“My Mom’s Meals Are The Best Meals I Ever Ate”: Charles Melton Opened Up About His Favorite Korean Foods And How He Learned To Cook Them Himself
Fiyin Olowokandi
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"Food creates a bridge to my mother. I'm always calling her up for recipes, asking her, 'Do I use this? Do I use that?'"
“My Mom’s Meals Are The Best Meals I Ever Ate”: Charles Melton Opened Up About His Favorite Korean Foods And How He Learned To Cook Them Himself
If you asked actor and model Charles Melton what his perfect “food day” would be, he’d tell you that it starts in Kansas with a Korean breakfast from his mother’s kitchen — complete with seaweed soup, rice, kimchi, and eggs — and ends in South Korea with his grandmother’s soup.
Whitewish / Getty Images(FYI: Bulgogi is thin, marinated slices of meat cooked on a barbecue or grill. Most times, it’s made with beef, but you can also make it using other meats, like pork.)
After moving out, Melton admitted that he realized how much he missed his mom’s cooking. So, when he went home for the holidays one year, he asked her to teach him how to cook, telling her, “I just took this for granted. I just ate your food. I need to learn.”
Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images,Since then, Melton learned how to make his favorite Korean foods, including doenjang-jjigae, tteokbokki, and Korean barbecue.
Nungning20 / Getty Images/iStockphotoFor the uninitiated: Doenjang-jjigae is a super popular Korean dish. It’s pretty much a soybean paste stew and usually includes other vegetables, seafood, and meat.
Tteokbokki, on the other hand, is a stir-fried rice cake made with a spicy chili paste.
Of course, if you’ve ever asked your mother or grandmother or older relative for their recipes, you might have experienced the same issue Melton did: His mom doesn’t use measuring cups, so there aren’t exact measurements and recipes for him to follow.
“She taught me a bunch of tricks,” Melton said instead, enabling him to understand how to adjust flavors accordingly. “She would ask me, ‘What does this need? Is this too spicy? Too salty?'” Thanks to his mom, he can make “great bulgogi” and a “decent version” of kimchi.
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What’s more, Melton makes it a point to introduce his friends to Korean foods — even the skeptics. If he brings kimchi to a potluck, he’ll tell everyone how much he loves the dish, adding that “it’s good for your body” and that “if you want a long lifespan, you have to eat kimchi.”
At the end of the day, no matter your culture, it’s safe to say that food helps you feel connected to it. And, let’s be real, nobody’s cooking will ever be as good as your family’s. So, what are your favorite foods, and why? Does eating them make you feel at home? Share in the comments below!
You can read more from Melton’s interview with Yahoo Life here.
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