Choi Bulam's Table..Lobster Meal Visits Nutritionist Kim Min-ji (Korean Table)
Apr 16, 2025
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KBS1밥상'하는, which will air on the 17th, will cover the Korean food culture.
Cheongseong Elementary School, the only school in Cheongseong-myeon, Okcheon-gun, has 23 whole students. Most of them are students who have migrated from urban to rural areas. It is the villagers who have reached out to prevent the separation due to the decreasing number of students. It provided a house by repairing vacant houses in the village, and helped a lot to make it easier for migrant families to settle down. In addition, she becomes a grandmother teacher at Cheongseong Elementary School and educates various experiences in rural areas, makes memories, and builds bonds. Residents say the vibrant appearance of children running around the village is beautiful. I prepared 'Special Lunch' today because I wanted to feed those children something.
Villagers and parents gathered together with the intention of feeding children home-cooked meals. First, they start to make tofu by lighting the furnace, and they touch it one by one from the process of grinding beans to make soybean water in a cauldron. They are committed to preparing rural meals, soothing their hunger with fresh soft tofu. They boil kimchi stew with bean paste from tofu, and fry Jicheon in the field at this time of the year. On top of that, boiled suyuk, which is popular with both men and women of all ages, completes a lunch menu prepared with a warm taste.
At lunchtime, the children line up and come to today's cafeteria. The warm hearts and love of the villagers are filled with the meals of the children serving. We meet a friendly day in the village where we make and eat food together and have a special day.
There is also a picture of a school lunch that has heated up social media. It's because of the lobster that occupies a place on the plate. It is dietician Kim Min-ji (35 years old) who formed this groundbreaking school meal. She worked as a school nutritionist for middle and high school students, and five years ago, she became the general nutritionist for an in-house restaurant at a large company in Seoul.
Kim Min-ji goes around the market in person to find cheap and high-quality ingredients to provide the best meals. That's how you could make lobster meals. From the amount of food cooked to the amount of food cooked in schools, large corporations are responsible for meals for as many as 2,000 people. Western and Korean chefs are in charge of the menu for each corner in the restaurant, and there are nearly 30 people to cook, but Kim Min-ji also helps when manual work is needed.
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However, when Kim Min-ji and other cooks see office workers enjoying delicious meals, their hard hearts disappear as if they had washed away. You will meet a variety of school meals in the city center that comfort and cheer up office workers' hard work with full of sincerity.
The time at the Masan Dongbu Police Station cafeteria is always busy. One nutritionist and two cooks are responsible for the meals here. It is also called the Three Musketeers of the cafeteria. They provide three breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for busy police officers day and night, and the cafeteria is lit almost 365 days a year on public holidays.
Nutritionist coordinator (54 years old) always includes seasonal ingredients on the lunch menu to take care of both the health and taste of the season. Today's plate will feature cockle bibimbap and ssamchujeon, which are spring delicacies. Mix chubby and chewy cockles and vegetables to make bibimbap, and make ssamchujeon on a wide plate. The three people who cook various menus within a set time are busy, but they are committed to feeding the struggling police officers full.
Today, a special menu has been added. It is the traditional food that Cho Jung-ja learned while studying for the skill set test, 'Oi Emotion'. It is a type of gochujang stew that was eaten in the royal court during the Joseon Dynasty, and it is boiled with beef and sliced cucumbers in a soup that has a deep taste by mixing gochujang and soybean paste together. This menu, which is difficult to see easily, is a different taste that I met because there was a nutritionist studying traditional food. On top of that, if you prepare a pot of braised pork ribs, which police officers like the most, a warm meal of Masan Dongbu Police Station will be completed.
I meet a time that gives happiness and emotion with a meal prepared with the desire to feed someone well.
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