Koreans like to eat with copper tableware. Is this to make the food look taller?

Koreans eat copper tableware, not to make food look taller, but because it is a traditional custom. They think that using copper tableware can cure diseases.

It is a traditional custom in North Korea to use copper bowls. For example, in summer, using copper bowls will make food cool faster. Moreover, copper can also inhibit the growth of bacteria, and it is not easy to have diarrhea with copper bowls. Koreans like to eat not only with copper bowls, but also with metal chopsticks.

It is generally believed in North Korea that copper products have a good effect on treating various diseases such as heart disease and hepatitis, and preventing cancer and cerebral thrombosis. Since ancient times, the Korean people have used copper to make dishes such as plates, spoons and chopsticks, as well as daily necessities such as kettles, washbasins, cages and stoves.

Koreans eat cold noodles in copper bowls, which is a traditional Korean food and is very famous. In particular, the cold noodles of Liu Yu Pavilion in Pyongyang, North Korea are well-known at home and abroad. The cold noodles in Liuyu Pavilion in Pyongyang are authentic, and the tableware for serving cold noodles is also specially customized. It is said that they are all handmade in pure copper. Eating cold noodles, only in a copper bowl, can you feel delicious.

Copper tableware can also be seen in the kitchen of ordinary Korean families. Besides copper tableware, Koreans also use porcelain. Koreans like to sit on the ground when eating.