''Sokuri'' ( ko, 소쿠리, ) is a round, rimmed
woven basket made of finely-split
bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...
. It is used for
straining washed
grain
A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legum ...
s,
drying
Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid. This process is often used as a final production step before selling or packaging products. To be considered ...
vegetables, or draining
fried food in
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
.
It measures between 25 and 50 cm in diameter, and has a standing contour measuring some 4 cm.
Gallery
Persimmons and soybeans.jpg, Persimmon
The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ''Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, ''Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-pers ...
s and soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.
Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu an ...
s on ''sokuri''
Dongtae-jeon.jpg, ''Dongtae
Alaska pollock (''Gadus chalcogrammus''), a species of cod (''Gadus'') found in the North Pacific ocean, is used as food globally. Compared with common pollock, Alaska pollock is milder in taste, whiter in color, and lower in oil content.
Alaska ...
- jeon'' on ''sokuri''
See also
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Bamboo weaving
Bamboo weaving is a type of bambooworking in which two distinct sets of bamboo strips are interlaced at normally right angles to form an object. The longitudinal lengths of bamboo are called the Warp (weaving), warp and the lateral lengths are kn ...
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Wanchojang
() is the traditional Korean art of creating mats, baskets and boxes from woven sedge ().
History
Sedge has been a common material for household goods in Korea since the Silla period (57 BCE – 935 CE). Despite the availability of the plant, w ...
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Zaru
A is generally a flat or shallow basket made from bamboo used in the preparation and presentation of Japanese cuisine. It also has variations made of plastic or metal similar to a strainer, sieve or colander.
''Zaru'' are air dried after use ...
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References
Bamboo weaving
Basket weaving
Crafts
Food storage containers
Kitchenware
Korean cuisine
Korean food preparation utensils
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