Yeot

Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Template other Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists (Korean: Template:Category handler) is a variety of hangwa, or Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. It is presumed to have been used before the Goryeo period. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a sot for a long time.

boiled for a shorter time is called , liquid . This sticky syrup-like is usually used as a condiment for cooking and for coating other , or as a dipping sauce for .

If boiled for a longer time, the will solidify when chilled, and is called (Template:Category handler). is originally brownish but if stretched (as taffy is prepared), the color lightens. Pan-fried beans, nuts, sesame, sunflower seeds, walnuts, or pumpkin can be added into or covered over the as it chills. Variations of are named for their secondary ingredients, as follows.

Types

• (Template:Category handler) – made from rice
• (Template:Category handler) – made with pumpkin, local specialty of Ulleungdo
• (Template:Category handler) – made from a mixture of rice, corn, and malt
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• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and chicken
• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pheasant meat
• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pork
• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and haneulaegi herb
• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with barley
• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and garlic
• (Template:Category handler) – local specialty of Sangju, made with dried persimmons
• (Template:Category handler) – made with sesame, walnut, ginger, jujube. It was traditionally used as a tonic for sick people.
• (Template:Category handler) – made from corn.

The word yeot as slang

The Korean phrase "eat " (Template:Category handler) has adopted a vulgar meaning in recent years. The phrase is comparable to the English term "fuck you". According to one account, the phrase originated from a middle-school entry exams scandal of 1964. One of the multiple choice questions asked in the exam: "Which of the following ingredients can be used instead of yeot oil (Template:Category handler; barley malt) to make ?" The correct answer was diastase, but another one of the multiple choices was Korean radish juice, which many people argued was also a correct answer. The parents of the students whose grades suffered from this result held demonstrations and protests in front of government education bureaus and offices, holding up made with radish juice and yelling to the officials to "eat ".

The phallic shape of raw had also led the candy to be used as a euphemism for penis as early as the sixteenth century.

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See also

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• List of Korean desserts
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External links

• Brief information about yeot Template:Webarchive
• Article regarding Ulleungdo hobak yeot