Monday, January 20, 2014

Winter in Seoul 2014

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This winter has been very mild and there hasn't been much snow at all. Yesterday we finally got a good snowfall. Now the cars are slippi...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Fall and Spring 2013 at the Neighborhood Buddhist Temple in Seoul

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I live in a part of Seoul that is very beautiful.  Here are two photos I took this year of the same Buddhist temple.  It's always such a...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Curled Mallow (아욱)

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Curled mallow is used in Korea as an ingredient in baby food (jook).  To prepare the mallow for jook (rice porridge) you remove the leaves ...
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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Korean Baby Food Recipe: Pear and Jujube Tea

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  If you are looking for a drink other than water or barley tea to give your baby you can try pear and jujube tea.  It is a bit expensive...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Korean Baby Food Recipe: Chicken Porridge (Jook) Using A Rice Cooker

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Well it's the hot and humid summer season in Korea right now and that means that stewing chickens are on sale for 2,000 KRW ($2.00 US) s...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

First Red Bean Shaved Ice of 2013

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We made this the other day.  As usual it was delicious and really hit the spot during the hot and humid rainy summer.  Last summer we made o...

Korean Baby Food Recipe (6 Months +): Banana and Spinach Mash

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Ingredients: 1/2 Banana 3-4 Spinach Leaves Directions: Wash 3-4 spinach leaves and cut off the stems. Boil the spinach leaves in 1/...