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Yangnyeom-gejang
''Gejang'' (게장) or ''gejeot'' (게젓) is a variety of ''jeotgal'', salted fermented seafood in Korean cuisine, which is made by marinating fresh raw crabs either in ''ganjang'' (Soy sauce#Korean, soy sauce) or in a sauce based on chili pepper powder. The term consists of the two words; ''ge'', meaning "a crab", and ''jang'' which means "condiment" in Korean. Although ''gejang'' originally referred only to crabs marinated in soy sauce, it has begun to be called ''ganjang-gejang'' (간장게장) these days to differentiate it from ''yangnyeom-gejang'' (양념게장). The latter is a relatively new dish that emerged since the restaurant industry began to thrive in South Korea. "Yangnyeom" literally means "seasoning" or "seasoned" in Korean but refers to the spicy sauce made with chili pepper powder. Gyeongsang Province, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, and Jeju Island are famous for their own characteristic ''gejang''. It is a representative speciality of Yeosu in South Jeolla Province, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeotgal
''Jeotgal'' () or ''jeot'' (), translated as salted seafood, is a category of salted preserved dishes made with seafood such as shrimps, oysters, clams, fish, and roe. Depending on the ingredients, ''jeotgal'' can range from flabby, solid pieces to clear, broth-like liquid. Solid ''jeotgal'' are usually eaten as ''banchan'' (side dishes). Liquid ''jeotgal'', called ''aekjeot'' () or fish sauce, is popularly used in kimchi seasoning, as well as in various soups and stews (''guk'', ''jijimi'', ''jjigae''). As a condiment, jeotgal with smaller bits of solid ingredients such as ''saeu-jeot'' (shrimp ''jeotgal'') is commonly served as a dipping sauce with pork dishes (''bossam'', ''jokbal'', ''samgyeopsal''), '' sundae'' (Korean sausage), '' hoe'' (raw fish), and a number of soups and stews. History Fermented foods were widely available in Three Kingdoms of Korea, as ''Sānguózhì'', a Jin Chinese historical text published in 289, mentions that the Goguryeo Koreans are skilled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Jeolla
South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula. South Jeolla borders the provinces of North Jeolla to the north, South Gyeongsang to the northeast, and Jeju to the southwest in the Korea Strait. Muan County is the capital and Yeosu is the largest city of South Jeolla, with other major cities including Suncheon, Mokpo, and Gwangyang. Gwangju was the largest city of South Jeolla until becoming a Metropolitan City in 1986, and was the historic capital until the provincial government was relocated to the Muan County town of Namak in 2005. South Jeolla was established in 1896 from the province of Jeolla, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea, consisting of the southern half of its mainland territory and most outlying islands. Geography The province is part of the Honam region, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour terms (the others being the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the White Sea), and its name is descriptive of the golden-yellow colour of the silt-laden water discharged from major rivers. The innermost bay of northwestern Yellow Sea is called the Bohai Sea (previously Pechihli Bay or Chihli Bay), into which flow some of the most important rivers of northern China, such as the Yellow River (through Shandong province and its capital Jinan), the Hai River (through Beijing and Tianjin) and the Liao River (through Liaoning province). The northeastern extension of the Yellow Sea is called the Korea Bay, into which flow the Yalu River, the Chongchon River and the Taedong River. Since 1 November 2018, the Yellow Sea has also served as the location of "peace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portunus Trituberculatus
''Portunus trituberculatus'', the ''gazami'' crab, South Korea's blue crab or horse crab, is the most widely fished species of crab in the world. It is found off the coasts of East Asia and is closely related to ''Portunus armatus''. Fishery ''Portunus trituberculatus'' is the world's most heavily fished crab species, with over 300,000 tonnes being caught annually, 98% of it off the coast of China. This is because it is considered highly nutritious, especially in regard to crab cream (roe). Distribution ''Portunus trituberculatus'' is found off the coasts of Japan, Korea, China, Palau and Taiwan. Description The carapace may reach wide, and from front to back. ''P. trituberculatus'' may be distinguished from the closely related (and also widely fished) ''P. armatus'' by the number of broad teeth on the front of the carapace (three in ''P. trituberculatus'', four in ''P. armatus'') and on the inner margin of the merus (four in ''P. trituberculatus'', three in ''P. armatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshwater Crab
