January 31, 2014
We just celebrated the Korean Lunar New Year's Day, or Seollal in Korean. It fell on January 31 this year. It's one of the biggest traditional holidays in Korea. The Seollal holiday lasts 3 days: the day before Seollal, of Seollal, and after Seollal.
My whole family gathered into my parents' house in PyeongChang(평창 in Korean) to hold a memorial ceremony for our ancestors. The ritual held in the early morning of Seollal is called Charye or Jesa in Korean. It is all about respect, appreciation and care.
Binge eating alert! Seriously.
We make lots of foods for the ritual and the whole holiday, ultimately spending most of the holiday eating those foods. The typical main dish on Seollal is Tteokguk, the soup made of sliced rice cakes. We also make a variety of traditional food including Jeon(pancake), Twigim(fried food), Japchae(starch noodles with meat and vegetables), Mandu(dumpling), Tteok(rice cake), vegetable Muchim(or salad), Hangwa(Korean confectionery) and many others.
It is always delightful to cook(well, mostly my mom) and share these delicious dishes with my family and make wishes for each other.
Wait, all the dishes already gone?
↑ Squid Twigim(fried squid)
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