Happy Pepero Day to all!
Pepero Day is celebrated here in South Korea by giving people “Peperos”. They are long skinny cookies sticks dipped in chocolate. Very yummy! If you’re a teacher, you usually end up with tons of them.
The legend is that Pepero Day started in Busan. A bunch of girls started exchanging the snack and wishing each other that they would become as tall and thin as a Pepero. Nice legend. But more likely it was started by the folks at Lotte who make Peperos. It’s a true Korean “Hallmark” holiday.
Pepero Day is always celebrated on November 11th. Why that day? When you write the date at 11/11, it looks like four Peperos standing side by side.
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Comment by Cori on November 17, 2007 at 5:24 am
Funny date… November 11th at 11:11am is the starting time of the Cologne carnival here in Germany. :D
I was near Cologne that day, not for fun but for working. *grin*
Sorry, I have been absent here so long but being a commuter between Cologne and my hometown I didn’t really have a lot of ‘free’ time.
Plus NOT having internet access… whoah, really hard times! :D
But the next weeks I will have enough work in my hometown. Yay!
Now I wish I could have some Peperos, I am chocolate addicted these days. :D
Comment by katiesue on November 17, 2007 at 5:38 am
That’s a nifty thing with the Cologne carnival. I know you’ve been really busy lately. I’m glad to hear that you’ll have lots of work at home these next few weeks.
On a totally unrelated note, I just bought some German salad dressing at Lotte. They slapped a Korean ingredient label on it, but the rest of it is in German. It’s made by Develey, Senf & Feinkost. And it’s Sauerrahm Dressing + Buttermilch. I’m excited. I bought stuff to make a proper salad.
Comment by Cori on November 17, 2007 at 6:07 am
Mhhhh… Sauerrahm [sour cream] Dressing + Buttermilch [buttermilk]! That’ll make a nice salad! :)
Drat, now I’m getting hungry again… *runs over to the fridge* :D