■ Rough noodles made by the hands of the slash-and-burn farmers, buckwheat noodles The house of Park Je-seong, who lives with his mother in Baekokpo Village, Yongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, is bustling after a long time. This is because the family gathered to make a dish that they often ate during the winter off-season. Buckwheat noodles, a winter delicacy, require a lot of work, as it takes three men to press the noodle mold together. Both buckwheat noodles with warm chicken broth and buckwheat noodles with cool dongchimi broth were served on the table and captivated the taste buds of the family. The buckwheat leftovers from grinding on a millstone were not thrown away, but kneaded with vegetables to make a dish called dudeokjeok. Chicken bones were not thrown away either, but were mashed with chicken and eaten, and the dish called dakchigak made this way was a precious food that filled our stomachs during the poor and hungry times. ■ Frozen potatoes, the taste of a mother’s cooking that we miss Mr. Kwak No-bok’s hands are busy climbing the mountain behind the house from early in the morning. It is to pick up potatoes that were planted on the mountain behind the potato farm. You might wonder what you can cook with frozen potatoes stuck to the snow, but there are endless dishes that can be made with frozen potatoes. No Bok, who learned how to cook frozen potatoes from his mother who was good at cooking, says that he still thinks of his late mother when he sees potatoes... As he makes potato songpyeon, frozen potato grilled food, frozen potato rice cake, and potato ongsimi made with starch from rotten potatoes, memories of his mother from his childhood come back vividly. ■ Dried pollack ripens well in the harsh cold Daegwallyeong, which boasts harsh cold, is difficult for people to live in, but it is the best location for dried pollack. In order for pollack to become dried pollack, it has to melt slightly during the day and freeze solid at night, and Daegwallyeong is the perfect place for that condition. In Daegwallyeong Hoenggye-ri, the work of drying pollack begins at 6 a.m. The laborers say that when they work in the bitter cold, icicles often form on their beards, and in severe cases, their eyebrows stick together so much that they can’t open their eyes. To relieve their fatigue and cold a little, they soothe their frozen bodies with warm dried pollack soup. ■ Preserved food that helped them survive the winter Mr. and Mrs. Choi Ok-gil, who are the same age, live at the top of the mountain in Bogwang-ri, Seongsan-myeon, Gangneung. One side of their house is filled with firewood, but the couple also climbs the mountain behind them to get some wood. This is because they have to diligently prepare for winter since they cannot go outside when there is heavy snow. Every winter, Geum-seon makes seogeori radish kimchi, which tastes better as it ages, and it becomes a precious preserved food for the couple to eat throughout the winter. Every corner of the couple’s house is filled with food to get through the winter, such as dried radish greens, dried persimmons, and radishes and potatoes buried in the ground. ■ Pyeongchang Arirang, containing the joys and sorrows of life in a single song Ms. Lee Soon-ja and Ms. Kim Chun-wol, who have been touring concert halls across the country to spread the word about Pyeongchang Arirang, are members of the Pyeongchang Arirang Preservation Society and are close brothers-in-law. Soon-ja and Chun-wol took up the millstone to make corn syrup to satisfy their thirsty palates all winter long. They had to grind soaked corn, add malt syrup powder, and stand in front of the pot for eight hours to stir with a spatula. As such, corn syrup was a snack that took a long time and effort to make, and could only be eaten during the current off-season. While the syrup hardened, Soon-ja and Chun-wol made a mash with old pumpkins, spread soybean paste on the steamed pumpkin, and shared a bite, reminiscing about the old days. Koreans' Table (Thursday 7:40 p.m. KBS1) "Wisdom of the Ninety-Nine Dishes - Daegwallyeong Winter Table" (Aired on January 22, 2015) #Koreans' Table #Daegwallyeong #Buckwheat Noodles ✔ Documentary is KBS KBS Documentary Official Channel 📺 ✔ Subscribe to KBS Documentary ➡️ / @kbsdocumentary The current situation and content may differ slightly depending on the time of video broadcast. Slanderous and malicious comments may be deleted by the operator to protect the cast.