Bibimbap,Where Are YOU From!?

2011102868  태성아  Sung-A Tae

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The mixture of rice, vegetable, egg, kimchi, ham or everything with sesame oil or spices. This is the hero for this post, Bibimbap.

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Bibimbap is one representation of traditional Korean foods. It did not begin in one specific place in Korea, but all over the country. In this case, even though Bibimbap was first mentioned in the book written in the end of 1800, it has quite a lot of kinds of history. Here today I would talk about four of them.

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1.       The Theory of Food in the Royal Court

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In this theory, it is said that Bibimbap was one of the food for the King of Korea. There were four kinds of rice meal in the Royal Court —— white Sura (the King’s meal), red-bean Sura, five grains Sura and Bibim. Among these four, Bibim was the lightest meal had at noon or when the cousin of the King came into the Royal Court.

2.       The Theory of Food in the Busiest Farming Season

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In the farming season, especially in the busiest one, it was really hard for the farmers or their wives to ready for an entire meal and the bowls for holding all kinds of foods. Then they began to put several kinds of vegetables, meat, rice and everything together in one bowl and mixed them. This is one theory for the beginning of Bibimbap.

3.       The Theory of Partaking of Sacrificial Food and Drink

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In Korea, most of the families hold ancestral rites. Not only in the family, but in some temples the people hold similar ones, sacrificial rites. People will eat up all foods after these sacrificial rites, which is thought as gods and men eating together. However it is hard for people who live far from the place to take enough bowls or plates. Because of that, they received several kinds of food in one bowl and mixed them. Bibimbap had born then.

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After talking about the beginning of Bibimbap, here comes its transformation.

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The pilaff is one other kind of food from the Near East. Furthermore, Bibimbap could become similar to that. What we have to do only is to put some other kinds of food, such as sausages, cheese, fried eggs or spaghetti sauce if you like, on the Bibimbap made.

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It is really simple for everyone to make Bibimbap, with remained materials in the fridge!

The photo above is taken by Sung-A Tae