[Food] Daegutang (대구탕, Cod Fish Soup)

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[Food] Daegutang (대구탕, Cod Fish Soup)

Cod is one of the most popular kinds of fish in the world with so many recipes. Today I want to introduce you to a classic Korean codfish recipe that Koreans have been eating for hundreds of years. Its Korean name is 'Daegu' which means 'Big Mouth'.

Myeongchun of Hangyeong province is far north of the Korean peninsula and wellknown for pollack, but was originally wellknown for codfish before then. Koreans like to eat codfish as a mild or spicy soup with chopped radish, spring onion, cod intestine, egg etc. The flesh of cod fish is very silky and soft with a chewy taste. Its stock gives a very deep and refreshing flavor. Therefore, people who have a hangover usually eat it for breakfast for relief, and people who love hot, spicy and refreshing soup enjoy it.

A restaurant which specializes in Codfish soup. The wooden sign reads 'Serves Breakfast'

Mild Daegutang with big pieces of cod and radish

Today, there are good daegutang (Codfish soup) restaurants in Seoul, Daegu (same name but different meaning) and Busan. People who love daegutang say meat, intestine and eggs are good but daegu soup is the best part of the dish. As you can see from the above pictures, they give you a bowl full of soup.

Daegutang with rice and side dishes

So if you are a seafood lover or a drinker or someone who enjoys hot soup and are in, or plannning to visit, Korea, how about visiting a fine daegutang restaurant? Hot codfish soup will refresh and warm the depths of your heart :)

Bon Appétit!

[IPYG] IPYG-HWPL Peace Event Hosted at Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Turkey

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[IPYG] IPYG-HWPL Peace Event Hosted at Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Turkey

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Participate in Signature In Support Of The DPCW Address

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HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light. Chairman Man Hee Lee) and IPYG (International Peace Youth Group; peace-affiliated group under HWPL) hosted a peace event at Sultan Ahmed Mosque, which is of global cultural and historical importance in Turkey. Citizens in Turkey and members of IPYG and HWPL participated in the event to support the international law DPCW (Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War) for world peace

Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Turkey

Türk Gençler Sultanahmet’te Barış Etkinliği Düzenledi / Findik / Jan 6th 2020 / Turkey

Participants in the event painted the national flag of Turkey and joined in other activities for support of the DPCW and world peace. Citizens and members of the peace group showed their will and desire for world peace.

Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL once said: "The DPCW stands for the will of the people of the world for world peace. Everyone wants to live in a peaceful world. The DPCW's 10 articles and 38 clauses provide the foundation for world peace"

HWPL and Chairman Man Hee Lee have been carrying out their global peace campaign since their founding by travelling the world and urging global citizens to support the DPCW for world peace.

Peace!

Want to be informed and involved? Click Below!

HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : http://www.iwpg.org/en/

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

[HWPL] A Letter from HWPL Chairman Man Hee Lee

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[HWPL] A Letter from HWPL Chairman Man Hee Lee

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Participate in Signature In Support Of The DPCW Address

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Chairman Man Hee Lee of HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light. Chairman Man Hee Lee) and its peace advocates were working for world peace in 2019.

For 2020, Chairman Man Hee Lee wrote a letter to people throughout the world on behalf of HWPL and its peace advocates :) Let's read this letter together.

Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2020

A hopeful, New Year 2020 has come.

With all sincerity, I wish all family of peace a Happy New Year filled with hopes and blessings.

Over the past year, we have accomplished together more than any other year for the realisation of peace  and harmony.

These outcomes would not have been possible without your dedication and hard work for the global community and future generations despite the difficult circumstances.

Once again, I humbly thank everyone for working together.

Doubled efforts

HWPL will do its utmost to make 2020 a year of great leaps toward peace.

The ten articles and 38 clauses of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW), a solution for peace, are awaiting submission to the UN General Assembly, to realise a peaceful world without war through international law, please become a messenger of peace, transcending nationality, ideology, and religion.

Please introduce the DPCW and urge support for it. With its family of peace, HWPL is creating an eternal legacy of peace and cessation of war for generations to come.

The year 2020 will be a year that goes down in history.

Our wishes and efforts for the global community and future generations will become a great light that shines on the whole world.

