Seolleongtang and Kongnamulguk filled with memories

Koreans' favorite foods are Seolleongtang and Kongnamulguk. 

This is the same reason why our kimchi is different from China's pao cai and Germany's sauerkraut.

Among our foods, soup, stew, and jjigae are also different.

Generally, if there is little water and a lot of garnish, it is called jjigae, and the opposite is called tang.

In the past, Seolleongtang was called Seonnongtang, which meant soup eaten when farming, the basis of life, was done. It is similar to the word used to describe the rituals performed at today's Seonnongdan.

During the Joseon Dynasty, the king himself farmed to encourage farming, and the land at that time was called Jeokjeon, and the queen also raised silkworms to weave in order to set an example for women. The current Jamsil is said to be that area.

Dogani means knee, and when we say doganitang, it is made by roasting the knee of a cow, and it is said that people with bad joints often eat it because it contains a lot of collagen, but since the molecules are large, collagen eaten as food cannot be directly digested and reach the elbows or knees, so it does not affect them.

In the past, people used to drink bean sprout soup, which is said to contain a lot of asparagine, as a hangover cure after drinking, and in the middle of summer, they made bean sprout cold soup to make it refreshing.

If you go to Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, there is a specialty food called hoe-gook near the Hanok Village. At first, I thought it was a hoe from the farming tool shovel and hoe, but it is a type of bean sprout soup with a refreshing taste.

It was named hoe-gook because it looks like a hoe, but I don't know why it is called hoe-gook in English.

Here, if you have a glass of traditional liquor called moju, which is a beverage with an alcohol content of less than 5%, you will feel even better.

Oxtail gomtang and sagol soup should also be distinguished. Sagol is a dish that is passed around among the population because when a middle-aged couple's wife leaves home for a few days on a trip or something, she is worried about the husband's remaining meals and cooks a pot to take home.

Oxtail gomtang is said to be good for people with bad backs, and if you go to Naju, Jeollanam-do, there is a Naju gomtang restaurant where you can enjoy a clear soup.