Dietary Habits of the Korean People

There are many traditional flavors of the Korean people, the most famous of which are rice cake, cold noodles and kimchi. The cake is made from steamed glutinous rice, cut into pieces, sprinkled with soybean flour, and sweetened with honey and sugar. Cold noodles are made by adding starch and water to buckwheat noodles, mixing them well, boiling them, cooling them with cool water, adding sesame oil, chili peppers, kimchi, soy sauce beef and beef broth, etc., which is cool and refreshing to eat and has a delicious flavor. Kimchi is made by soaking cabbage for a few days, rinsing it, mixing it with chili peppers and other ingredients, and sealing it in a vat. The longer the pickling time, the more delicious the flavor. Rice Cake: One of the favorite traditional foods of the Korean people. It has a long history and has been recorded in Korean literature as early as the 18th century, when it was called "Jungjaebok" and was known as one of the traditional foods. Nowadays, every family serves rice cakes to their friends and relatives during festivals and celebrations. As the name suggests, the cake is made by beating. Glutinous rice is the main ingredient of the cake. Where glutinous rice is not produced, small yellow rice or millet is used; the sprinkled soybean flour raw materials, in addition to small red beans, you can also use soybeans, mung beans, pine nuts, chestnuts, red dates, sesame seeds and so on. Production, the first sticky rice steamed, placed in the cake groove or on the slate, with a cake mallet to break the rice grains bonded together into a piece. When eating, it is cut into small pieces with a knife dipped in water and dipped into the cake noodles. Cold Noodles: One of the traditional foods of the Korean people. Korean people love to eat cold noodles not only in the hot summer, but also in the cold winter months. Especially at noon on the fourth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Koreans have the custom of eating cold noodles with the whole family. According to folklore, if you eat noodles on this day, you can "live a long life", so cold noodles are also called "longevity noodles". Cold noodles are the main raw materials are buckwheat noodles, wheat flour and starch, but also available cornmeal, sorghum flour, elm bark noodles and potato starch production. Practice is in the buckwheat noodles with starch, water, and even into the noodles, cooked with cool water cooling, plus sesame oil, chili, pickles, soy sauce beef and beef broth made to eat cool and refreshing, delicious flavor. Eumyeongju: Drinking "Eumyeongju" is a custom of the Korean people. On the morning of the 15th day of the first lunar month, they drink Ear Ming Wine on an empty stomach to wish for a good ear. This wine is not special, but all the wine drunk on the morning of the 15th day of the first lunar month is called "Ear Ming Wine". Three Volts and Dog Meat Soup: Three Volts is the hottest season of the year. However, the Korean people have the custom of slaughtering dogs and eating hot dog soup on the day of three volts. This kind of soup has a unique flavor, and eating dog meat soup on the day of three volts can be a great tonic. Most Korean people love to eat dog meat. However, during festivals or red and white celebrations, it is absolutely forbidden to eat dog meat. This is a custom and a kind of etiquette. Grain Rice: The Korean people have been eating grain rice for a long time. On the 15th day of the first lunar month, farmers use river rice, rhubarb rice, millet, sorghum rice, small beans made of grains and rice to eat. Also take some of them into the cattle trough, to see which one the cattle eat first, will indicate which kind of food this year can be a good harvest. This custom is still in the folklore. Rice Wine: A favorite drink of the Korean people. Rice wine is a good gift for their guests. If a guest comes to visit, the host will always bring up a bowl of home-brewed rice wine. This kind of wine is a little whiter than yellow wine and slightly sweeter. This kind of rice wine has a strong aftertaste. When the elders drink together, you should move your head to the side to drink, never face the elders to raise the cup to drink, otherwise it is disrespectful to the elders. Spicy Cabbage: One of the favorite traditional foods of the Korean people. Every winter, when the cabbage comes down, they start making spicy cabbage. At this time, whether in the countryside or towns, every family has to do, as little as a few hundred pounds, more than a thousand pounds, because they have to continue to eat until the next spring. Spicy cabbage, fragrant and refreshing, has the effect of relieving fatigue and alcohol, digestion, increase appetite, both at home on weekdays, and can be on the banquet. Therefore, it is doubly popular and has become an indispensable dish in the daily diet of the Korean people.　 Korean daily diet of the Korean people like to eat rice, good at making rice, water, fire are very careful to make rice with an iron pot, the bottom of the deep, close the mouth, cover tightly, the heat is uniform, can be stowed in the gas, made of rice particles, soft, rice flavor is pure. One pot at a time can make a double layer of rice with different textures, or multiple layers of rice. Various kinds of cakes made of rice flour, such as slice cake, loose cake, hair cake, rice cake, cold noodles, etc., are also the daily staple food of the Koreans. The daily dishes of the Joseon people include "Bajeongnyeo" and "Soyamul" (soybean paste and vegetable soup). The "Eight Precious Dishes" are dishes made from eight ingredients: mung bean sprouts, soy bean sprouts, tofu, dried tofu, vermicelli, orange stalks, ferns, and mushrooms, which are stewed, mixed, stir-fried, and sautéed. The main ingredient of Dazhoucai Soup is small cabbage, autumn cabbage, Daxing cabbage, sea vegetables (scallops), etc. Sauce instead of salt, blanched with water and ready to eat. Pickles are indispensable daily dishes. Korean kimchi has a good reputation for its fine workmanship and is a regular dish from the beginning of winter to the following spring. The taste of kimchi is also a sign of the housewife's cooking skill. Most of the Korean dishes have certain tonic and medical effects after consumption. For example, "Ginseng and Astragalus Soup" is eaten in spring, "Sanfu Dog Meat Soup" is eaten on the ambush day, and "Game Meat and Game Soup" are eaten in winter. There are many varieties of Korean festive dishes, and there are also famous seasonal dishes. There are a lot of famous Korean dishes, mainly including "Sinsaengnyeon", "Tonic Furnace" (also known as "Tonic Soup" and "Dog Meat Hot Pot"), "Cold Noodles", "Pork Cake", and "Korean Pickled Vegetables". In addition, there are also: soy sauce beef and radish pieces; iron pot tenderloin; raw mixed fish and other Korean flavors dishes.