토스트 마스터즈 프로젝트 (8): Get Comfortable with Visual Aids
보스턴돌체씨2014. 12. 15. 00:32
프로젝트 8. Get Comfortable with Visual Aids
11월 25일. 생일을 앞두고 미역국에 대해 발표하기로 했다. 항상 파워포인트를 사용하기 때문에, 미역 봉지를 들고 가서 보여주면서 발표했다.
프로젝트 8 목표
메세지와 청중에 맞는 시각 자료를 선택하자
시각 자료를 쉽고 편안하고 올바르게 사용하자
처음과는 다르게 점점 날림으로 준비하고 있다는 것이 가장 큰 반성 포인트. 내 스피치를 들어야 하는 다른 멤버들을 위해 좀 더 신경써서 준비할 필요가 있겠다. 무엇이든 초심을 유지하는 것이 가장 어려운 일이다.
Tomorrow is my birthday. What comes to mind when you think about birthdays? For most of us, birthday cakes and blowing candles are very popular images. But in Korea, there is one more thing that all Koreans can associate with birthdays – seaweed soup.
Yes, you heard me right. Seaweed soup. In Korean, it is called ‘미역국’. 미역 means seaweed and 국 means soup.
Today’s talk is mainly divided into two parts – what is 미역국, and why Koreans have this soup on their birthdays.
So, let’s dive in. What is 미역국? 미역 is also called sea mustard in English, wakame in qun dai cai in Chinese. More than 95% of worldwide production of this seaweed is consumed in Korea, Japan and China.
Here are some images of 미역국. As you can see, there are several different versions. 미역국 is basically boiled seaweed soup. It is usually made by soaking dried 미역 in water until it softens and adding seaweed into soup broth. The broth can be made from beef, chicken, or seafood such as clams, mussels, and dried fish.
Then it is seasoned with soy sauce or salt, and additional flavoring is added with minced garlic and sesame oil.
More than other Korean dishes, this soup has a special meaning to Koreans. In Korean culture, 미역 is traditionally associated with birth. This soup was given to new moms in Korea for weeks after giving birth since it was believed to contain necessary nutrients especially for them. Actually 미역 has high content of calcium and iodine.
미역국 is a reminder of mother’s gift – life and a reminder of the first food that mother ate and passed on to the newborn through her milk, thus brining good fortune for the rest of the year.
One last thing to remember- 미역국 on your birthday should be made by somebody else but you. It is considered ‘sad’ or ‘lonely’ if you are making your own soup on your birthday.
Seaweed soup might sound too foreign to you. But whenever you feel little adventurous, I recommend you to try 미역국.
