This
was the answer chosen in a survey of what people think about the city. The
question was what was the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of
Lancashire? The survey, carried by a local research agency, highlighted the
most prominent factor that gets associated with the city and the results were
“Hotpot”. The local preparation took center-stage in the poll result, an answer
that was already anticipated by the survey takers.
It
might be pretty amusing but interesting to know, the poll suggested 53% of the
people that took part in the research were not so interested in the history,
culture or landmarks of the city but were inclined to the good food in Lancashire.
Hotpots
made here are popular equally among the locals as well as visitors. Moreover,
the local cuisine is not the only one that was voted as the most appropriate
link but food items such as pies, Lancashire cheese and pudding. On the other
hand, significant things, such as the Rose Emblem, were not amongst the list of
favourites to the farthest vision.
While
the results may be somewhat funny and something that would raise eyebrows, it
is actually a good reason to associate food with the city as the hotpot is very
dearly linked to the “somewhere in North” city (an answer given by a
participant in the survey). The association goes deep till the cuisine’s origin
in the city – a reason why we never call it merely hotpot but the Lancashire
Hotpot.
