Well it's 2013...and it's almost Seollal (설날) Korean New Year. It's the time when Koreans celebrate a new year based on the moon cycles. Here's what happens according to that great and knowledgeable site Wikipedia:
Korean New Year is typically a family holiday. The three-day holiday is used by many to return to their hometowns to visit their parents and other relatives, where they perform an ancestral ritual. Many Koreans dress up in colorful traditional Korean clothing called hanbok. But nowadays, small families tend to become less formal and wear other formal clothing instead of hanbok.
In Lotte Mart many of the sales people are wearing hanboks. Here's a picture of what a hanbok looks like:
This year Korean New Year starts on Saturday, February 9th and goes through Monday, February 11th. Yay! No work on Monday!! You'll notice that even though the majority of the holiday is on a weekend we don't get days off during the week to make up for them falling on Saturday and Sunday. Boo!
Another Korean New Year tradition is the eating of Deok Kuk (떡국) Rice Cake Soup. Here's what Wiki says about it:
Tteokguk (떡국) (soup with sliced rice cakes) is a traditional Korean food that is customarily eaten for the New Year. According to Korean age reckoning, the Korean New Year is similar to a birthday for Koreans, and eating Tteokguk is part of the birthday celebration. Once you finish eating your Tteokguk, you are one year older.
So Koreans are all going to be a year older after this weekend! ^^ In honor of Korean New Year I decided to make some Duk Mandu Kuk soup. It's so delicious! Would you like to know how to make it? I'll show you!
1) Boil water with small beef strips in a pot. This will make the broth, but you can cheat like me and add some beef bullion.
2) Soak your rice cakes in cold water.
3) Prepare some homemade mandu (dumplings) or buy the frozen kind. I decided to make the dumplings since it's such a special holiday. :)
4) When the broth is ready and boiling add some garlic and fish sauce.
5) Next add the rice cakes and dumplings and put a lid on the pot
6) When the rice cakes and dumplings float you know they're ready.
7) Now add some chopped green onions, egg whites mixed with a little bit of yoke, ground pepper, and sesame oil.
7) Pour it in a bowl and top it with egg yolk strips and roasted seaweed.
8) Eat and enjoy! It's Mashida (맛있다) - Delicious!!!
Happy New Year!!!
Korean New Year is typically a family holiday. The three-day holiday is used by many to return to their hometowns to visit their parents and other relatives, where they perform an ancestral ritual. Many Koreans dress up in colorful traditional Korean clothing called hanbok. But nowadays, small families tend to become less formal and wear other formal clothing instead of hanbok.
In Lotte Mart many of the sales people are wearing hanboks. Here's a picture of what a hanbok looks like:
This year Korean New Year starts on Saturday, February 9th and goes through Monday, February 11th. Yay! No work on Monday!! You'll notice that even though the majority of the holiday is on a weekend we don't get days off during the week to make up for them falling on Saturday and Sunday. Boo!
Another Korean New Year tradition is the eating of Deok Kuk (떡국) Rice Cake Soup. Here's what Wiki says about it:
Tteokguk (떡국) (soup with sliced rice cakes) is a traditional Korean food that is customarily eaten for the New Year. According to Korean age reckoning, the Korean New Year is similar to a birthday for Koreans, and eating Tteokguk is part of the birthday celebration. Once you finish eating your Tteokguk, you are one year older.
So Koreans are all going to be a year older after this weekend! ^^ In honor of Korean New Year I decided to make some Duk Mandu Kuk soup. It's so delicious! Would you like to know how to make it? I'll show you!
1) Boil water with small beef strips in a pot. This will make the broth, but you can cheat like me and add some beef bullion.
2) Soak your rice cakes in cold water.
3) Prepare some homemade mandu (dumplings) or buy the frozen kind. I decided to make the dumplings since it's such a special holiday. :)
4) When the broth is ready and boiling add some garlic and fish sauce.
5) Next add the rice cakes and dumplings and put a lid on the pot
6) When the rice cakes and dumplings float you know they're ready.
7) Now add some chopped green onions, egg whites mixed with a little bit of yoke, ground pepper, and sesame oil.
7) Pour it in a bowl and top it with egg yolk strips and roasted seaweed.
8) Eat and enjoy! It's Mashida (맛있다) - Delicious!!!
Happy New Year!!!
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