Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Ginseng Chicken Soup

Today is chobak- the day that starts the hottest period of the summer in Korea. Coincidentally, it is 82 degrees in our apartment- the hottest it has been so far this summer...

On this day, it is the Korean custom to eat samgyetang- Ginseng Chicken Soup. It is supposed to build up nutrients lost from sweating too much. The other traditional food to eat today is boshintang- Dog Meat Soup.

Needless to say, we are having sam-gye-tang tonight.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

yum-yum eat 'em up. XO

Unknown said...

Just looked at the thermometer in our apartment and it's 86. Excellent. Too bad we don't have that same remedy here..