■ The main character of the sea off Ganghwado Island is now the bandeng. Ganghwado Island has a vast tidal flat that is 50 times the size of Yeouido. The first journey of the Naedulgil begins on this tidal flat road. When the wide tidal flat is filled with seawater, fishing boats depart one by one from the port. Bandeng, which is said to be caught for one or two months at this time of the year, is just beginning to come up. Bandeng comes up to the sea off Ganghwado Island from May to June to spawn, and this is when their bodies are fat and delicious. Ms. Bae Jeong-rye and her mother from Seondu-ri, Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun prepare a sumptuous meal with the bandeng they have eaten for many years. Ms. Jeong-rye’s mother has lived a difficult life, preparing meals for her large family of more than ten people for every meal and carrying the bandeng she caught on her head to sell them. The mother’s past years, engraved with hardship and tears, are engraved on the bandeng table. ■ The spicy taste of Ganghwa, turnip On the road named 'Ganghwado-ryeong First Love Road', there is Yongheunggung Palace, the home of King Cheoljong, the 25th king of Joseon. It is said that King Cheoljong, who ascended to the throne after being exiled to Ganghwa, brought food from Ganghwa to the palace to relieve his longing, and the most representative of these was turnip. Turnip mixed with a spicy taste and unique aroma is a kimchi that is always served on the table in Ganghwa. Choi Jin-su, who has been growing turnips in Ganghwa for over 30 years, remembers the taste of turnip mixed with fish since he was young. His wife Hwang Bu-hong puts pickled mackerel in turnip mixed with fish as she learned from her mother-in-law. They pickle mackerel caught at this time last year in salt and ferment it for a year, and mix it into the turnip mixed with fish. When the kimchi is fermented, the mackerel is fermented to the bone and melts in your mouth. What does the turnip mixed with mackerel that even King Cheoljong missed taste like? ■ Three men catching shrimp on Gyodongdo, the island of peace There is a road in Ganghwa that is engraved with the pain of the Korean War. Gyodongdo, Ganghwa, is an island located only 2-3km away from Yeonbaek-gun, Hwanghae-do across the sea. Displaced people who lost their hometowns and their descendants live on this island, which is a civilian control zone. Cha Gwang-sik, who catches shrimp at Namsanpo on Gyodongdo, is also from Yeonbaek. He inherited the boat business from his father and now rides a boat with his sons. The shrimp caught now in the fifth month of the lunar calendar are called ojeot, and they are transparent and pretty and have a sweet taste. Ojeot is caught in small quantities, but it is so delicious that it is expensive to call it that. Ganghwa’s local dish, jeotgukgalbi, is a soup made by boiling pork ribs with shrimp paste, and it is a dish that allows you to fully experience the taste of Ganghwa shrimp paste. Cha Gwang-sik’s family does not only make shrimp paste with shrimp paste. Raw shrimp are marinated and made into raw shrimp salad, and raw shrimp and vegetables are kneaded to make fried shrimp. This is a delicacy that can only be found in houses that catch shrimp. ■ Hometown I miss, the table of displaced people of Gyodong Island There is a road in Gyodong Island where time stands still. Daeryong Market is a place created by people who fled from Yeonbaek, Hwanghae Province, to reminisce about their hometown, Yeonbaek Market. Grandmothers Kim Geum-hwa, Kim Sun-im, and Park Ok-seon all came from Yeonbaek. Now, they are one of the few displaced people left in Gyodong. Whenever they miss their hometown, they talk about their hometown and make kimchi rice that they often ate in Yeonbaek. They also make daegalbeombeok, a food that they used to eat as a snack when they were hungry. It has already been 60 years since they fled to Gyodong Island during the Korean War and settled down right in front of their hometown, thinking that they would be there tomorrow. It is frustrating that they can only look at their hometown, even though it seems close enough to touch, and cannot go there. When will I be able to walk there before I die? Korean Table (Thursdays at 7:40 p.m. KBS1) “Taking out the stories contained in the road - Ganghwa Nadeulgil Table” (Aired on June 23, 2016) #KoreanTable #Shrimp #Bandeng ✔KBS Documentary KBS Official YouTube Channel [KBS Documentary] 🔔Subscribe👍Like➡️ / @kbsdocumentary 📝Inquiries: [email protected] ©️ KBS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ∙The current situation and content may differ slightly depending on the time of broadcast. ∙Defamatory and malicious comments may be deleted by the operator to protect the cast.