[Sweet] Yakkwa : Korean honey cookies

This Saturday is Lunar new year.

This is one of most biggist holiday in Korea.

We have a rite to remember ancestors.

One of food used for the ritual is Yakkwa.
After finish the ritual, we eat food together.
Cookies and other sweets are for children.
We used to compete to get Yakkwa since it is rare to have except when we have the ritual.
It is so sweet!!

[Recipe] Dalgona : Korean sugar candy

I shared Dalgona - Korean sugar candy - is really delicious and easy to make.

 (http://fransisnanthony.blogspot.jp/2017/01/sweet-dalgona-korean-sugar-candy.html)

 

Let me share my recipe of Dalgona.

It is very simple if you have sugar and baking soda.

(Caution : It is better to use a cheaper ladle to avoid your expensive ladle browned.)

 

 

 

 

Ingridients : Sugar 2 table spoon, Baking soda 1/20 tea spoon

 

Caution : Too much baking soda makes Dalgona too risen. Just put a little bit.

 



 

 

Directions

1. Place 2 table spoons of Sugar in ladle and heat it over dedium heat until it turns to a complete solution. Stir it with a stick so that it deosn`t burn.
 

 
2. Put 1/10 tea spoon of baking soda and stir with a stick until it is evenly changed to creamy brown color.

3. Pour the solution into a flat plate.

 

4. Take off before it become completely hard. Otherwise it will be hard to take it off.

[Lean] The impressive oriental medical center in my hometown

I would like to introduce what the doctor does in one of oriental medical centers in my hometown.
I said about his solution to relieve my backache before.
(http://fransisnanthony.blogspot.jp/2017/01/health-quick-way-to-relieve-your.html)
 
As a lean six sigma expert, I coach projects and facilitate "Lean classes" of my company.
To help my colleagues really understand and use Lean not only in their work but also in their whole life, I try to give easy-to-understand examples from everywhere.
This oriental medical center example is the one of my favorite which apply lean practically.

Look at the table below which compares practice between the doctor in my town and others.

Patients` experience with…
Others` practice			His practice
Action	NVA	VA	Action	NVA	VA
Wait for his/her turn to see a doctor.	20mins		Wait for his/her turn to see a doctor.	15mins
Move to doctor`s room	1min		Move to the treatment room	1min
See a doctor to diagnosis his/her symptom.		5mins	Diagnosis his/her symptom and get a massage.		20mins
Move to waiting room.			Get acupuncture.		2mins
Wait for his/her turn to get acupuncture.	20mins		Get Infrared lamp therapy.		20mins
Move to the treatment room.	1min
Get acupuncture.		2mins
Get Infrared lamp therapy.		20mins
Time consumed	42mins	27mins		16mins	42mins
	69mins			58mins

 

 "Diagnosis-Treatment(Acupuncture-Infrared Lamp Care)" is the normal process in a oriental medical clinic.
Patients experience Non-Value-Added time less and Value-Added time more in his clinic.
Even they get a massage which they never get any other clinics.
Total time they spend in the clinic is less than the time in others.

The basic principle of Lean is to meet customers` needs with tranferring time from Non-Value-Added to Value-Added.

He is one of the best Lean doer.

[Korea] Things you must buy in Jeju Island

My friend returned from Jeju Island yesterday and gave my babies a box of dried mandrin.
My first baby and my nephew enjoyed having that finally kept asking for.
I promised them to give them today and have completely forgotten.
I did not unserstand why my son was looking for mandarin fruit this morning.
I explained we ate all few days ago but he did not give up.
Finannaly, what he seeking for if the pack og dried mandarin.
This little boy went to bed for dried mandarin yesterday. ^^
 

 
I am going to introduce things you must buy for your friends when you travel Jeju Island.
There are many besides what I am going to introduce but following are things I usually bring for my friends and family.

※ The wisest way to buy present for your friends is getting from "Dongmun Marketplace" from my experience.
 
1. Products made of mandarine
 
The weather of Jeju Island is suitable for raising Mandarine.
We were used to buy boxs of mandarine fruit when returning from Jeju Island.
The thing is mandarine goes bad easily so you have to have as soon as possible once you receive this as presents. 
You can not take this overseas.
To overcome this, people in Jeju Island are developing products made of Mandarine.
Now you can select from a variety of products made of mandarine for your friends - Dried Mandarine, Mandarine Chocolate, Vitamine C, Tarts etc.
 

 
2. Jeju pork jelly
 
Jeju pork is vary famous for it`s quality.
You must have this when you visit Jeju Island - We call this "HeukDoegy OGyeopSal".
I always put the schedule to have this when I go to Jeju Island.
(I will let you know my favorite restaurant for Jeju pork later.)
You can take this as jelly to your friends.
 
3. Jeju Honey bread

This is the one I most like in Jeju Island.
The bread is covered with honey and has adzuki bean paste in it.
There are many manufacturers who make Jeju Honey Bread and the taste varies.
Therefore you have to taste this and decide which you like the most.
I don`t remember my favorite manufacturer for this.
I will let you know once I get this.

[Recipe] Konjac Fruit Jelly

I shared Konnakubatake - Japanase Konjac Fruit Jelly - is really good before.

(http://fransisnanthony.blogspot.jp/2017/01/sweet-konnakubatake-konnaku-fruit-jelly.html)

 

Let me share my recipe of Konjac Fruit Jelly.

It is very easy to make.

You don`t need spend much time for this

and your kids will love this!

 

 

Ingridients : Konjac power 10g, Grape juice 600ml

 



Directions

1. Place 10g of Konjac powder and 600ml of Grape juice in a pot and mix them.
     (Add sugar or oligosaccharide if you want to)
2. Heat it over medium heat until it begins to boil.
    Stir the juice so that it does not burn.
3. Turn heat to light and boil for 1~2 minutes.
4. Pour the solution into a glass.
5. Wait until the solution becomes hard.
    (It normally takes an hour.)

Reference

I followed the instruction of the konjac jelly powder.
The amount of ingredients would depend on which brand you buy.

 

[Sweet] Konnakubatake : Konjac Fruit Jelly in Japan

I like texture as well as flavor of Konnakubatake.

Only 25kcal per one pack of jelly will help your diet.

Konjac is good for your health. - lose Weight, relieve constipation, antioxidation etc
Caution : You have to make jelly very small pieces to serve your children. Otherwise, they can chock to death.

We bought more than 50 packages of Konnakubatake for ourselves and friends when we were returning from Japan.

I decided to make Konjac fruit jelly by mysrlf since it is hard to get this in Korea.

My family like my Konjac fruit jelly.

Especially with Korean grape juice, you could not stop to eat this!!!

I will share my recipe later.