Korean fish cakes

Korean fish cakes (eomuk, Korean: 어묵, also called odeng) are a ready-made processed product made from minced white fish paste, wheat starch, seasonings, and often a small amount of vegetables. They are sold as flat sheets, rolls, or skewer-shaped pieces. They have a mild fishy flavor, springy texture, and are usually briefly blanched in hot water before use to remove the oily film. An indispensable ingredient in odeng-guk (fish cake soup), stir-fried eomuk-bokkeum, tteokbokki with eomuk, and Korean street-food skewers.