Join AdopteeBridge as we prepare for the Lunar New Year by learning how to cook 떡국 ddeok guk (tteok guk) rice cake soup*, live on Zoom!
Watch and learn from the comfort of your home, so you can prepare this traditional soup that is eaten in celebration of the Korean New Year—Seollal 설날!
We’ll prepare ddeok guk and one side dish (banchan 반찬) during this 1 hour class.
When: Saturday, February 6th
Time: 4:00pm CST
Where: Online--Live via Zoom!
Cost: FREE, but suggested donation of $15 per household recommended
To receive the Zoom registration link, please contact info@adopteebridge.org
What is Ddeok Guk?
is a traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The dish consists of a broth/soup (called guk 국), with thinly sliced rice cakes (called ddeok/tteok 떡). It is tradition to eat this dish on New Year's Day because it is believed to grant people good luck for the year and gain a year of age.
Ddeok Guk has many important symbols, thus why it is eaten on the New Year. The white ddeok signifies purity and cleanliness – a fresh start for the new year. The round, coin-like shape of the rice cakes, resembles Korea’s old coin currency, yeopjeon, is believed to symbolize prosperity.
Image from Seonkyoung Longest
Another important event that happens on Seollal 설날 (Korean Lunar New Year) is one year is added to each individual’s age. It is said that one cannot become a year older until they have had a bowl of ddeok guk. It’s not uncommon for children to ask for extra servings of the soup in hopes of becoming older more quickly. This custom is so wide-spread, in fact, that many Koreans often use the expression, “How many bowls of ddeok guk have you eaten?” to ask a person’s age.
This is a relatively easy dish to make, made with thin, chewy rice cake, and traditionally made with beef broth and garnished with cooked, julienned egg, meat, and seaweed.
Information from Wikipedia
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**This cooking class is for adoptees and adoptive family members (parents, siblings, partners/spouses of adoptees), ONLY.