Growing up as a young child in Korea, I often visited my maternal grandparent's house. My grandmother had a traditional Korean kitchen that uses wood burning stove. She had a huge ( I mean really huge) iron pot permanently installed on the stove. The memory is vivid. I can picture the scene of her wearing Korean traditional dress called "Hanbok"  and her hair - somewhat similar to bun donut hair - that was secured with a humble hairpin. She squatted down to keep the flame on going by ...

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