seafood

Fermented salted shrimp is a traditional fermented condiment used to make some of South Korea’s most famous dishes, such as kimchi. In the Korean language, the word for these shrimp is ‘saeujeot’ or ‘saeu-jeot’ (새우젓). The term is a combination of two words: The first being ‘saeu’ (새우), meaning ‘shrimp,’ and the second being ‘jeot’ (젓), meaning ‘salted seafood.’ Let’s discuss this ingredient in-depth!

Every year, our family would buy fresh local oysters from a store that would get them directly off the boat earlier that day. While they were the freshest oysters you could possibly get, they were not cleaned like those you would find in the grocery store. These oysters had all the bottom mud coated on them. Here, we will go through step-by-step instructions on how to properly clean oysters.

Korean kimbap and Japanese rolled sushi–many people outside either culture often struggle to distinguish the difference. After all, the two dishes look almost identical at face value. Side-by-side, you may…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! This past month my sister and I have been extremely busy with work, dealing with horrible colds, and spending time with our family.…