Bungeoppang
| Bungeoppang | |
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 Bungeoppang being sold in Toronto. |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 붕어빵 or 잉어빵 (NK: 링어빵)[1] |
| Revised Romanization | bungeoppang / ingeoppang (NK: ringeoppang) |
| McCune–Reischauer | pungŏ ppang / ingŏ ppang (NK: ringŏ ppang) |
Bungeoppang (lit. “crucian carp cake/bread”) is the Korean name of a pastry
Bungeoppangs are made using an appliance similar to a waffle iron. The batter is poured into a fish-shaped mold, red bean paste is added, then more batter to encase the red bean paste. The mold is then closed, and roasted.
In Korean, "bungeo(붕어)" means Carassius, a kind of fish, and "ppang(빵)" means bread.
Bungeoppang is sold as a snack by open-air food vendors throughout Korea during winter. In 2009, one U.S. dollar could purchase four or five bungeoppangs, depending on the location.
There are also bungeoppang-shaped waffles filled with ice cream and pat (sweetened and boiled red beans or azuki beans). These waffles are usually mass produced and sold by retailers, not by open-air food vendors.
Similar variations also exist:
- Gukhwappang (국화빵, “chrysanthemum cake”) is essentially identical to bungeoppang, only it is a flower-shaped pastry.
- gyeranppang (계란빵, lit. “chicken egg cake”) is filled with egg and it has a shape of rounded rectangle.
[edit] References
- ^ Martin, Samuel E. (1992). A Reference Grammar of Korean (1st Edition ed.). Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Publishing. p. 95. ISBN 0-8048-1887-8. "līnge"
