Friday, January 2, 2009

Tock Kuck

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Did you eat Osechi food on New Year's Day? I ate this food, Tock Kuck with my family! As I said in my previous blog, Tock is Korean rice-cake. and Kuck means soup! So Tock Kuck is a Korean rice cake-soup. Korean people eat this Tock Kuck on New Year's Day. So our family eat this Tock Kuck instead of Japanese Osechi food every year. I like Tock Kuck. It is really good! :)

Tock of this Tock Kuck is something like this upper picture. My mother told me why Korean people eat Tock Kuck on New Year's Day is because Tock is white. And white means like new start. So Korean people eat this hoping good new start on New Year's Day. I wish my 2009 will be a great year for me! Why don't you try too? :)

South Korean people eat Tock Kuck on New Year's Day but it is said North Korean people eat Gyoza on New Year's Day not Tock Kuck. Inside Gyoza, there are a lot of nourishing materials. So people eat that on New Year's Day hoping they live a long life. I wonder what do American people eat on New Year's day. I have to ask my teacher, Mr. Telega :)