🥩 June Newsletter! Father's Day Dinner 🍽 Ideas and Read about Korean Dano 🎉 Holiday!

Galbi Jjim (Beef or Pork), Osam Bulgogi and Great Salad Dressings! Also desserts!  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Hello everyone!   It's already June which means that summer is almost officially here! My vegetables are growing nicely and I'm soo looking forward to fresh veggies this summer as well as some homemade Maesil Chung (Green Plum Syrup) that I recently started making. Ume plums are still in season so look for them at your local asian grocery stores.   This month there are two holidays - Dano 단오 (June 14th) in Korea and Father's Day (June 20th) in the US. There's also 6.25 (pronounced as numbers Yuk Yio) which is the day North Koreans invaded South Korea and was the start of the Korean war. The war went on until 7/27 1953 and you can read more about it HERE. Dano is a traditional Korean holiday that originated 2,000 years ago as an elaborate shamanistic ritual to honor the sky deity at the end of sowing season. It is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar as this day is believed to be full of yang (positive energy), with many people wearing their finest clothing in hues of red and blue and spending the day enjoying music, mask dances and wine. On this day, women wash their hair with water boiled with Sweet Flag (Chang Po 창포) to add shine. It is also the day where Koreans pray for good harvest as they would have finished planting rice fields by this time.   Traditional foods enjoyed on Dano are various kinds of green Tteok (Rice Cakes) made with mugwort (ssuk) for example and punch made from freshly picked cherries (Aengdu Hwachae 앵두화채). Women compete in a swing competition (Geun-ae-tagi 그네타기) to see who could swing the highest, while men compete in wrestling matches (Ssireum 씨름). Wrestling was a popular event because the winner used to be awarded a bull as a prize! In honor of Dano and Father's Day, I've included some yummy rice cake recipes below as well as some wonderful dishes to help you have the best Korean foods to celebrate Dad! To make Ssukteok, use my Injeolmi recipe and simply add a little mugwort powder to the rice flour mixture! Use extra Injeolmi to make delicious Injeolmi Toast with honey, butter and Misugaru powder! Perfect with Dalgona Coffee !  Dads love a hearty breakfast so try starting out the day with this beauty!! and you can also sneak in some veggies for his health. 😝 STREET TOAST RECIPE If I asked my husband what he wants for his birthday or any special day, it's this dish - a CRISPY sweet flour coated bulgogi meat that's pan-fried in sesame oil which then you wrap some green onion slivers in with my tangy sweet mustard sauce! YUM YUM! CHAPSSAL BULGOGI RECIPE Or.. maybe he would enjoy this special treat - extra crispy Korean fried chicken wings coated in garlicky sweet soy sauce that's simply addicting! KOREAN FRIED CHICKEN RECIPE If I asked my neighborhood men what their favorite dish is - I'm sure this would be high on their list. My Gochujang Meatballs that you can make with any good frozen meatballs. It's a great hearty appetizer to a man's heart. ❤️  GOCHUJANG MEATBALLS RECIPE BTW, if you need some Korean BBQ ideas (I know I shared this a lot recently so I'm just going to add just the link here - just in case 😉). GET BBQ RECIPES Well, in case your Dad doesn't like veggies or if you want to serve veggies for better nutrition 😉, here are some dishes that you could make to go with all those crazy good meats!!  Creamy Apple Onion Celery Salad - perfect for any BBQ Baby Bokchoy Kimchi Salad - quick Geotjeori that you can make the same day 3 different Salad Dressings that you can make for Tofu Salad, Spinach Salad or any green salad. Take care and stay healthy! P.O. Box 2382 Saratoga, CA 95070, United States Don't want these emails anymore? You can unsubscribe.