Homemade "Dotorimuk"(Acorn Jelly)/橡子凉粉/도토리묵

"Dotorimuk"/Acorn jelly is easy available at the supermarket in Korea. This was my first attempt to make the acorn jelly ^-^ I went to the mountain  for collecting the acorns which was about 5 minutes walk from my house. Squirrels love acorns.
“  Dotorimuk"?Acorn Jelly/橡子凉粉，在韩国的超市都很容易可以买到。 这是我第一次尝试做橡子凉粉 ^-^. 我到离我家约5分钟徒步时间就可抵达的山上去捡橡子。松鼠特别喜爱吃橡子。

Dotorimuk (also spelled tot'orimuk) or acorn jelly is a Korean food which is a jelly made from acorn starch. Although "muk" means "jelly", when used without qualifiers, it usually refers to dotorimuk. The practice of making dotorimuk originated in mountainous areas of ancient Korea, when abundant oaktrees produced enough acorns each autumn to become a viable source of food. Like other muk, dotorimuk is most commonly eaten in the form ofdotorimuk muchim (도토리묵무침), a side dish in which small chunks of dotorimuk are seasoned and mixed with other ingredients such as slivered carrots and scallions, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, red chili pepper powder, and sesame seeds.

Despite being a rich source of starch and proteins, acorns contain large amounts of tannins and other polyphenols, which prevent the human body from digesting them properly. Harvested acorns must be properly leached of the tannins prior to consumption. Acorns are either collected directly from the ground or knocked off the trees branches. The acorns are opened and their innards ground into a fine orange-brown paste. The paste is then stirred into vats of water and the acorns' fiberis separated from the starch through sieving and settling The starch-water mixture is collected and allowed to sit so that the tannins in the starch diffuse into the water, which is changed several times. The overall soaking time depends on the amount of tannins in the paste.

The now tannin-free starch-water suspension should have an off-white colour. This starch is allowed to completely settle at the bottom of the vat, the water drained away and the paste collected in trays to dry. The dried starch cake is then pulverized and packaged for sale. Dotorimuk is also commercially available in powdered form, which must be mixed with water, boiled until pudding-like in consistency, then set in a flat dish. ( source: wikipedia)

橡子（团栗），广义为山毛榉科栎属的樟、橡、栎、槲等果实（而不是种子）的总称，狭义指栎树的果实，富含淀粉。

“团”有“圆”的意义，因此团栗意为“圆的栗子”。

其果实中的子叶富含大量的淀粉，加之果实产量很大，因此是鹿、鼠、松鼠等哺乳类动物以及松鸦等鸟类秋冬季节重要的食品来源

某些新鲜橡子，比如红橡木的果实，由于富含单宁酸，尝起来非常苦涩，无法直接食用。但是经过适当的处理，比如曝晒，冲洗以及煮熟，橡子的味道是很不错的。有些地方采用草木灰混入沸水，来中和新鲜橡子内的单宁酸。但白栎等树结出的橡子的苦味却没有那么严重.(资料来源：维基百科全书）

I went to the mountain for about 3 times, collected about 12 kg of acorns from the mountain~~
我前后到山上3次， 捡了 12公斤的橡子~~

                Collected the acorns one by one from the ground, was really very tired ~~
                一粒一粒的从地面上将橡子捡起来， 蛮累的~~

                                                     Acorns~~
                                                     橡子~~

                               These were part of the acorns collected~~
                               其中一部份的橡子~~

Washed the acorns before either dried it under the sun or by using dehydrator~~
将橡子洗干净， 在还未在阳光下晒干或风干之前~~

Thanks my husband for helping me this process, otherwise, I would be exhausted^-^
非常谢谢我先生帮忙，否则可要累坏了^-^

                             Water drained away, got the acorn starch~~
                             倒去水份，留下淀粉~~

                                     Acorn jelly ~~
                                     其中一个做好的橡子凉粉~~·

                              Another shape of the acorn jelly made~~
                              另一个做好的橡子凉粉~~

                                         Unseasoned acorn jelly~~
                                        未拌上酱料之前的橡子凉粉~~

                            Fresh and delicious, homemade  "dotorimuk"~~
                            新鲜和美味的自家橡子凉粉~~