{"id":89,"date":"2009-04-23T20:12:47","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T00:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=89"},"modified":"2014-08-27T17:40:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T17:40:06","slug":"black-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/black-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 14th is Valentines Day. March 14th is White Day (<strong>\ud654\uc774\ud2b8 \ub370\uc774<\/strong>) and April 14th is Black Day (<strong>\ube14\ub799\ub370\uc774<\/strong>). February is when girls give chocolates and other gifts to boys. March is the month where boys give presents to girls. April is the sad month where singles go out and commiserate how they didn&#8217;t get any gifts. This is for both genders. Basically people who didn&#8217;t get any gifts pig out on jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5 \uba74<\/strong>). Jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5 \uba74<\/strong>) is a black bean paste dish mixed with noodles.\u00a0That&#8217;s why the 14th is called Black Day (<strong>\ube14\ub799\ub370\uc774<\/strong>). Well, it&#8217;s also called Black Day (<strong>\ube14\ub799\ub370\uc774<\/strong>) because it&#8217;s a dark and brooding day for those people who are alone.<\/p>\n<p>Jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>) is a type of comfort food for those who are depressed about not having a significant other or not getting any gifts. Despite the negative nature of this day, it&#8217;s actually a really social day where people go out to get jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>) with others who are in the same boat as them. It may start out a sad day, but it can quickly turn out to be a joyous celebration where people down drinks and sing at karaoke bars.\u00a0Right after drinks,\u00a0it can turn into a heated discussion about how being single is soo much better than being in a relationship. In many ways it&#8217;s a comical day rather than a sorrowful day.<\/p>\n<p>Although the word jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>) is correctly spelled this way, colloquially it&#8217;s pronounced as jjajang myun (<strong>\uc9dc\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>). The coloquial way is the way you&#8217;ll hear the most often, but the correct way is the jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>) way. So if you want to be cool and blend in with the crowd, use jjajang myun (<strong>\uc9dc\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>). If you want to stand out, possibly as an elitist, use jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Before I go let me tell you a little more about jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>). There is the instant kind, where you boil some water and mix in the black paste, but the ones at good restaurants hand make the noodles. Jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>) is really inexpensive. About 3-4 U.S. dollars per bowl, which includes the side dishes. The side dishes include kimchi (<strong>\uae40\uce58<\/strong>) or spicy cabbage and danmuji (<strong>\ub2e8\ubb34\uc9c0<\/strong>) or pickled radish. If you&#8217;re still hungry you can mix some rice with the black bean paste sauce. This is called jajang bap (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\ubc25<\/strong>). If you&#8217;re really hungry you can order a kopbbegi (<strong>\uacf1\ube7c\uae30<\/strong>), which is double the portion of one bowl of jajang myun (<strong>\uc790\uc7a5\uba74<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 14th is Valentines Day. March 14th is White Day (\ud654\uc774\ud2b8 \ub370\uc774) and April 14th is Black Day (\ube14\ub799\ub370\uc774). February is when girls give chocolates and other gifts to boys. March is the month where boys give presents to girls. 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