pyeonsu
Sign in to save'''' () is a square-shaped mandu (dumpling) in Korean cuisine. It is a food typically served in summer, served chilled, and dipped in soy sauce and vinegar. The city of Gaeseong is famous for its pyeonsu''.
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- dumpling
- Country of origin
- North Korea
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- Pyeonsu
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- Kaesong
- cuisine
- North Korean cuisine
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'''' () is a square-shaped mandu (dumpling) in Korean cuisine. It is a food typically served in summer, served chilled, and dipped in soy sauce and vinegar. The city of Gaeseong is famous for its pyeonsu.
== Etymology == The origin of the word () is obscure. Some claim that it was derived from (), which appears in the 1527 book Collection of Characters for Training the Unenlightened'' as a borrowing from the Old Mandarin Chinese (, ) that meant "dumplings" at the time. In Korean royal court cuisine during the Joseon era (1392–1897), wheat-skin dumplings boiled in water were called (), with the letters (; meaning any flour dough food) and (; meaning "spoon") which, combined, could refer to dumplings that are eaten with a spoon. It is also said that the name is Sino-Korean (), as the dumplings are served floating on water. Another claim is that the word was derived from (), which means "Byeon's dumplings", because it was first made by a person whose family name was ().
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