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| I've been wanting to blog all about these pots (옹기-Onggi) for a while as I think they're an interesting part of Korean culture. Though I showed you pots more than the eye could see at the slow food farm from yesterday, most Korean houses actually have like 6 or 7 of them. The are clay pots that are then fired in a kiln, and then preserve the food no matter what temperature it is outside. You can preserve bean paste, kimchi, soy sauce, pepper paste and anything else imaginable. My co-teacher gave me this delicious drink she made by letting plums and sugar sit in the pot for the whole summer. It is really cool to me, how even though Korea is making all these attempts to modernize, it still preserves some of the traditional aspect of its culture. I really have been feeling a lack culture lately, and I was thankful my teachers trip allowed me to see some of that again. |
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard.
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