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"You’ve never seen a hotpot like this—straight from the dirt to the dinner table." * She starts by picking long green beans right off the trellis and gathering a basket full of baby pumpkins, eggplants, and peppers. * Everything gets a cold rinse in a running mountain stream before the prep begins. * The green beans go into a clay pot first, followed by baby pumpkins that she crushes by hand to get the juices flowing. * The pot is covered and left to simmer over a traditional outdoor wood stove