Kimchi boiled dish

김치찜 Kimchi boiled dish
ingredients : Pork(Boned rip, chuck roll or the shank of beef) 600g, garlic, kelp, anchovy, clear strained rice wine 2 spoon, water 300ml, an old kimchi with a half head.

Recipe
1. Boiling the kelp, anchovy and water in broth.
2. Pouring clear strained rice wine the pork, Kimchi in the pan, pour the broth and boil the meat thoroughly.
3. Cut meat into proper size.
4. Cut the kimchi into proper size and serve both kimchi and meat in a dish.
5. Eat happily^-^

Ginseng (인삼)of Kanghwa

Korea is known for ginseng and ginseng steamed red~! so, today, i'd like to talk about ginseng and ginseng steamed red of korea^^*
Ginseng is called 인삼 in korean
Ginseng of Kanghwa is only produced in Kanghwa. 6-year-old ginseng has solid pulpy, strong incense, a lot of saponin -saponin of ginseng is different from other saponin - and is heavy. therefore, it has good effects on loss of appetite, vomiting, weariness, nervous breakdown, and diabetes.



The ginseng market


there are ginseng candy and jelly, so even childeren can eat them without any problems. some stores give you a sack of ginseng cady free of charge, when you buy ginseng !

Sports of Korea

Last 2008 was a year of Olympic. various sports are over the whole world. what sports are popular in korea?we can often see many people who play soccer in park. we can play soccer if we just have soccer ball and place. every school has soccer club. and adults play soccer with friends or co-workers. then, how is K-league? in 1990s was the climax of k-league. since 2000, the popularity has withered. but there is a touch of rivival of K-league.we need many equipments like glove, bat, ball, and base. so we can't often see people playing baseball, however the pro baseball is very popular. especially, in Beijing olympic, korea won the gold medal so there was a tremendous popularity. and Busan fans are famous. because they swing vinyl as fan of singer swing balloon. it is a very beautiful landscape.students like to play basketball. every apartment, and every school have basketball ground. so we just need ball to play basketball. many students play basket ball to make grow their tall. and pro basket ball also very popular.and there is Volleyball. although beach volleyball isn't popular , volleyball is very popular. because players are very handsome. hahaha just kidding. volleyball play is so fast that many people like it.Badminton is a nation sport. as we can see people playing anywhere, and anytime. without distinction of age or sex, people enjoy playing badminton. it is good for diet, to grow tall and goot for everything. as many people enjoy it, korea badminton is top of the world. there are many sports in korea? especially pro game of baseball and soccer are in summer, pro game of basketball and volleyball are in winter. so they are more popular. a strong nation of sports, korea, isn't wonderful?

Lunar New Year Day!

Yesterday was a lunar new year day. In korea, this day is one of the most important holidays. this consecutive holidays is 3days. Many people visit his or her hometown, so there are a lot of heavy traffic jams. in addition, this new year day, we had a lot of snow. the roads in the whole country were like parking lot.

then, let's know what koreans do and eat in the lunar new year day.
1. Cooking
1) Bun(Mandoo)
koreans cook buns. many people knead flour and make the bun, but today, a lot of people buy the kneading. bun stuffing is made up of minced meat, crushed bean curd, minced kimchi, chopped garlic and so on. then put the stuffing on the kneading and wrap the stuffing in kneading. Eating buns means 'Eat wrapped good luck' (photo from http://blog.naver.com/sundayschool/40004163262)
2) Rice cake soup
Koreans eat Rice cake soup, and believe that we grow old when we eat rice cake soup. Eating rice cake soup means that hope long life like garae-rice cake, to earn much money (shreded garae rice cake looks like the coin). (garae rice cake)
2. New year's Call
On the lunar new year day, young people make a new year's call for elders.
then, Elders give young people well wishing remarks and money. we can find this custom in China and Japan.
3. Ancestor-memorial services.
Korea was a confucianism country, so many people are followed by confucianism customs until today. On the lunar new year day, koreans visit their ancestor's tomb and salute with some food.

do U know voiture?

VOITURE : a korean accapella group.

Kim won-jong(bass), Kim tae-rin(alto), Sora(soprano) , Kim min-soo(tenor), Kang ki-mun(counter tenor)



VOITURE is the first accapella group in korea, it was made in 1996 as men groupbut that year end, this group was changed as a combined team. and has been active in various field like many CM songs, movie OST, and 2008,this group got the 1st prize in 2008 IOC Sport & Singing Contest.



here some songs sung by VOITURE.Click these link and listen their wonderful harmony!

- we are here together sung ( korean ver.)by voiture (IOC 1st prize song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9UwbWGjEU

-practicing their concert

http://video.mgoon.com/616252

- Korean Movie OST Acappella Stage (OldBoy,Maria..ETC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn8K1oRZjWE

Welcome to Jeju island-2

in this page, i'd like to tell about Jeju's special things!


first. mandarin orange!










in jeju, we can often see mandarin orange trees. because, the climate of jeju is proper with mandarin orange. so we can experience to pick them and eat them!


second, dolharbang






it is a statue of stone. people can see it anywhere in jeju. i think the face is very warm and peaceful.





third. horse.









we can see many horse in jeju as well as mandarin orange and dolharbang! horse is running and eating grass on large grassland. this horse is smaller than others. so there are many places to ride a horse.

Welcome to Jeju island-1

i've been to Jeju, monday ~ wednesday. and i want to tell you about jeju.

Monday morning , in an airplane. it takes just an hour to go jeju from seoul gimpo airport.

here is Sanbang mt. there is two temples and sea cave. sanbang mountain is so high and near seaside that we can often see beautiful clouds. in addition here is a treasure house of plants.
what a beutiful landscape! here is a part of Jeju!

here is Woo-do. and you can see 'white part'. they are made by droppings of common gull. See the sea! it's very clean and blue!