Seeking Korean Soviet Cooking (Best of Proof Travel Edition)

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of Best of Proof: Travel Edition, we explore the history of Koryo Saram cuisine (Korean Soviet cuisine) and learn about the importance of morkovcha--a carrot dish--to one Koryo Saram family.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Jack Bishop.
0:05.4	This week on Best of Proof, Travel Edition, we're revisiting an episode from 2023 that traverses a lot of places, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Canada, New York, and Colorado.
0:20.1	The story shines a spotlight on the Soviet Korean dish, Morcovcha, a spicy carrot salad
0:26.9	born from the Koryosaram people, Koreans who migrated to Central Asia during the late
0:32.8	19th century and early 20th century.
0:35.9	This may be one of my favorite episodes of Proof ever, and you will see why, as you follow
0:41.5	the story of Yulia Kim and her family's homage to Correol Saram cooking.
0:47.6	Here's the episode.
0:48.8	It was hosted by Kevin Pang.
1:04.0	The love that I was searching for. It's right between. Kevin Pang. Man, I love between your eyes by the bluegrass fan, hot buttered rub.
1:09.6	What a great name.
1:10.7	And if you're a fan of
1:11.4	our public television show Cook's Country, you'll recognize that as our theme song for many years.
1:17.3	So much of what we do at America's Test Kitchen is about this notion of home. Home cooks,
1:22.7	home cooking, gathering around the home dinner table. Home is familiar and comforting.
1:28.5	In baseball, if you successfully slide home, you're deemed safe.
1:32.7	So we tackle this idea of home on the show quite a bit,
1:35.6	but this week's show is a little different.
1:40.4	Today on Proof from America's Test Kitchen,
1:43.3	what's the food of your home country when your home country doesn't exist?
1:55.8	I'm Kevin Pang. Thanks for listening. Stick around.
2:08.7	Hey, proof listeners.
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