Cooking utensil: a charcoal-burning fire pot for cooking at the table. 1. Cut the mutton into paper-thin slices about 2 1/2 inches by 1 inch . It will be easier to slice if partially frozen first. Spread them on individual serving dishes. Arrange the dips and side dishes in bowls. 2. Half-fill the fire pot with boiling water. Add the sliced scallion and ginger, mutton tail fat, and a little soy sauce. Cover the pot lid tightly. Fill the chimney with burning charcoal and bring the stock to a boil. 3. To eat, the diners mix their own sauces from the condiments and seasonings. Then they pick up the mutton slices and cook them in the boiling stock for a few seconds, until the meat turns pinkish-white. The meat is then dipped into the sauce. The best pastry to go with the meat is shaobing - the Chinese baked sesame cakes. Note: If you do not own a Chinese fire pot, use a saucepan on a hot plate, or an electric wok/. busted by sooz Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 228 by James and Susan Kirkland on Nov 08, 1997