Forward as a family

The waves of peace will cover the world, and the culture of peace that we have planted will blossom and yield great fruits.

At the news of such peace, all creation and even the nature will rejoice and dance.

HWPL’s peace messengers and I myself will run at the forefront.

I ask for your support and cooperation in the work of peace. With one heart and one mind, let us make 2020 a year of taking a quantum leap toward peace. We are one!

Peace!

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HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : http://www.iwpg.org/en/

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace

[Food] Gopchang & Makchang (곱창 & 막창, Pork & Beef Intestines)

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[Food] Gopchang & Makchang (곱창 & 막창, Pork & Beef Intestines)

Koreans have been eating meat since ancient times - no one knows exactly when, but it's certain that they loved it. Unlike Japan, the Korean peninsula was influenced by China and Mongolia so Koreans knew of a variety of meat recipes. Royal families - the noble and rich - enjoyed the flesh of beef and pork. Meanwhile, poor people who couldn't afford to buy the flesh of beef or pork found other ways of enjoying gourmet like roasting or braising the intestines. Koreans eventually learned not to waste a single part of the cow or pig. They ate almost everything including ears, nose, tail and bones.

Among them, pork and beef intestines were, surprisingly, delicious and its simple roasting/braising recipe has been passed down to Koreans today. Hallelujah!

The efficacy of pork and beef intestines was also recorded in a famous medical book by Dr.Jun Heo during the Chosun dynasty. It was written: "It energized the whole body, and strengthens the stomach and spleen. It protects one's intestines and minimises dizziness."

Pork and beef intestines are very chewy and savory because they are full of fat, iron and vitamins, and are high in protein and low in cholesterol. In Korean, pork intestines are called 'Gopchang(곱창)' and beef intestines are called 'Makchang(막창)'.

Gopchang and makchang are usually roasted/braised with many vegetables  as garlic, spring onions, onion and perilla leaves. It is usually stir-fried on an iron plate in a spicy sauce. So some cities like Busan are famous for gopchang and makchang recipes.

Today, it is no longer a cheap dish like it was. It's very popular to many people because of its taste, but its ingredients are limited and require import of intestines from overseas.

Koreans love to eat stir-fried rice after any meal.

If you are a meat-lover (sausage included), how about tasting gopchang and makchang? You won't regret it :) 'Chewy and savory' doesn't do justice to explaining their full taste :)

Bon Appétit!

[HWPL] Kenya National Commission of UNESCO and HWPL for Peace Education

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[HWPL] Kenya National Commission of UNESCO and HWPL for Peace Education

Watch Official Homepage Broadcast

Visit World Peace Festival Homepage

Participate in Signature In Support Of The DPCW Address

Write Online Peace Letter

HWPL (Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light. Chairman Man Hee Lee)has been carrying out Peace Education to spread the culture of peace through out the world as one of its peace initiatives. Peace Education's peace curriculum teaches students to understand and love others with different culture, religion, race, ideology, nationality etc. Students and young children who learned Peace Education will be people who spread the culture of peace to their family, community and the world. To teach the curriculum at schools and universities, the world needs many people with who can teach it to students :)

On December 11th "1st Peace Educatior Workshop for the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM) in 2019" was hosted in Kenya Education Management Institute by KNATCOM HWPL. It was organized by HWPL who is affiliated with the UN ECOSOC. HWPL official homepage announced that 34 people including principal education officer of the Ministry of Education, deputy director of programme of KNATCOM and educators from UNESCO associated schools. 

The workshop provided the educators to experience and practice Peace Education through presentation, materials and pilot class.

Ms. Dorah Kitala, principal education officer of Ministry of Education said :
"Peace education textbooks and the curricula are innovative. After the demonstration, I could feel that peace education is necessary for Kenya and would work with HWPL in the future."

Let's hope more and more students in Kenya to be another peace advocates by Peace Education curriculum of those peace educators for the world peace :)

Peace!

Want to be informed and involved? Click Below!

HWPL official homepage : www.hwpl.kr

IWPG official homepage : http://www.iwpg.org/en/

IPYG official homepage : www.ipyg.kr

DPCW information : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/initiative/lawForPeace