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Tteok (떡): Korea’s Rice Cakes of Celebration, Memory, and Everyday Comfort(2)

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Baekseolgi: White Steamed Rice Cake Baekseolgi is one of the most symbolic types of tteok. It is a white steamed rice cake, usually made from rice flour. Its texture is soft, light, and slightly crumbly. It is not very sweet compared with many Western desserts. Its flavor is gentle, clean, and rice-centered. The color white […]

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Tteok (떡): Korea’s Rice Cakes of Celebration, Memory, and Everyday Comfort

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Tteok is one of Korea’s oldest and most meaningful foods. At first, it may look simple: a rice cake made from steamed, pounded, or shaped rice. But in Korean life, tteok is much more than a snack. It is celebration food, ritual food, gift food, holiday food, street food, comfort food, and memory food. Tteok

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