North Korean Cookbook

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[BillHanna]

The vinegared mustard sauce, with the raw carp, caught my eye.

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

The vinegared mustard sauce, with the raw carp, caught my eye.

Very pharmaceutical.

 

[BillHanna]

The vinegared mustard sauce, with the raw carp, caught my eye.

Just the sauce, btw.

 

[Michi]

North Korean Cookbook

Are rats on the menu?

 

[M1k3]

The vinegared mustard sauce, with the raw carp, caught my eye.

So....extra vinegary mustard?

 

[blokey]

Kind interesting if they compare them to South Korean recipes, see how Korean cuisines evolves with more access to outside food.

Are rats on the menu

i know it’s a joke but kind sad, they probably don’t have much choices

 

[blokey]

The vinegared mustard sauce, with the raw carp, caught my eye.

Raw carp is actually the original raw fish, but it is only consumed in very small areas today, due to people probably dont want worms

 

[9mmbhp]

Just the sauce, btw.

Shrimp Salad with Hot Mustard Dressing (Saewu Naengchae)

Colemans dry mustard works fine. Honeydew, watermelon or cantaloup work well in place of asian pear.

 

[sansho]

i knew i was looking at something different when i saw none of the recipes feature gochujang

all that stuff looks pretty good to me. i wonder what everyday meals look like for the median man, though.

 

[Michi]

all that stuff looks pretty good to me. i wonder what everyday meals look like for the median man, though.

 

[Transmaster]

North Korean cookbooks are fantasy land for most NK people. The staple is Kimchee and rice.

 

[Transmaster]

This YouTube channel of fortunately an expensive plane ticket away.

https://www.youtube.com/@FoodieBoyKR

 

[MarcelNL]

North Korean cookbooks are fantasy land for most NK people. The staple is Kimchee and rice.

that and cooked cookbook paper likely...

 

[Transmaster]

Outsiders who are crazy enough to travel in North Korea note all of the abandoned children, in the countryside. Defectors have reported that during the massive famines that happen periodically in NK, these abandoned children are hunted down and eaten. This is what happened during the 100 years war in Europe. The Hansel and Gretel story was originally about a brother and sister abandoned in the woods and taken to be eaten by a crone living there.

 

[Michi]

This is what happened during the 100 years war in Europe. The Hansel and Gretel story was originally about a brother and sister abandoned in the woods and taken to be eaten by a crone living there.

I am not convinced of the accuracy of this.

For one, the Hundred Years' War started in 1337, but the famine that inspired the Hänsel and Gretel fairy tale was 1315–1317 (or possibly lasted until 1322).

Second, I have been unable to find any reliable sources of cannibalism around that time. There is mention of it on the Wikipedia page, which quotes The Great Famine (1315-1317) and the Black Death (1346-1351) as a source. But that is far from establishing that cannibalism actually took place or, if it did, that children were the victims of it.

Whether stories about cannibalism in North Korea are true is hard to tell. I found this news article, which claims that it is happening. Keep in mind that this is a South Korean publication, which I would hardly count as a non-biased source when it comes to news about North Korea.

Regardless of the accuracy or inaccuracy of these stories, I suspect that the culinary arts in North Korea are severely curtailed for the average person. Popping down the road for a quick taco or bite of pizza is definitely not an option…