牡丹鍋(ぼたんなべ)(たの)しみだ。
In winter I look forward to wild boar hot pot.
(やま)宿(やど)牡丹鍋(ぼたんなべ)()べた
We ate wild boar hot pot at an inn in the mountains.
味噌(みそ)仕立(じた)牡丹鍋(ぼたんなべ)(いのしし)(にく)(くさ)()えて()べやすい
Miso-based wild boar hot pot loses the gaminess of the boar meat and is easy to eat.

Named for the way the sliced boar meat is arranged on the plate like the petals of a 牡丹(ぼたん) (peony). Part of an old set of flower names for game meat, used when eating meat was officially discouraged.

Game-meat flower names

Common collocations

Similar words

  • しし(なべ): boar hot pot — the plainer name for the same dish
  • もみじ(なべ): venison hot pot — the deer counterpart