Yaksik, the Glossary
Yaksik or yakbap (literally "medicinal food" or "medicinal rice") is a sweet Korean dish made by steaming glutinous rice, and mixing with chestnuts, jujubes, and pine nuts.[1]
Table of Contents
29 relations: Beijing, Biko (food), Brown sugar, Chestnut, Cinnamomum cassia, Daeboreum, Dongguksesigi, Donggukyeojiseungram, Doosan Encyclopedia, Gangneung, Glutinous rice, Goryeo, Honey, Insomnia, Joseon, Jujube, Korea, Korean cuisine, Lunar calendar, Namul, Pine nut, Samguk yusa, Sesame oil, Shwe htamin, Silla, Sixtieth birthday in the Sinosphere, Soji of Silla, Songpyeon, Soy sauce.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Biko (food)
Biko is a sweet rice cake from the Philippines. Yaksik and Biko (food) are Glutinous rice dishes.
Brown sugar
Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses.
Chestnut
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Castanea, in the beech family Fagaceae.
Cinnamomum cassia
Cinnamomum cassia, called Chinese cassia or Chinese cinnamon, is an evergreen tree originating in southern China and widely cultivated there and elsewhere in South and Southeast Asia.
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Daeboreum
Daeboreum is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar which is mostly based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar.
Dongguksesigi
() is a Korean language book from the Joseon period that explains seasonal customs in Korea.
Donggukyeojiseungram
ShinjeungDonggukyeojiseungram is a Korean geography book that was published by the Joseon dynasty in 1530.
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Doosan Encyclopedia
Doosan Encyclopedia is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (두산동아).
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Gangneung
Gangneung is a municipal city in Gangwon province, on the east coast of South Korea.
Glutinous rice
Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, and the northeastern regions of South Asia, which has opaque grains, very low amylose content, and is especially sticky when cooked. Yaksik and Glutinous rice are Korean cuisine.
Goryeo
Goryeo (Hanja: 高麗) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392.
Honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.
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Insomnia
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping.
Joseon
Joseon, officially Great Joseon State, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years.
Jujube
Jujube (UK; US or), sometimes jujuba, known by the scientific name Ziziphus jujuba and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is a species in the genus Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.
Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
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Korean cuisine
Korean cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change.
Lunar calendar
A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months, lunations), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the solar year.
Namul
Namul (나물) refers to either a variety of edible grass or leaves or seasoned herbal dishes made of them. Yaksik and Namul are Korean cuisine.
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Pine nut
Pine nuts, also called piñón, pinoli, or pignoli, are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus).
Samguk yusa
Samguk yusa or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms is a collection of legends, folktales and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during and after the Three Kingdoms period.
Sesame oil
Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds.
Shwe htamin
Shwe htamin (ရွှေထမင်း) is a traditional Burmese dessert or mont.
Silla
Silla (Old Korean: 徐羅伐, Yale: Syerapel, RR: Seorabeol; IPA), was a Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BCE – 935 CE and located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.
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Sixtieth birthday in the Sinosphere
In the Sinosphere, one's sixtieth birthday has traditionally held special significance.
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Soji of Silla
Soji of Silla was Ruler of Silla (died 500, r. 479–500).
Songpyeon
Songpyeon is a traditional Korean food made of rice powder. Yaksik and Songpyeon are Glutinous rice dishes.
Soy sauce
Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaksik
Also known as Yakbap, Yakshik, .