{"id":40,"date":"2008-11-26T22:30:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T02:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=40"},"modified":"2014-08-27T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T15:28:47","slug":"kam-%ea%b0%90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/kam-%ea%b0%90\/","title":{"rendered":"Kam (\uac10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are some of your favorite fruits?\u00a0 Do you like strawberries, apples, oranges?\u00a0 One type of fruit that is highly sought after by the Korean people is kam (<strong>\uac10<\/strong>).\u00a0 Kams (<strong>\uac10<\/strong>) are persimmons.\u00a0 Persimmons are orange in color and have a chalky sweet taste.\u00a0 A persimmon is a fruit with so many uses.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a look at some of thoses uses.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite traditional Korean drink is sujongkwa (<strong>\uc218\uc815\uacfc<\/strong>).\u00a0 Sujongkwa (<strong>\uc218\uc815\uacfc<\/strong>) is made\u00a0out of dried persimmons, cinnamon and ginger.\u00a0 The persimmons give the sujongkwa (<strong>\uc218\uc815\uacfc<\/strong>) a sweet taste, while the cinnamon and ginger give the sujongkwa (<strong>\uc218\uc815\uacfc<\/strong>) a mild spicy taste.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to explain, but it tastes sweet and spicy at the same time.\u00a0 It&#8217;s really delicious when it&#8217;s served cold.\u00a0 I add some pine nuts for taste but it&#8217;s not absolutely necessary.\u00a0 Sujongkwa (<strong>\uc218\uc815\uacfc<\/strong>) is also dark red in color.\u00a0 Somehow that reminds of the autumn season.<\/p>\n<p>In some rural areas of Korea nothing is wasted.\u00a0 Even the leaves of the persimmons are used.\u00a0 The leaves are dried then boiled in some hot water to make kam-ip-cha (<strong>\uac10\uc785\ucc28<\/strong>) or persimmon tea.\u00a0 Sometimes the persimmons are fermented and made into a vinegar mixture called kam-shik-cho (<strong>\uac10\uc2dd\ucd08<\/strong>).\u00a0 Interestingly enough the kam-shik-cho (<strong>\uac10\uc2dd\ucd08<\/strong>) is thought to have some healing and restorative effects on the body.\u00a0 As a result some people prefer to use kam-shik-cho (<strong>\uac10\uc2dd\ucd08<\/strong>) over regular vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>I also like to consume persimmons in solid form.\u00a0 For example there is a popular snack called kot-kam (<strong>\uacf7\uac10<\/strong>).\u00a0 Kot-kam (<strong>\uacf7\uac10<\/strong>) is persimmon that has been dried in the outdoors for two weeks.\u00a0 After it&#8217;s dried it&#8217;s heated even further to let the moisture out.\u00a0 Sometimes sugar is added to perserve the sweetness that has been lost when it evaporates in the heat.<\/p>\n<p>Of course you can always eat a persimmon raw just as it is, but be careful.\u00a0 Eating too many unripe persimmons have been known to contribute to stomach complications that result in surgery.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry though, this only pertains to unripe persimmons.\u00a0 You can eat all the ripe persimmons you want without any repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Other than consumption, you can also use the tree from which persimmons are known to grow from, to make traditional Korean furniture out of them.\u00a0 Really the uses of persimmons are varied and all very useful.\u00a0 No wonder they are the country&#8217;s most sought after fruit!\u00a0 Remember everyone, eat only the ripe persimmons and mashike\u00a0 duseyo (<strong>\ub9db\uc788\uac8c \ub4dc\uc138\uc694<\/strong>) or eat with delight\/pleasure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are some of your favorite fruits?\u00a0 Do you like strawberries, apples, oranges?\u00a0 One type of fruit that is highly sought after by the Korean people is kam (\uac10).\u00a0 Kams (\uac10) are persimmons.\u00a0 Persimmons are orange in color and have a chalky sweet taste.\u00a0 A persimmon is a fruit with so many uses.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" 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