Have you heard of "Good luck fish"?
This morning, a news article interested me by the mention of "Good luck fish." The original name of the fish is pollack. It used to be one of the most common fish caught in the East coast of Korean peninsula until 1980s. Since every one liked this fish, there were many ways to cook it, and therefore it has a lot of derivative dishes created. The salted eggs became a great dish, called Myeongnanjeot(명란젓). Also it can be a long-term presserved egg, called Eoran(어란) after dry and sesame oil treatings. In Korea, The pollack has names according to their condition. When it's caught as a live one, its name is Saengtae(생태), while it's intentionally frozen: called Dongtae(동태). When it's simply dried, its name changed to Bugeo(북어), however she has another name called Hwangtae(황태) after repeating frozen and unfrozen states at the outdoor dry plant. In a dried condition, its name becomes even more complex. In brief, Myeongtae(명태) is the most general name for this fish. What...