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''Yeot'' is a variety of '' hangwa'', or Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. ''Yeot'' is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. It is presumed to have been used before the Goryeo period. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a ''sot'' (솥) for a long time.

''Yeot'' boiled for a shorter time is called '' jocheong'' (조청), liquid ''yeot''. This sticky syrup-like '' jocheong'' is usually used as a condiment for cooking and for coating other '' hangwa'', or as a dipping sauce for '' garae tteok'', white cylindrical '' tteok''.

If boiled for a longer time, the ''yeot'' will solidify when chilled, and is called ''gaeng yeot'' (갱엿). ''Gaeng yeot'' is originally brownish but if stretched (as taffy is prepared), the color lightens. Pan-fried beans, nuts, sesame, sunflower seeds, walnuts, or pumpkin can be added into or covered over the ''yeot'' as it chills. Variations of ''yeot'' are named for their secondary ingredients, as follows.Yeot
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Types

*Ssallyeot (쌀엿) – made from rice
*Hobakyeot (호박엿) – made with pumpkin, local specialty of Ulleungdo
*Hwanggollyeot (황골엿) – made from a mixture of rice, corn, and malt.
*Kkaeyeot (깨엿) – covered with ''kkae'' (깨, sesame)
*Dangnyeot (닭엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and chicken
*Kkwongnyeot (꿩엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pheasant meat
*Dwaejigogiyeot (돼지고기엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and pork
*Haneuraegiyeot (하늘애기엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and '' haneulaegi herb''
*Boriyeot (보리엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with barley
*Maneullyeot (마늘엿) – local specialty of Jeju Island, made with glutinous millet and garlic
*Gochgamyeot (곶감엿) – local specialty of Sangju, made with dried persimmons
*Yakyeot (약엿) – made with sesame, walnut, ginger, jujube. It was used as a tonic for sick people.
*Tongoksusu (통옥수수엿) - made from corn sprouted.

The word ''yeot'' as slang

In modern times, the Korean phrase "eat ''yeot''" (엿 먹어라) has a vulgar meaning, comparable to using the words "fuck you" in English. The phrase originated from the middle-school entry exams scandal of 1964. One of the multiple choice questions asked in the exam: "Which of the following ingredients can be used instead of ''yeot oil'' (엿기름; barley malt) to make ''yeot''?" The correct answer was diastase, but another one of the multiple choices was '' mu'' juice, which many people argued was also a correct answer. The parents of the students whose grades suffered from this result held demonstrations and protests in front of government education bureaus and offices, holding up ''yeot'' made with ''mu'' juice and yelling to the officials to "eat ''yeot''".

The phallic shape of raw ''yeot'' had also led the candy to be used as a euphemism for penis as early as the sixteenth century.EXPLAINING WHY THE KOREAN SOCCER TEAM WAS PELTED WITH TOFFEE CANDY
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Gallery

Image:Yeot.jpg, ''yeot'' coated with '' gomul''
Image:Yeot 2.jpg, candy-like ''yeot''
Image:Korean pumpkin candy-Hobakyeot-01.jpg, Making ''hobakyeot'', pumpkin candies
Image:Korean candy-Saenggang yeot-01.jpg, ''Saenggang yeot'', a ginger candy
Image:Korean candy-Yeot-01A.jpg, Shaping ''yeot''
Image:Korea-Jejudo-Hobakyeot-01.jpg, ''Yeotjangsu'', ''yeot'' seller
File:Korean candy-Ttangkong yeot-01.jpg, ''Ttangkongyeot'', ''yeot'' covered with peanuts

See also

* Hahngwa
* List of syrups
* Rice syrup

References

External links

Brief information about yeot

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Hangwa
Confectionery
Syrup