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Making Egg Rolls
by Guo Ying Gao

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Many Americans like to eat Chinese egg rolls, but how can you make egg rolls? I think most people do not know; they maybe think it is difficult. In fact, making egg rolls is very easy. If you follow the steps below, you can do it.

First, go to store and buy two packages of egg roll dough, one head of cabbage, one head of celery, one bundle of green onion, one pound of ground beef (or pork), and a little ginger. If at home you do not have eggs, you can buy a dozen eggs, but you do not need this much. You should also add a bottle of soy sauce.

Second, you need to take half a head of cabbage, half a head of celery, half a bundle of green onion, and one half ounce of ginger. Wash and use the blender to cut them up small; after you put one pound raw ground beef and two eggs in that all of raw vegetables. Then, add a little soy sauce, a litter sugar, and a little salt. Mix everything together.

Then, open the package of the egg roll dough, and take one piece of dough and put the mixture in the center and wrap up; you wrap up all the dough. After you boil the oil, put raw egg rolls in pan, but don't make heat too high; waiting 6-8 minutes. Take the egg rolls out of the pan when light golden brown.

When you follow this information, you can make egg rolls by yourself. If sometime you want eat egg rolls, you don't need to go to a restaurant and you can choose the taste that you like. Homemade egg rolls are very good, and you can also have fun!

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The Yut Game
by Woo Jin Shin

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The Yut game is a Korean traditional game. This game uses four sticks, a board, a blanket, and several of makers. This game performs a family friendship in a national holiday. How to play this game is as follows;

First, this is composed of three or four teams. Second, each person of one team throws four sticks on the blanket. After player throws four sticks, if one of four sticks is underside, it is named ”Do” and the marker moves one step on the board. The “Do” expresses a pig as animal. If two of four sticks is underside, it is named ”Gae” and the marker moves two step on the board. The “Gae” expresses a dog as animal. If three of four sticks is underside, it is named ”Gul” and the marker moves three step on the board. The “Gul” expresses a sheep as animal. If four of four sticks is underside, it is named ”Yut” and the marker moves four step on the board. The “Yut” expresses a cow as animal. If four of four sticks is upside, it is named ”Mo” and the marker moves five step on the board. The “Mo” expresses a horse as animal. Players go round a board with several of markers as this method. When one team go round all of markers, the team win. Third, the board has several of purnishments. This adds a joy of this game.

This game doesn’t have many rules. So this game is easy to play. This game is popular to Korean people for this reason. A few weeks ago, during the class time, we played this game. Teacher! Were you enjoying?

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A Traditional Game
by Syoung Kyoung Yoon

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There are many traditional games in my country. Most people like to play games. In particular, I like to play “Nelddugi”, “Jagichagi”, “kite flying and Yut”. One of the most traditional game is Yut game that can be played anywhere. It’s especially popular on New Year’s day. It is customary to play this game from New Year’s day until January 15 called “Dae borum.”

However, I will explain about Yut game. First, the method to play Yut. One can find the following name : Do, Gye, Geol, Yut and Mo. “Do” means ‘pig’, “Gye” means ‘dog’, and “Geol” means ‘sheep’, “Yut” means ‘cow’, and “Mo” is ‘horse’. The reason that they have these meanings might be because they were a big part of their assets and in a very close relationship with them in their daily lives. That’s how the weight and the pace of those animals are reflected in this Yut game. Regarding the weight, we can observe that a sheep is bigger than a dog, a cow is bigger than a sheep and a horse is bigger than a cow. One step of a horse is equivalent to five steps of a pig. Second, Yut game has 4 sticks. If one of the stick is upside down, it is called “Do”. Two sticks are upside down, it’s called “Gye”, three sticks: “Geol”. It all of them are upside down, it’s called “Yut”. If all four are faced down, it’s called “Mo”. “Do” will advance 1 space, “Gye” does 2spaces, “Geol” does 3 spaces, “Yut” does 4spaces and “Mo” does 5 space.

Finally, we’ll play with origin of the Yut-pan. Yut-pan is like pad in American games.

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