It is a ‘Hangawi’ full of joy and love, where the whole family is surrounded by laughter and laughter never ceases. The Chuseok holiday should be filled with only happy things, but unwelcome things often follow. It’s a mixture of ‘nagging’ and ‘calorie worries’ from distant relatives.
It’s hard to put your chopsticks away on a holiday full of delicious food. Few people will be able to maintain their composure in front of a table full of seafood and seafood overflowing with family love and devotion. Eating happily is also the only way to repay those who prepared and served precious food.
If you can’t give up eating deliciously, enjoy eating it, but it’s best to focus on nutrient-rich foods rather than sweet and oily snacks. When family gathers on holidays, meat is the most eaten. As of 2019, Korean meat consumption reached 54.6 kg per person, so Koreans are also meat-loving people.
Meat is rich in protein and gives a feeling of fullness, so reducing carbohydrates when eating meat is not necessarily bad for diet or health. And when eating meat, vegetables should be served together as much as possible to ensure a balanced intake of nutrients. In particular, when you eat meat, wrap it in ssam, which is nutritious and can reduce meat intake.
◇ What kind of vegetables are good to go with meat?
When it comes to vegetables, lettuce and sesame leaves come to mind first, but there are various types of vegetables. Of course, common vegetables such as lettuce and perilla leaves are good, but ‘red beetroot’ boasts a particularly good compatibility with meat. The reason why it is good to eat red beetroot with meat is that it plays a role in suppressing the accumulation of fat in the body to some extent.
‘Red beetle’ with red stems and leaf veins is rich in ▲’vitamin A’ and ▲’beta-carotene’ that are good for the eyes, and ▲’calcium’ that helps with bone and teeth health. Red beetroot also has the effect of promoting diuresis, excreting waste products and preventing constipation.
Chicory, also known as ‘shamrock’, goes well with pork. If you add chicory when eating pork, the effect of ‘potassium’ and ‘calcium’ intake of the meat is doubled. The bitter taste of chicory is due to the ▲ ‘antibin’ ingredient, which promotes digestion, lowers cholesterol, prevents aging, and has anti-cancer effects. Chicory has a high water content and is rich in dietary fiber and various vitamins, so it has a positive effect on health.
‘Angi’, which has an attractive bitter medicinal scent, is also suitable. ▲ ‘Deckercin’ in Angelica removes free radicals in the body and is effective for blood circulation, and it also helps with diet by inhibiting the growth of fat cells. Angelica is known to be particularly nutritious with chicken.
