2024-08-04 16:39:50
On Saturday, August 3rd at 8:55 PM, EBS1TV will broadcast the episode of ‘Extreme Job’, a midsummer battle with wild seaweed and corn.
As the hot summer approaches, there are people who get busy. From people who gather seaweed that clings to the rocks in the rough waves to convey the taste of the summer sea, to people who wake up early in the morning and sweat, forgetting the heat, to harvest corn, a famous summer snack! Let’s go meet the people who work day and night to harvest the precious gifts of midsummer.
Wild seaweed that can only be obtained by fighting against strong waves
Cheongdeungdo (靑藤島), which can be reached after taking a boat from Jindo, Jeollanam-do for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. The residents of Cheongdeungdo are busy without rest for exactly one month from July to August. The reason is that they have to harvest wild seaweed that has grown over the rough waves for a year. The weather has cleared and the waves are calm, so they finally go out for their first joint work. They prepare sickles and nets and head to a nearby island to dig up wild seaweed. From now on, it is a constant state of tension. They have to be extremely careful because if they are not careful, they can get swept away by the waves or get hurt by hitting the rocks while walking on the rough rocks. Also, since the work is done according to the time of low tide, they have to finish harvesting quickly within 2~3 hours. That is how much they harvest in one day is a whopping 1 ton. However, they cannot rest even after harvesting, because they have to divide the seaweed into 130 kg for each household and dry it neatly in a mold until dawn. From July to August, there is a never-ending war with seaweed. We introduce the residents of Cheongdeungdo who work hard to harvest seaweed, a midsummer gift.
Corn, the representative national snack that sells 18,000 pieces a day!
Corn harvesting, a representative summer snack, is so busy that 24 hours are not enough in the middle of summer from July to September. A farm located in Goesan, Chungcheongbuk-do. Their work begins at 4 AM, before the sun has risen yet. They say that the higher the sun rises, the hotter the sun gets, and if you’re not careful, you could collapse from heatstroke. The farm we’ll be working on today is a whopping 6,611m² (2,000 pyeong)! Harvesting corn requires cutting each stalk with a sickle, and since the amount of work is so great, quick hand movements are essential. It may look easy, but it requires the skilled skills of a skilled worker. Also, corn leaves are thicker and sharper than you think, so if you’re not focused, your face could get scratched and bleed right away. After picking the corn, you have to peel it off and steam it in a large cauldron to maintain its freshness. One cauldron alone holds about 500 corns! It is not easy to steam corn while checking its condition in front of a wood fire that is over 1,000℃, and if you stay in front of the wood fire for a while, your whole body will be covered in sweat. After steaming the corn for 1 hour and 30 minutes, it is cooled down for a while and then immediately put into packaging. However, it is said that it is so popular that the site is crowded with people who come to buy corn even before it is packaged. We go to see the people who fight in front of the hot sun and fire to pick corn, a summer delicacy.
Reporter Park Yu-mi Photo EBS1 Extreme Job
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2024-08-04 16:39:50