day 20in the kitchen

in the kitchen

Talk about recipes, cooking methods and tastes, and say someone does nothing but one thing with -기만 하다.

today’s words

• 조리법 joribeop · recipe, way of cooking
• 주재료 jujaeryo · main ingredient
• 첨가 cheomga · adding; additive
• 절이다 jeorida · salt, pickle (in salt or vinegar)
• 졸이다 jorida · boil down, reduce (a sauce)
• 찜 jjim · steamed or braised dish (갈비찜)
• 김장 gimjang · kimjang, making the winter kimchi
• 장 jang · soy sauce or paste (장을 담그다)
• 발효 balhyo · fermentation
• 보글보글 bogeulbogeul · bubbling (a stew on the boil)
• 푹푹 pukpuk · (cook) thoroughly, well; deeply
• 기름기 gireumgi · grease, fat (in food)
• 기름지다 gireumjida · rich, fatty, greasy (food)
• 매콤하다 maekomhada · pleasantly spicy, a bit hot
• 새콤하다 saekomhada · tangy, pleasantly sour
• 짭짤하다 jjapjjalhada · nicely salty, savoury
• 떫다 tteolda · astringent, dry (unripe persimmon)
• 질기다 jilgida · tough, chewy
• 자극적 jageukjeok · strong, spicy; provocative
• 먹음직스럽다 meogeumjikseureopda · tasty-looking, appetising
• 푸짐하다 pujimhada · generous, plentiful (a meal)
• 상차림 sangcharim · laying the table; the food on it
• 장만 jangman · getting, preparing (food, a home)
• 제과 jegwa · confectionery, baking

sentences

• 톰은 아까부터 먹기만 하고 요리는 안 해요. · Tom has done nothing but eat all this time; he isn’t cooking.
• 갈비찜은 약한 불에서 장시간 졸여야 맛있다. · Braised short ribs need to simmer on a low heat for a long time to taste good.
• 배추는 소금에 여덟 시간쯤 절여 두세요. · Leave the cabbage in salt for about eight hours.
• 된장 같은 발효 식품은 몸에 좋대요. · Fermented foods like doenjang are said to be good for you.
• 이 음식은 기름진 데다가 너무 짭짤해요. · This dish is greasy, and too salty on top of that.