Yeot facts for kids

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Yeot

solid yeot and liquid mullyeot
Type	Hangwa
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Korea
Main ingredients	bap (cooked rice), yeotgireum (powdered barley malt)

Yeot is a variety of hangwa, or Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. Yeot is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. It is presumed to have been used before the Goryeo period. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a sot (솥) for a long time.

Yeot boiled for a shorter time is called jocheong (조청), liquid yeot. This sticky syrup-like jocheong is usually used as a condiment for cooking and for coating other hangwa, or as a dipping sauce for garae tteok, white cylindrical tteok.

If boiled for a longer time, the yeot will solidify when chilled, and is called gaeng yeot (갱엿). Gaeng yeot is originally brownish but if stretched (as taffy is prepared), the color lightens. Pan-fried beans, nuts, sesame, sunflower seeds, walnuts, or pumpkin can be added into or covered over the yeot as it chills. Variations of yeot are named for their secondary ingredients, as follows.

Types

• Ssallyeot (쌀엿) – made from rice
• Hobakyeot (호박엿) – made with pumpkin, local specialty of Ulleungdo
• Hwanggollyeot (황골엿) – made from a mixture of rice, corn, and malt.
• Kkaeyeot (깨엿) – covered with kkae (깨, sesame)
• Dangnyeot (닭엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and chicken
• Kkwongnyeot (꿩엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pheasant meat
• Dwaejigogiyeot (돼지고기엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pork
• Haneuraegiyeot (하늘애기엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and haneulaegi herb
• Boriyeot (보리엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with barley
• Maneullyeot (마늘엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and garlic
• Gochgamyeot (곶감엿) – local specialty of Sangju, made with dried persimmons
• Yakyeot (약엿) – made with sesame, walnut, ginger, jujube. It was used as a tonic for sick people.
• Tongoksusu (통옥수수엿) - made from corn sprouted.

The word yeot as slang

In modern times, the Korean phrase "eat yeot" (엿 먹어라) has a vulgar meaning.

Gallery

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  yeot coated with gomul

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  candy-like yeot

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  Making hobakyeot, pumpkin candies

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  Saenggang yeot, a ginger candy

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  Shaping yeot

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  Yeotjangsu, yeot seller

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  Ttangkongyeot, yeot covered with peanuts

See also

In Spanish: Yeot para niños