Comments on: Mugwort soup

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:05:35 +0000

; ) delicious soup! I kept saying “delicious, delicious, good flavor” while I was eating the soup.

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:04:23 +0000

Thank you for sharing your funny story! It reminds me of the movie The Terminator. : )
Yes, ssuk is very strong… My reader Ina is growing ssuk in her garden. I hope she is ok with her ssuk.

By: tante.francine@gmail.com

tante.francine@gmail.com — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:06:51 +0000

For those of you who wants to plant mugwort, beware! After a lot of digging in the back yard because of renovation of my house, some dormant seeds of mugwort came up and grew. I did not know what they were. They were pretty, looking like chrysanthemum leaves. I let it grow, since I wanted to see the flowers. Wrong move! Pretty soon the whole back yard was full with mugworts, wall to wall. I used all kinds of ways to kill them, even all kinds of herbicides, including Round-up (5x) that a neighbor, who was working at a nursery then, prayed them for me. Then the family moved, the mugworts still in my back yard. Finally I looked in the Internet, and found Lontrel, that unfortunately a non professional cannot buy. The smallest size was a quart bottle. It cost $120.00 at that time. I bought it through my rose club that I belong to. I wore goggles, protective herbicide clothing that covered me from head to toes, mask for my breathing, and armed with a prayer I carefully sprayed the leaves very early in the morning, when it was not windy, careful not to spray the soil, since I did not want to contaminate my soil. It worked. The next year the mugwort did not come up, their roots were black. Mugwort has very long soft roots. If you break them, more plants grow. So beware. They are all over the place, I went to China last year, I saw them there too. I did not know I could have harvested them and eat them!–Missed my chance, but no, thank you, I am NOT growing them again. Sometimes a few come up again, and I immediately pull them, including the roots.

By: Ina

Ina — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:30:21 +0000

Unni,This soup looks so delicious can’t wait to try it.I just picked some mug wort this morning on the side walk down the street from my house.. ;-))

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:02:57 +0000

I use Kitazawa seeds. They are very good quality.
I have had excellent luck with kkaennip seeds.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:32:41 +0000

“in another region, it is proposed to have hallucinogenic properties, leading to some bonneted grandmothers passing out from direct skin contact”

Grrrrr. HTML fail.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:29:54 +0000

Ah! Cheers Maangchi,

Any entertaining stories along these lines? Hahaha.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and traditions with the world. You’re an inspiration.

Till next time.

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:11:57 +0000

Andrew,
Check these out.
http://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/mugwort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_vulgaris

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:23:25 +0000

Oh Maangchi… In New Zealand our seasons are opposite to yours. I’m always sad to wait 6 months to try the seasonal recipes.

Question: How is mungwort used in traditional Korean medicine? What are the traditional health benefits?

Cheers,

Andrew

By: oksipak

oksipak — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:31:37 +0000

I didn’t know either but the Internet is one of my “virtual” best friends so found the seed at Kitazawa Seed Co., it’s labeled “Japanese Mugwort” known as Yomogi, kui ho. Took my chances in growing Asian vegetables this season from seed packs. Wish me luck. :)