Happy Gaecheonjeol!!!

Its national foundation day for Korea!

People usually set their flag in front of their house, but since I don't have one I decided to hang it on my blog <3

Why do Koreans eat cucumber when they climb mountains?

Actually I only found out about this 2 years ago, when I went mountain climbing in Korea with my grandmother. Well, for my grandmother it was more like mountain eating. She just likes to do a short climb and find a good place to eat and talk with other grandmothers -.- lol I would usually go ahead and go to the top. After I came back she gave me a cucumber.... At first, I was "...." Then started eating it.

But, when I thought about it on the way back, a lot of Koreans were eating cucumber on the mountain. I'm probably the weirdest kid to think this pretty funny because I keep picturing a kappa when imagine someone eating a cucumber. (Sorry, I'm those dumb people who laugh loudly without any particular reason). Anyways back to the main topic.

So, I quickly googled "why do people eat cucumber mountain climbing". Didn't work.. So I googled in Korean "오이 등산 왜" which is translated "cucumber mountain climbing why" lol.... Its actually grammatically wrong in Korean as well. Either way I got results!!!

1. Cucumber has a lot of water, easy to carry and eat.
2. When you sweat, your not just loosing water from your body. There are a lot of nutrients that leave the body and the cucumber can supplement your body.

I guess these are two very reasonable reason to eat cucumber while climbing or jogging.
Just a side note, cucumber is really good for your skin as well.
So, why don't you try cucumber during your long walks?

Sweet Potato Korean Style 군고구마

I  probably can't say much today. I have to go to class in an hour, have to check my homework, take a shower and eat. So Korean sweet potatoes....Can't say why I brought this up... I just felt like eating one right now.

First of all, Korean sweet potatoes are different from American. Its not orange inside, but its white. And its amazing how it tastes.

In homes we usually boil our sweet potatoes. However, we burn it in fire outside. Well, that  is how our parents did it. Right now we have these black round "thing" with fire inside cooking it for us.

Its pretty cheap and tasty. No, actually very tasty.

However, this can be done in homes as well. Just put your sweet potatoes in the oven. But use foils so that the potatoes become burn on the skin. (probably cause cancer, but... it taste good... <3)


And wala!

yummy potatoes!!!


You can also get them in Korean restaurants. Some places in Korea give free potatoes while you cook your meat.

Probably the most rushed post ever, but I hope it made you people hungry!