There are many traditional cakes in Korea, the most famous of which is cake making, which is probably destroyed by night markets and food streets all over the country. I think a glutinous rice balls dipped in red bean powder or soybean powder is a Korean pastry.

Koreans are good at making cakes with rice flour and glutinous rice flour, and making cakes is just one of them.

Let's talk about making cakes first. When I was a child in the countryside, making my own cakes was generally an important event such as the birthday of the elderly, the wedding, and the one-year-old child. It's usually done in the early morning. Steamed glutinous rice is put into a stone pot while it is hot. The men at home beat it with wooden hammers over and over again. The hammer has beaten the cake many times and the surface has been smooth. Women turn the glutinous rice balls with their hands dipped in water, while men raise their hammers, so that the cakes made will be fine and have no particles, and men and women need tacit cooperation, otherwise the progress will be slow. After the glutinous rice is completely turned into glutinous rice balls, it is crushed into small pieces and rolled into a circle under the cover of cooked red bean powder or soybean powder, just like a donkey roll. It is best to finish the cake within a few hours after it is finished. It is soft but not sticky, and it will eat a lot if you are not careful. It was not until the morning after the cake was made, and it was on the plate of the noon ceremony. Glutinous rice products are best matched with salty food. Koreans are of course kimchi with lactic acid bacteria, which is easy to digest and not easy to accumulate food. Making cakes is not only a snack, but also a "dish" and a "staple food". It is eaten with other dishes on the table, so it will be eaten with kimchi.

Besides making cakes, there are all kinds of "jiaozi". The skins made of rice flour and glutinous rice flour have salty stuffing and sweet stuffing. There will also be green with wormwood juice, yellow with pumpkin juice, pink with strawberry powder, black with cuttlefish juice powder and other colors. Wrapped in the shape of jiaozi, it is said to be jiaozi, but it is actually more like an ancient gold ingot, and it will also be used for offering tables.

By the way, after the ceremony, Koreans should share the food on the table, not only for sacrifices, but also for birthdays and weddings. The food on the table is considered blessed, so it is necessary to share the blessing.

There is also a kind of rice cake, the raw material is rice flour, and red beans will be placed on the interlayer and surface, which is what I made in the picture. Now Korea has developed many Korean-style flowers and leaves on its surface, which are particularly beautiful.

When I went to Korea, I saw a rice cake museum in Seoul, which displayed various life scenes. Pastry is a necessity in Korean daily life. I also sell all kinds of cakes, which really opened my eyes.

The rice cake museum is not only used for exhibitions, but also for sale on the first floor. Pastry chefs sell finished products, and also do various lectures and trainings. Normal operation is profitable. This is how we can keep driving for a long time.

This photo is a remake of my travel brochure. If I have enough photos when I come back from the place where I went out to play, I will make a booklet and occasionally take it out to recall my pleasant trip. )

Korea is really extreme in protecting traditional culture. Although some practices go too far, the starting point is to protect national culture. I can't even agree with their excessive behavior.

This article does not discuss ethnic issues. I will write another one when I have time.