Cycle 15 – Item 337

7 (Sat) December 2024

Gul So Myeon

2.5

by me

at home

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

with the Family

Ideally, I eat oysters (gul) when they’re in peak season during the winter, preferably wild ones (see for example 12.355 Spaghetti with Oysters).

Last weekend, W had brought some home from the supermarket.  I used them to make various soups for lunch, which went undocumented.  The oysters were sweet, absolutely delicious, imparting deep briny flavor to the broths.

This week, I bought farmed ones, out of curiosity.  I used them today to make so myeon.  The oysters were bland, somewhat funky, not very helpful for the broth – no comparison to their wild counterparts.

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