4/9 Dried Seaweed

Dialog>> Dried laver is salted and lightly roasted.

A: What is that side dish?
B: Oh, it’s called gim. It’s dried laver.
A: How is it cooked?
B: Well, dried laver is salted and lightly roasted.
ex> I had my peanuts salted and lightly roasted.

A: Interesting. I wonder how it tastes.
B: Wrap some rice with it. It tastes really good.


RESPONSE>> Talk about the popular side dish dried seaweed.

Gim (also known as laver) is a type of seaweed which is edible.
* edible: 먹을 수 있는 (=eatable)
ex> I like anything as long as it is edible.
ex> I think everything is edible as long as you don't get sick from it.

It tastes good and is a very popular side dish in Korea.

Gim is rich in dietary minerals, particularly iodine and iron.
* be rich in: ~가 풍부하다
ex> I like foods rich in protein.

Gim is made by collecting laver from the sea and drying it out in sheets.

Once it is dried, people spread sesame oil or perilla oil on the sheet.
* sesame oil: 참기름
* perilla oil: 들기름
ex> Some people prefer perilla oil over sesame oil.

Then they add salt and light roast it.

By being prepared this way, Gim adds a roasted, salty flavor when eating with rice.

You can make gimbab with it, which is very similar to California rolls.
ex> They are very similar to each other.

Gim can also be shredded and added as toppings to soups or other rice dishes.
* shred: 잘게 썰다
ex> I like my receipts to be shredded before I throw them away.


@ I can't get enough of it.  아무리 먹어도 질리지가 않아.


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