New Food

I thought I would share another post about our adventures in the Korean church.  We are experiencing a whole variety of new foods and one of my favorites is something called 

Kimbap (김밥)

It is kind of like a California Roll.  Bap means rice and Kim means dried Nori seaweed.  They 

are something we have recently enjoyed during our Saturday language class lunchtime.

I snapped a photo...

These are great for practicing my chopstick skills... they are easy to pick up and pop in your mouth.  They are delicious and I will try to make them at home soon.

Do you have a new food you have tried lately that you would like to share with us?

The Cool Stuff I Get to Learn

Dan has been the English preacher at a local Korean church since May.  It was totally a perfect time to start this new ministry for him and for our family.  We are being loved well at this church and I even have a special name.  They call the pastor's wife "Samonim"... which is the honored wife of a teacher who is a motherly figure.  This has taken some getting used to because the other church we attend does not even acknowledge that I am a pastor's wife at all.  This is a very different experience for us and I am really learning a lot.  I will share some thoughts on all of that at some point.  Right now I am still processing.

We were informed last weekend that a big Korean holiday was coming this weekend.  It is the biggest holiday in South Korea and it is called Chuseok.

It is the Korean Thanksgiving.  

Since I am learning I thought I would share some things I have found.

The whole country takes 3 days off to celebrate!

Count me in!!!

Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving is also known as "Han-gawi" or "Mid-Autumn Festival"

It is one of the most important holidays in Korea and celebrates harvest time.  

This year it falls on September 7th-9th.  

Here is a link to more info

For food links for this holiday you can check out...

A recipe for a traditional "rice cake" or "Songpyeon"

A small collection of easy recipes for the holiday

A great Korean Cuisine blog with another Songpyeon recipe

Another cool blog with videos... 

this one shows the traditional dress and how to make the rice cakes in video form