Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- A folk dish competition among members of the Democratic Women's Union from across the country was held on SSuk Islet in the Taedong River flowing through Pyongyang on March 3. It was sponsored by its central committee. Entries for the competition were mainly a variety of traditional favorite food prepared by Koreans for their feasts on the 15th of lunar January from their ancestors.
They included scores of traditional Korean dishes including Kuksu (Korean noodle), a dish prepared with five grains, nutritious boiled rice, dishes made with various sorts of edible herbs, rice-jelly, and fruit punch made of honey. These dishes drew interest of the visitors for their peculiar taste and special flavour.
Specially appreciated at the competition were Pyongyang cold noodle, boiled aralia shoots prepared with been paste in agalmatolite pot, leopard plant dish, dishes prepared with five wild vegetables from Mt. Chilbo, etc. presented by members of the Pyongyang, North Phyongan, Kangwon, North Hamgyong provincial committees of the union on the occasion of the above-said festival.
Also popular were a variety of dishes presented by women from South Hwanghae Province and Kaesong City.
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