Around 1,300 species of freshwater crabs are distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, divided among eight families. They show direct development and maternal care of a small number of offspring, in contrast to marine crabs, which release thousands of planktonic larvae. This limits the dispersal abilities of freshwater crabs, so they tend to be endemic to small areas. As a result, a large proportion are threatened with extinction. Systematics More than 1,300 described species of freshwater crabs are known, out of a total of 6,700 species of crabs across all environments. The total number of species of freshwater crabs, including undescribed species, is thought to be up to 65% higher, potentially up to 2,155 species, although most of the additional species are currently unknown to science. They belong to eight families, each with a limited distribution, although various crabs from other families are also able to tolerate freshwater conditions ( euryhaline) or are secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Temperature
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature as its own body temperature, thus avoiding the need for internal thermoregulation. The internal thermoregulation process is one aspect of homeostasis: a state of dynamic stability in an organism's internal conditions, maintained far from thermal equilibrium with its environment (the study of such processes in zoology has been called physiological ecology). If the body is unable to maintain a normal temperature and it increases significantly above normal, a condition known as hyperthermia occurs. Humans may also experience lethal hyperthermia when the wet bulb temperature is sustained above for six hours. The opposite condition, when body temperature decreases below normal levels, is known as hypothermia. It results when the homeostatic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Traditional Medicine
Traditional Korean medicine (known in North Korea as Koryo medicine) refers to the forms of traditional medicine practiced in Korea. History Korean medicine traditions originated in ancient and prehistoric times and can be traced back as far as 3000 B.C. when stone and bone needles were found in North Hamgyong Province, in present-day North Korea. Korean medicine originated from Korea. In Gojoseon, where the founding myth of Korea is recorded, there is a story of a tiger and a bear who wanted to reincarnate in human form and who ate wormwood and garlic. In '' Jewang Ungi'' (제왕운기), which was written around the time of ''Samguk Yusa'', wormwood and garlic are described as 'edible medicine', showing that, even in times when incantatory medicine was the mainstream, medicinal herbs were given as curatives in Korea. Medicinal herbs at this time were used as remedial treatment such as easing the pain or tending injury, along with knowing what foods were good for health. Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseon Dynasty
Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom was founded following the aftermath of the overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul. The kingdom's northernmost borders were expanded to the natural boundaries at the rivers of Amrok and Tuman through the subjugation of the Jurchens. During its 500-year duration, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society. Neo-Confucianism was installed as the new state's ideology. Buddhism was accordingly discouraged, and occasionally the practitioners faced persecutions. Joseon consolidated its effective rule over the territory of current Korea and saw the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siui Jeonseo
''Siuijeonseo'' () is a Korean cookbook compiled in the late 19th century. The author is unknown but is assumed to be a lady of the yangban (nobility during the Joseon dynasty) class in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province. In 1919, as Sim Hwanjin was appointed as the governor of Sangju, he was acquainted with a yangban family there. After borrowing a cookbook from the family, Sim transcribed its entire contents and then gave the newly bound book to his wife's daughter, Hong Jeong, who has kept the book since that time. ''Siuijeonseo'' encompasses Korean cuisine in general and categorizes various foods by cooking method. The book mentions 17 different ways of making traditional alcoholic beverages, diverse dried preserved foods, and vegetables, so it is considered a valuable document for researching Korean cuisine. The book also contains the first known mention in print of the term ''bibimbap''. See also *'' Domundaejak'' (도문대작): Korean cuisine critic book authored by Heo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyuhap Chongseo
''Gyuhap chongseo'' (roughly translated as "Women's Encyclopedia") is a compendium of advice for women, written by Yi Bingheogak in 1809 during the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Composition * ''Jusaui'' () : making ''jang'' (condiments), alcoholic beverages, ''bap'' (rice dish), ''tteok'' (rice cake), ''yugwa'' (fried puffed rice snack), ''banchan'' (small dishes) and among others. * ''Bongimchik'' () : making clothing, a process of dyeing, weaving, embroidery, sericulture, soldering dishware, lightening. * ''Sangarak'' () : farming, gardening, raising livestock * ''Cheongnanggyeol'' () : taegyo, methods of childrearing, knowledge of first aid and medicine to be avoided * ''Sulsuryak'' () : knowledge of choosing a house, talismans, folkloric ways to drive away evil spirits. See also *''Siui jeonseo'' *''Sallim gyeongje'' *''Sarye pyeollam ''Sarye pyeollam'' is a kind of practical guide written by Korean scholar Yi Jae (李縡 1680–1746) of the Joseon Dynasty, which that records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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