Yeot Explained

Yeot
Country:Korea
Creators:-->
Type:Hangwa
Course:Dessert
Main Ingredient:bap (cooked rice), yeotgireum (powdered barley malt)
Hangul:Korean:
Rr:yeot
Mr:yŏt
Koreanipa:pronounced as /ko/

is a variety of hangwa, or Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. It is presumed to have been used before the Goryeo period. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a sot for a long time.[1]

boiled for a shorter time is called, liquid . This sticky syrup-like is usually used as a condiment for cooking and for coating other, or as a dipping sauce for .

If boiled for a longer time, the will solidify when chilled, and is called . is originally brownish but if stretched (as taffy is prepared), the color lightens. Pan-fried beans, nuts, sesame, sunflower seeds, walnuts, or pumpkin can be added into or covered over the as it chills. Variations of are named for their secondary ingredients, as follows.[2]

Types

The word yeot as slang

The Korean phrase "eat " has adopted a vulgar meaning in recent years. The phrase is comparable to the English term "fuck you". According to one account, the phrase originated from a middle-school entry exams scandal of 1964. One of the multiple choice questions asked in the exam: "Which of the following ingredients can be used instead of yeot oil (; barley malt) to make ?" The correct answer was diastase, but another one of the multiple choices was Korean radish juice, which many people argued was also a correct answer. The parents of the students whose grades suffered from this result held demonstrations and protests in front of government education bureaus and offices, holding up made with radish juice and yelling to the officials to "eat ".[11]

The phallic shape of raw had also led the candy to be used as a euphemism for penis as early as the sixteenth century.[12]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Yeot at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
  2. Yeot at Britannica Korea
  3. Hwanggolyeot at Doosan Encyclopedia
  4. Kkaeyeot at Doosan Encyclopedia
  5. Dak yeot at Doosan Encyclopedia
  6. Kkwong yeot at Doosan Encyclopedia
  7. Port yeot at Haengboki gadeukhan jip (행복이 가득한 집), March 2009
  8. Pork yeot National Academy of Agricultural Science
  9. Haneultari at Doosan Encyclopedia
  10. Garlic yeot at Doosan Encyclopedia
  11. Kim Mi Hyeong (김미형), Man and Language (인간과 언어) p220, PJ Book, Seoul, 2005.
  12. http://noonchi.us/article/show/why-korean-soccer-team-pelted-with-toffee-yeot EXPLAINING WHY THE KOREAN SOCCER TEAM WAS PELTED WITH TOFFEE CANDY