taxes with the new baby

Korean food - don't eat fern brake?...why?

Posted 02/24/2011

I was at a family dinner last night w/ a bunch of homemade Korean food. I was eating gosari namul ("fern brake" in English; photo here: goo.gl/pQgTu) and was told that you're not supposed to eat this when you're pregnant. The people who told me didn't really know why, just that pregnant women in Korea stay away from it. 

Unfortunately I had already eaten some when they told me this, so it was too late. But wondering why it's not ok? Anyone know?

Comments (2)

Posted 02/25/2011

From what I understand, it's because ferns can contain some low levels of toxins~  Having had a couple of bites probably won't be a problem though. 

(Congrats on your pregnancy! :))


Sheenae Elise 1/7/2010        Dahae Leena 2/29/2012

Posted 02/28/2011

I've also been told to stay away from yulmoo so that would be yulmoo tea and also mi-sut-garu,  just FYI



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