Maesaengi is the first 'Seafood of the Month' set by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in 2021 along with defense. As such, Maesaengi is a food ingredient that should not be missed in season from this time to February due to its excellent flavor and health effects. Above all, if you drink more than usual at the end of the year or the beginning of the year, eat enough for health care because seaweed intake is effective in detoxifying and releasing toxins.

Maesaengitguk that I gave to my ugly son-in-law

Seaweed is a warm-tempered food, so it is healthy just by eating it freely in the winter season. However, until more than 20 years ago, seaweed was considered a troublesome foreign substance that came up between seaweed farming, and it also harmed seaweed farming. Therefore, even in the southern coastal region, which is the main production area of Maesaengi, there was only a joke that "I will give Maesaengitguk to my ugly son-in-law," and there was no mention of the taste and efficacy of Maesaengi.

Also, in the past, through Jeong Yak-jeon's "Jasan Eobo," "It is thinner than silk thread, denser than iron hair, and is several feet long. The color is dark blue, and when the soup is boiled, it is light and soft, so it does not unravel when tangled with each other. There is a record that it tastes very sweet and fragrant, but it was not treated as special. However, when fishermen accidentally cooked the soup with seaweed, it was much softer and sweeter than green onions and seaweed, so they opened their eyes to the taste and succeeded in farming. Since then, it has been proven to be effective as a healthy food, and now it has become a special dish enjoyed by seaweed fulvescens with a variety of dishes, from egg rolls to seaweed fulvescens soup, kalguksu, and jeon.

bean sprout soup 3x, the best hangover cure

Maesaengi is well known for its space food designated by NASA, with its five major nutrients evenly distributed. However, one of the excellent effects of this seaweed is that it is a natural hangover cure. Maesaengi is the best ingredient for moisture supply among all algae, including seaweed, seaweed, and kelp, as about 95% of them are made up of moisture. In addition, it is rich in  natural dietary fiber, alginic acid, liver-recovering ingredients, and asparagine acid, which quickly releases toxins from the body and effectively fills moisture.

Therefore, it is more than three times better than bean sprouts, the main ingredient of bean sprout soup, which is the epitome of hangover relief, and it is very helpful for health care caused by drinking at the end of the year and the beginning of the year by protecting alcoholic liver damage and improving immune activity. In addition, it is a representative high-protein low-fat food with much higher protein content and less fat than other algae of the same weight, so there is no worry about gaining weight. In addition, calcium and iron, which are high in seaweed, are excellent in protecting bone health in the elderly and relieving anemia in women.

is the best when you boil it raw

Maesaengi is a pollution-sensitive ingredient that grows slowly even if the seawater is a little murky, and it soon dies when hydrochloric acid touches it. Therefore, it grows only in clean areas on the southern coast such as Wando and Busan, which are major mountain areas in Korea. To maximize the soft texture and fragrant taste of seaweed fulvescens, it is recommended to collect them directly from the production area and boil them in soup without drying them, but they have been usually consumed in the production area because they are not easy to store and transport.

However, with the recent development of technologies such as frozen storage and freeze-drying, seaweed can be consumed in various regions as the taste of the relatively mountainous area. Even if you cook it using freeze-dried seaweed in the form of a cube, it will give it a good enough taste. If you have a chance to buy seaweed fulvescens as living things, it is first to choose a glossy and dark green color. It is also important to keep the seaweed, which is about one-tenth of the hair, intact. You can dissolve it in the water you received on the plate, rinse it, and pick it up little by little. After that, if you take an appropriate amount and store it in a container and melt it at room temperature if necessary, you can enjoy the taste of seaweed in season for a long time.