National Intangible Cultural Heritage-Rice Boiled with Clam Meat
Our people have long used clam in their dietary life.
According to historic records, people had used sea shells, large clams and pearl shells for making dishes in the period of Koryo Dynasty and at the latter part of the Feudal Joson Dynasty they used various kinds of shellfish to make pickled dish.
From ancient times, people living in the seaside used to eat roasted or boiled shellfish and also make boiled rice with clam meat and edible greens.
Rice boiled with clam meat has been registered as the national intangible cultural heritage as it is a heritage of our culinary culture which has been widely used among our people for a long time.
Rice boiled with clam meat is still one of the local specialties enjoyed by the people.
In particular, rice boiled with clam meat of Wonsan is famous.
Wonsan rice boiled with clam meat is a local specialty born by the warm love of the respected Comrade
Wonsan rice boiled with clam meat is highly nutritive as well as tasty.
Rodong Sinmun